Nature Valley kicked off today. We did a 5 mi flat TT on a nice stretch of road along the mississippi river. We haven’t seen any results yet and it is now 11:00 oclock but, we know we didn’t do that well and none of us cracked the top 5. Ben would of ripped this course up but, he was sent home due to a knee injury.

I wonder if ever in the future cycling governing bodies will require promoters to post and send out results soon after they are finalized for riders, fans, and others to see?

So, Mike Dietrich, probably one of the coolest guys on the earth, has been my roomate for weeks now. He introduced a new saying “You ain’t American!”. Its pretty funny he says it in a hill billy/ redneck accent and its pretty funny. I have worked on mine and though I can’t master the accent I have a pretty good one. I also shout the South Park saying abit, “They took our jobs!”. We have shouting matches on whose American enough in these voices. Its kind of annoying everyone on the team but us. I guess I personally have burnt it out but, what the guys don’t realize is I am just starting to get better at the voice and probably won’t stop it until a new saying comes up or I completely master the accent to Dietrich standards. It is particularly cool to shout at the foreigners like J-Al and Marty Gilbert.

Here are some pictures from my phone:

Dog wears helmet




J.C. enjoys Fu-Fu desert





Good o’l Amuurican Gas Station





Dietrich sizing up a white blazer