Y’know, I forgot to give a shout out to my kick ass teammates in thier race down in Eugene. Mike Hildebrant (fresh off his 2 stage wins and overall at the Bend omnium) hit the pavement in the crit and I picked him up and got him rolling back in. He did not think he was going to start the road race but did and felt better for it. Jess rode a killer timetrial, Joel Koester and Mike Bene were right there riding for Jess and Mike. I’ve rarely have teammates around in my races to help me out and it was cool to see them working together and being really supportive. Beth Chase has been really great support for Mike and the whole team, she comes out to every freakin race and if she is not racing she is there handing up bottles and taking care of business. Stuff like that needs to get acknowledged. We did not have ANY of our ladies racing down in Eugene but Beth is ALWAYS at the races. And, she had the guts to say something to the dudely racer making a “chick movie” comment when all I did was roll my eyes and huff off to bed.

Note the pre-race espresso.