Oh to be young

Wednesday night had a tremendous turn out with 9 guys making the spectacle(not sure what it means but seems to make Jimmy happy). OG was on hand to once again rub in the fact that he has 404's & I don't. Plus he seems to be frying my brain & my heart rate monitor with that high output wireless rear computer. He did offer me the 404's as a loaner for the weekend, but I turned him down graciously since I wanted to not worry about breaking them in Tulsa. I'll have enough going on not to have to soft peddle the corners & risk loosing 16 minutes in a crit. EPO made an appearance fresh from his Colorado tour. Coach Ken, Joey B(the only OCC under 50 who races as much as I do, good guy), The Penn State JR, some random Belgium guy, JW, & the Hulk with anger o plenty. It took about 15 min for the Hulk to start talking about a WWF Smackdown cage match, "Snap into a skinny biker dude!" Luckily it wasn't me, I had on a sleeveless jersey & I think he was a little intimidated by the Gun Show.

Wanting easy miles I quickly joined forces with JR & showed him the bail out loop to get him back in time to catch his ride home. I'll say once he gets a little stronger on the climbs he'll be pretty good. I looked backed on a 40+mph descent & he was glued to my wheel, something that can't be said for most guys twice his age. I was a little impressed. Skip seems to have been as well, so he's batting 3 for 3(I get 2 votes since I swing a heavier bat than Skip).

Friday I head to Tulsa for my first races in 5 weeks. Seems strange after the spring campaign I put in to finally be racing again. Amber & Mia are going to accompany me for the weekend since her Aunt Reba has graciously gave us the use of their house for the weekend. Less driving & no hotel bill, YEAH! The website says the race course will be a WIFI zone so I'll see if I can get Amber to do a little play by play semi live ala Cyclingnews. This will be Mia's first time to see her Daddy race & hopefully I won't let her down. Though she will be saddened her dad will be rolling on inferior wheels.