So if you do not know yet I have been sacked from the all might SlipStream and am now very excited to have the opportunity to ride with Jelly Belly Professional Cycling Team. more on this and other stuff later.
Mike Creed told me he does not believe in Santa…what kind of a man does not believe in Santa?
What is in the right choice?
What is in the wrong choice?
What is in the perfect choice?
What is in the prudent choice?
What is in the humble choice?
What is in the unknown choice?
What….why in the hell is this so difficult?
we hit the incline for one last summit before Friedman and I jump ship from the Springs. Clay Worthington, me, Danny Pate w/ trusty friend Kojack, and Mike Friedman. It has been quite the adventure living in the training center on and off for the past 2 years, but alas my time has come to an end here. It was the best of times it was the worst of times. But it was all worth it.
Mike Friedman Scratch Race Winner Photo Credit: Colby Pearce
I am not there, but MIKE FRIEDMAN and TAYLOR PHINNEY sure are!
These two guys just took the world cup competition field by storm….I mean young 17 year old Taylor(biological age of 28) just finish his 3rd every day of Pursuit Competition to finish only 2 second off the Current World and Olympic Champion to take 4th. Then Friedman called the fact that he was going to win the Men’s Scratch race after he told Allen Lim that he was on fire and had the feeling like he was going to win the scratch race….which he did, Mike Friedman won the Beijing Scratch Race!!!
I specifically told Meatball that he would win a race either at Sydney or at Beijing. AND HE DID! As for Phinney well that kid…..ya he is still a kid you have to remember(even though he looks to be 28 without the facial hair) is just a genetic freak. I mean Meatball is one of the toughest guy out at any race and can bury himself more than anybody I know, but Phinney can totally smoke him in the pursuit…..why? Because he was born with it, Taylor is going to add an elite medal….either World Cup, World Championships, or the freaking Olympics as he turns 18 the month prior to the Olympics…..to his already amazing resume
Mike Friedman and Taylor Phinney deserve more recognition for what they have achieved!!!!!! Hip Hip…Hip Hip…
It is safe to say that every male and female asses off for this 1st world cup of the season. As noted by many of the top rank riders showing up and still not all of them making it in to the heated finals. I mean shit our qualifying heat in the madison averaged 55.8 kph for 80 laps…..that is the fastest madison I have ever done. Ya that is insanely fast! No wonder Bobby Lea and I were not able to even think about moving out of our hold on for dear life mode til the last 10 laps of our qualifier. So some how the stars aligned and we qualified for the final just as Friedman and Pearce did….by the skin of our teeth on the last sprint possible…barely making it by just a few points…but we made it. Then came the final of the madison. Well lets just say that I was totally spent from my 20 km motor pacing session just 2hrs ago (that we mainly raced above the blue line….ie many raced on the upper half of the track because it was so dangerous with teams out there that did not know how to ride a madison) and was really really hoping to just make it to the finish with out totally embarrassing myself and Bobby. Well we almost made it or might I say that Bobby helped keep us in there til 80 laps to go til my damage non-control caught up with him and myself. We were dropped hard and lossing distance fast, so we decide to off the track. Some where before this happen Friedman and Pearce took the first lap of the night and almost lost it because Bobby and I were holding on for dear life just as they were after having such a hard effort taking the lap on the field, but luckily that passed us and Bobby and I resumed our DFL status in the group. If there was a prize for DFL then we would have won it…even with pulling ourselves out of the race w/ 80 laps to go.
So considering the fact that I had not done any real training for the past few weeks leading up to this World Cup, I can’t really complain about the result. Although it always stings a little when it happens on the World level? I pray that my training goes better before the next time….in LA.