25 Apr 2006
Yeah, so I did great in the time trial and even beat a few
people. Felt AWESOME breathing through my eyeballs in the 25
tooth going up Lookout Mountain!! There were heaps of people
up there on the mountain to cheer us on up. After that I
ripped it up on the decent, had it hanging right out, most of the
way in the tri-bars and only hit the brakes twice. People on the
entry to the corners were jumping out of the way as I swung towards
them to get the good lines going. I think my cornering
practice on the moto during the off-season really helped to get a
few more seconds out of that decent.
The next stage was Dalton to Dahlonega with a filthy 14k climb just 25k's into the stage. Needless to say I went out the ass after about 2k and had lost that much time before even the top that I climbed off and into the broom wagon. Oh well they say. Next day I went to brekky and then sat on the couch and watched TV until the boys came back from the Brasstown stage.
Willo ran 20th, which was pretty decent I think. So just preparing for the crit now. Athens on Sat then Roswell Sunday, followed by 4 crits next week, and a race down at the Dick Lane velodrome in Atlanta next Sunday evening. I just got my new Louis Garneau track bike going and it looks the business, so hopefully it'll ride good too!!
ciao...jh