Mountain Time Zone

I made it back to Durango yesterday after two long days of travel. I hade to fly from Milwaukee to New York City, stay the night and then head back to Farminton yesterday and drive the rest of the way to Durang. EPIC! The flights yesterday were good on United but the day before on Air Tran was a little sketch. I didn manage to get my bike on the plane for free. If you tell them it is just a frame and not a complete bike then you won't get charged. My bike weighed in at 34 pounds and he was thinking about charging me. I was clever enough to drop the "it's just a frame" line and snuck it on board.

On Monday night I cruised New York City with my old roomate from the Columbine house Mark Hrastar. We took the train downtown and got some good eats at a Tai place, then hit up some ice cream, and I even had to have a good old NYC hot dog from one of the stands. It's a little risky, but it is all part of the experience. It was a good time and that city always blows me away.

Crit season is finally over and I only have one road race left in a couple of weeks. I head out to Greenville, South Carolina for the US Pro National Championships. It is a great course that will suite my riding well. Hopeflly I can adapt to the altitude and fresh air quick enough to do some hard rides and get some good training in before heading out there. Speaking of the crits, US Pro Crit last weekend in Downers grove went well for the team. Frank was 9th, but we were all over the race. I attacked 3 times and went nowhere. One attacke I thought they were going to let me have a go for a few laps by myself, nope! The group brought me back after one hard lap by myself. MacBurnie was in the mix in the sprints, Alejandro won a prime and we all stayed off the pavement. That is a great day of racing!

I start school on Monday again and it is going to be a tough semester of classes. Mix that in with some serious cross races and it is going to be busy. I am looking foreward to the cross season and have some lofty goals. I am already looking at next season as well. If things work out right it could be the best season ever. Anyway, I was having trouble loading pictures today but I will get some up soon. Thanks for stopping in!