check out the wedding pics

We had the best wedding ever with the most awesome photographers.
Here are the pictures. Click on the slideshow and then you can see the proofs.

best quote ever

I have so much to report its ridiculous. Here is the important stuff:
I got married!!!!!!!!!
I got married to Aliza who is the most awesomest person in the whole world!!!!
We had the best wedding ever with the best friends and family in the world!!!
$Rich$ is the best entertainment ever at a wedding!!!!!

Thats the important stuff. I will put up endless pictures soon so don't worry.

This weekend is the Iron Hill Twilight and here is the press release
I love Frank's quote, "after the race he will wish he was still a bassoonist!!" HA!!

Bad Luck

Philly was yesterday and the team raced awesome. Philly is a super hard race and super long (156 miles or something like that). I was feeling good but with 5 miles to go we were flying and I got a flat tire. I got a wheel change but being a gigantic wuss, I couldn't catch back on to a peleton that was going 30+ mph. OH well that is racing for you.

I realized the other day I never give my coach enough props. Andy Applegate has been coaching me for 3 years now and ever since I started working with him, I got fast. He is the best coach ever and works for Asheville Velosports.
Andy has been so influential in my training, racing, and mental attitude and I owe him so much and couldn't be where I am in cycling without him.
We did a podcast via the phone last week for his website. It was a ton of fun so check it out here.

We love Tulsa

Tulsa Tough is the best bike race in the world. It is a three criterium omnium over 3 days on three distinct courses. There also is a ton of prize money, which makes it an even cooler bike race, AND they pay out on the spot which definately makes it the coolest ever.
Anyway on the last day, Daniel rode away with 4 laps to go and stayed away for the win! It was by far the biggest win I have ever been on a team for and it is super exciting. Good Job Dan!!!!!!!!!
Next up is Philly on sunday so I better start training now...

just for the record

It hasn't been a month yet. We are in Tulsa OK. 3 of us drove here from Somerville NJ and it feels good to get out of the van for a while. Tulsa seems nice and chill. We are racing a three race omnium here for the weekend and then driving home.
During speedweek I had a camera on my bike thanks to Oregon Scientific and Race announcer Chad Andrews from Total Cyclist. Here is the first video which is from Dilworth NC.

Team Mtn Khakis won the overall, team comp, and lap lead!! Now we are eating big bufords and fries...w/ diet cokes tho.

Technology

So i can post from my phone, but unfortunately they come up in reverse order, so I'm going to have to start typing backwards which is kind of difficult.
We are neck deep in Speedweek right now. We have done 4 races and have 3 to go. Tom won in Beaufort which was totally amazing and sweet and hardcore and just plain crazy and he is such a rockstar and I'm so happy I'm on his team, check it out here and he took the overall lead in the series.
Last night was Walterboro and was a super fast non-selective course which was difficult to get away on and difficult to sit in. I ended up 8th and Tom was 11th so we are still leading the series, but lost some points. The team is racing super strong and it is so much fun to be a part of it.
Here is the link to the results page of Speedweek.
We had off today (thursday) and I actually hitched a ride home with Jay and Joe last night, so Uh and I have been able to hang out today in the dash and then we are going to roadtrip it together for the rest of the series...I'm sure traveling with her won't smell as bad as that team van does...

til now. Unfortunately now I don't have an excuse for not posting.

So technology is crazy. Apparently I can post from my phone now. I probably could have done this for a while but with my lack of blogging I didn't notice