A delayed update and new race report!

I’m totally freaking out about the trip (that I am now on, no turning back). I crammed all these wheels into my bike box and now it weighs 79 pounds. When Pete dropped me off yesterday morning; the woman at the check in counter informed me that it should be an extra $50 overweight charge + if I was traveling overseas an extra $350! She did not charge me “this time”, now I have to figure out how to drop 10 pounds out of my bike box before I try to fly to Brussels!

I ran in to Adam Mcgrath on our layover in DC. He’s got a broken collarbone after a collision with a leashless dog and is NOT racing nationals. If you thought he was cute before; picture him with his arm in a sling and a big jacket over it. He has had the shittiest luck this season. Ask about his UCI license suspension when you see him wandering around this week.

Yikes!

Nathan Trombly picked me up at the airport in Rhode Island. Rhode Island is f’ing cold. Like 10 degrees. I am staying at Trombles’ house for the entire week! I’ve got a room to myself and he is shuttling me around in his car! Ran in to Adam Myerson at the race and we are making arrangements to get me to the airport in a couple Monday’s for my flight to BRU.

I don’t have a credit card. I can not rent a car in Belgium. I am freaking out about that right now too.

A: how am I going to fit all my shit in the bike boxes I have and not pay extra baggage fees .

B: what am I going to do once I land in the Zaventem airport?

I just finished the W.E. Stedman GP in 14th place. I’ll spare the race report for a more interesting race but, I will say that my legs are coming back and I did better than I expected. This is all training for Belgium. I don’t expect much beyond a steady ride at nationals next weekend. I still have the Caster’s GP tomorrow and I think I can improve on my result today.

After the race Myerson asks me “why are we going to Belgium anyways?”. (I finished 10 seconds down on him and Dan Neyens after relentlessly attacking our little group over and over again for a couple laps) He has been racing for 20 years. I’m halfway through my 2nd season on a geared bike in the Elites. Like I said, my legs are coming around after this solid week of “racing as training” I’ll be ready to battle it out for 45th place.

When I got my call-up; Richard Fries said (in booming announcer voice) “racing for Vanilla bicycles, the CONSISTENT! MOLLY CAMERON!”

I told him later that it was very polite of him.

When you have zero talent, being consistent is about all you’ve got!