US Pro Crit Nationals, Downers Grove

After two weeks in the Milwaukee area the team is heading to Downers Grove today for the US Pro Crit Natoinals. Downers Grove is right near the Chicago Airport. We race tonight at 6:00 and then tomorrow at 3:00 for the National Crit title. It was originally supposed to be Americans only because it is our national championship, but after much complaining from some of the larger teams, it is open to all nationalities. Most likely the first american will not be the winner of the race. If it was only Americans then Health Net, Toyota United, and Navigators would be not favored to wind since all those teams have very few americans and even less American sprinters on thier teams. Maybe they should sign some more Americans????

The past couple of weeks I have been sharing a room with teammate Dustin MacBurnie. We have seperate beds in a small room. MacBurnie snores louder than my grandpa. Last night I had earplugs in and a pillow over my head and it still sounded like a Harley Davidson motorcycle was driving through the room. I yell at him to "wake up!", but there is no movement. I gave him a little nudge, nothing. Finally I woke him up and told him he was snoring super loud. He looked at me and said "o.k." Two minutes later he was snoring even louder. My next method was to fill a squirt gun with water. Anytime MacBurnie started snoring I would spray him down with water. It actually worked the first few nights. Last night he just slept through it as I hosed hime down with the Super Soaker 8000 high pressure model. I gave up and moved out onto the couch and eventually the floor because I kept sticking to the leather. I wonder if Dustin thought he wet the bed because he was soaked from being sprayed at night. All I know is he better figure it out before he goes home or his chick is going to have to purchase a Super Soaker 8000 and a cattle prod to stop the snoring.

I will be in Durango in just about 3 days. I am so pumped and can't wait to get back. All I can think of is Mountain Biking. I still have to get a bike together for the fall training. Kona is working on that for me thanks to G. Becker. Anyway, I will try to give an update as to how the races go tonight and tomorrow. I will be coming back out for the US Pro Road Race in Greenville, South Carolina in a couple weeks.