Yup, got myself all moved into the remodel on 6th st. Pretty great. My summer roommate Rachael has been enjoying (from what she tells me) so far and I even have Kevin Suhr staying here for a week in Brandon Weil’s future bedroom. Looks like it’s going to be a high school reunion come fall when Brandon and CP Martinez move in - funny how things workout 6 years down the road.

Just a little work left to do...

Got a grill, put it together, and grilled some massive steak on it all within a few hours to fuel up for mowing the lawn today. I’m using one of those push mowers w/no engine to help save the planet and my upper body. It’s actually pretty fun, I just need to stay on top of it so I’m not doing repeats on the “dog-friendly” areas of the lawn that grow at 4x their brothers’ pace.

Team Rio Grande threw down at the Colorado Springs Classic held at the Air Force Academy last weekend. They grouped all the P, 1, 2 and 3’s in the same category which gave us a solid field of 85 or so. Big crash after the start on a long decent into a right hand turn. Fortunately, Dan Porter, Joe Saperstein and myself were in front of it - and Ryan Hamity, who decided to skip off to the bathroom before the start, was taking a nature break in the superbowl while the field rolled out. He chased back on and rode through the carnage back into the field and I believe almost immediately out the front as well. All 4 of us rode well - Hamity and Porter were taking turns being active at the front and Joe was biding his time in the field. Strong headwinds on the climbs kept it mostly together until the last 2 laps. In the end, Hamity’s numerous breaks proved fruitful and he stayed away until near the finish with a Toyota-United rider and some others who had bridged up. Joe and Dan got up the road somewhere in the shuffle and I was in the last group still together of about 10 riders.

I finished up 16th, climbing much better than I had in previous seasons (even with poor nutrition/hydration throughout the race) and the best part was that Dan, Joe and Ryan all finished in the top 10. So with a team of 4 in a field of 85, we put 3 riders in the top ten and I was 16th. Not bad, not bad at all.

Now we get ready to leave for the Gila on Monday - driving the Rio Rocket with the RockyMounts trailer in tow (thanks in advance Bobby). Bringing down 9 guys and 17 bikes, should be a good time.

Oh and Corey has to wear 3/4 zip jerseys because the full-zip irritates his stomach-skin, rumor has it…