Here comes the sun

Hello loyal readers! My apologies for the lack of updates in the last few weeks. School, training, and racing have been keeping me busy. Here is a brief update on everything that has happened since I last posted (in reader friendly list form):


USNA
- VT riders get into the break to finish 1st and 3rd. (Steven and Owen Nielsen)
- JZ and I get into the chase break and finish 6th and 9th, respectively. The familia is present and have a good time.
- Day 2 is the TT (17 miles on a rolling course). My time is 29:35 (9th place, again. Coincidence?)


Spring Break '08 in Chapel Hill, NC at my man Eoin's casa
- Complete 13 hrs of solid riding in the first 3 days
- Complete 4 games of PIG in the last day
- Team has smashing good time downtown. Did I get a helicopter ride?


ECC/ACC joint conference weekend in Philadelphia, PA
- Soaking wet criterium where Bryan finishes 8th. Grouppo explodo in the Virginia Tech camp.
- TTT the next day, 8 miles. Due to the lack of draft I give off, I am not selected for the main TTT team (4 riders). I end up having a "better warmup" and pull my team (3 riders) around before dropping them, unwillingly. Individual time is 21:30, but clock stops at the last rider so 26:36... The TT practice was fun (despite it starting at 8:30 AM in 20 degrees F). The other TTT team finishes 4th overall (without any aero wheels and only 1 TT bike), booya!
- Circuit race of 30 miles in the afternoon: Esteban gets into the break, B Mac and Cheese leads out the field sprint. After looking back during the final 300m I lose his wheel and get passed on the line by 5 guys. Steven gets 6th, Bryan 11th, and myself 17th? - Virginia Tech finishes the weekend omnium as the best ACC school (Fist Pump!)


Community Service


- Owen and I ride with the youth of Blacksburg in an effort to educate, inspire, and give back to the community.
- 39x25 at 130 RPMS for last 30 minutes
- Owen gets dropped later in the ride by an 8th grade girl.