Woke up in all my clothes.

My ladyfriend and I drove up to Seattle Friday night and ate sushi with some of her friends. Spent the night in the Wallingford neighborhood and she woke up to run off and help a friend move. I slept in pretty heavily and scampered off to find a coffeeshop and internet access. Hopped on the pit bike for it’s first ever ride. (I was frantically gluing tubulars and wrapping bartape as we were running an hour late yesterday.) I got it from Sacha Wednesday morning and spent the last 3 days getting it together while running the shop. It weighs exactly 18.5 pounds with the Chris King clincher wheelset. One pound more than the race bike with the Chris King tubulars. It is atypical of me to just hop on a bike and race it before riding it in a bit, the rear brakes feel tight but, besides, it is identical to the race bike.

Sweet. I feel tight but, excited to race. I did not rain nearly as much as it was in Portland and the course should be tacky but not a total mudfest.

I’m going all out. My realistic goals for the year are top 20 finishes and not getting lapped by the Trebons and Wickses of the pro cyclocross scene. I’ll only get faster when I ride with faster people. By the end of the season I may change my expectations a little bit. Been pre-registering for a bunch of my east coast races: Granogue, De.+Cross Nationals. They do the call up based on UCI points first and then order of registration. Since I currently have no UCI points…

Off to Thai food.