Well folks, there goes another track season. It's hard to remember that we were hitting the track back in March, wearing our full winter gear as it was an absolutely gorgeous day in Bloomington. The classes are empty, the bars are full, and everyone is ready for the 60th running of the Little 500. Billy and I were at the track today, and hit our exchanges hard. Chuck was there as usual spreading his bs all over the place for everyone to see. Now is the time to really start focusing on the task at hand: 200 laps. The weather forecast keeps changing (I mean seriously, how can you predict there's a 60 to 70% chance of rain accurately?) I say, bring the rain on. They're not going to cancel the race, and I'm sure the rain will come in short and intense bouts. The track has been bone-dry this past week, it can really use as much moisture as possible. The guys plan on riding both tomorrow and Friday (prior to the girls race) to keep our legs fresh and ready, and because we have no reason to taper. Argue as much as you want, but our team has no reason to do so, plain and simple. Sure, back off a little on the intervals, but hit those damn hills as hard as you possibly can, and then some.
Anyways, here are a couple pictures stolen from Facebook from team pursuit...
(Shields was the dyngus that couldn't coordinate kits with me and Kev. Seriously, give your laundry to your girlfriend to do it and quit bitching about how bad it smells)
Next up is a picture from yesterday...not only were the riders practicing starting the race, but Chuck was practicing using his brand new white-board for race day...
(Who needs race radios when you can cause a peloton-shattering wreck in the 2nd race lap trying to read the chicken-scratch that CT writes on there...)
Seriously though, he writes some pretty funny things on there. Maybe HDNet will give us a shout out and show a funny quote he comes up with on race day.
The race is in 2 days, eat your Wheaties, put on your lucky underwear and do work!
This is off topic, but I found this old Camel ad from the 1930s and thought it was hilarious. Maybe instead of riding we should be smoking? (joke of course)...
(Photo courtesy of VeloNews.com, thanks for the laugh)
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