I am official

Ok, so I lied about Cherokee being the last mtb race. I did another local race at Waverly Park this past sunday. It was a really great day out and just couldn't help but go out and have some fun. Its a climbier course which really suits me, and I ended up finishing eighth, and shelled some folks along the way.

Now back to more important business at hand. Last week's cross practice, in a word, throwdown. I showed up a little late, and the rest of the crew was on a warmup lap. I joined in and we gathered up to decide on the efforts. 4 laps with rotating leaders, and pretty high pace. I was one of the four leaders, which included Curtis Tolson, Marcus Moran, and a Calistoga roadie. Curtis is a former trackie, has stars and stripes, and is in general a crazy strong rider. I was stoked to gap him on my lap that I led, and just put a hurt on him. The rest of the pack was not happy with the pace we set, but its time to train.

So, all in all, I led two out of the eight laps, but never was further back than fourth. So I really didn't get any break the whole time. My legs felt super strong, and my handling skills are there. My dismount and remount skills have also magically showed up almost better than I left them. Each lap I was up front, I would gap the field by around 5 to 6 seconds! I am thrilled with how things are going training wise, and that doesn't even include what happened that morning.


Mary Catherine and I have been working to get our own Cross and MTB team going for a while. She has been gathering us sponsors for most of the summer and now we have finally landed our presenting sponsor. Chrysalis Ventures is a venture capitalist group based here in Louisville that is all about taking really small companies or companies in their infancy and making them grow. Its a great opportunity for us both, and we will soon be rocking some super sweet blue and white kits. I love blue.

This also makes it easier for us to get sponsors now that we have a promoter, so I can't wait to see what happens. Its just really exciting stuff, and it hasn't really soaked in yet.

Skills practice is tomorrow, I may try to make that, but Wednesday is when I show up to throw down.