Anyone want a dog?

My father is trying to find a home for his buddie's dog. Here is the ad. Let me know if you want the dog.

* Free to good home.
* Excellent guard dog.
* Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more thieves,murderers, or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat.
* Most of them knew him as 'Holy Shit.'


I have a HUGE announcement tomorrow...you just wait...this one is a doozie.

Where is it?

Here is a picture of my boss, cameron, modeling some triathalon clothes...Looking good Cam!!! OH yeah, in case Cameron hasn't told you yet, he got an I phone.


In more relevant news, the Toshiba Santo Pro Cycling Team presented by Herbalife website is up.
Spring is finally here in NC. It is getting up into the 70s each day and the riding has been going great...

catching up

Wow it has been a while since I posted, I guess I just haven't had much to say. I have just been working, training a ton, and thinking about practicing my bassoon. This past weekend I went to Asheville to train with Andy and $Rich$. It was sweet and a ton of fun.
On saturday we rode 130 miles in the mountains and it only took a measly 7 hours, it was epic for sure. At a gas station i was so hungry that I ate a corn dog, it was amazing for sure. Anyway it ended up being a bonk fest for us as the last 20 miles seemed to take FOREVER.
On sunday we celebrated easter by doing the Off Road Assault On Mount Mitchell course. It is a pretty epic mountain bike ride. I made the mistake of riding my singlespeed, which was way overgeared for that course. I walked a ton and had to stop and rest a number of times. The ride is awesome tho and it took around 6 hours, i really enjoyed watching Rich ride his mountain bike. I am smiling just thinking about it...
Check out this blog, i think it is HILARIOUS and I can't tell wether it is offensive or or not...

Chasing back from one of many flat tires...

This is what happens when you flat and then have to chase through the race caravan. Check out the quality of roads and the cool caravan vehicles. Thanks to DS Chris Jones for the video...

home

So I am back in NC. It is good to be home . Sorry those posts look so messed up, i had to send them via text message and that is what they look like. Anyway the rest of the race ended up good, we all got sick with some sort of cold and 2 of the guys got a stomach virus. I am feeling okay, but have a pretty nasty cold right now.


Anyway as far as the rest of the race goes, I got a 10th in the Time Trial and only lost by 21 seconds to first place. The cool thing was that I wasn't using any aero equiptment except a pair of clip on aerobars. No skinsuit, no aero helmet, no disc, no tt bike. Just my road bike with clip ons on. I was pretty happy with that.


On the final day we tried to set frank up again, but the racers down there don't really ride in straight lines at all. It is scary. Anyway He ended up getting seriously chopped again. Oh well.


We all survived the trip and most importanatly, none of us have broken bones. Phew.




Here are the guys... From the left it is Frank, Alex, Winston, and Keith

















The Power Situation in the DR

















These guys were dressed up for independence day. That is real tar they are wearing. They wouldn't leave until we gave them money...


















The haitian national team was here. Here was one of their bikes, don't think it was UCI legal.


This is how you get guys to the airport with bike boxes. There are 6 bikes in this be plus 6 huge duffles and 7 people in the front...



Overall the trip was amazing. I have some more pics to put up later and I will I promise. It was a great way to start the season. The guys are real cool and it is going to be an outstanding season...

Race report

	So here is todays report. Sorry for splitting these up but my phone only can hold so many words for each message. Today was 150k with 2 8k climbs. we climbed over a mountain and went down the other side and literally did a u turn at the bottom and went back up. I managed to make it over both with the lead group which contained a ton of little people that really need to eat a cheeseburger. Everything came back together with about 25k to go and we set frank up for the sprint. Things were going awesome until some racer decided to hold onto franks jersey. Seriously this guy was just holding on to frank for no real reason. The kid got his though as he ended up hitting a pot hole with only one hand on the bars and crashed. that caused a huge split and frank and i coasted in, both in the top ten. These guys down here race crazy. This is not the usa and the phrase 'free for all' sums up everything. So everything is good now but Tomorrow we climb a huge mountain so that should be interesting.

Nice accomodations

	So this trip has been so cool. I have the mindset of this being more of a adventure than a bicycle race. That is why the fact that we are literally staying in a motel that caters to illegitimate sex makes me smile. It is hysterical. Picture a self storage unit complete with a gate and that is what this place looks like. Each room has a garage so no one can see your car. The room also comes equipped with condoms and there is a mirror on the ceiling. It is a nice place though. the rooms appear clean and the shower has good pressure. So i am not complaining i am just trying to relay what is going on. The racing today was tough. We had a 2 hour bus ride to the start which was miserable because i had to pee so bad and the roads were so bumpy and it was super hot. This whole trip is cool. We hurry up and then wait and then hurry up again and then wait some more. It has gone really smoothly though. We have 5 staff for 5 racers and those guys work the whole time. Their help is clutch.

Ouch

	Today is independance day here in the DR. It is a crazy environment because everyone seems to be dressed up in costumes. I have a bunch of pictures but no way of posting them due to utter lack of internet. To celebrate this holiday the promoters had us race twice. 90K in the morning and then 100k in the afternoon. It made for a long long day and i am super tired now. This morning was so fast we averaged over 50k an hour. I finally crashed with 5 to go after narrowly avoiding tons of crashes all week. It wasn't too bad but i have a raspberry on my butt cheek. Keith rolled it today for 6th to keep the top ten streak alive. After the race we had a nice meal and hung out in the shade for a while and then it was time to race again. The afternoon race was fast again with raging cross winds. Frank went out solo early in the race only to be caught 10k from the finish. The field splintered about that time and i found myself in the second group which lost about 2 minutes. Tough day.

Rocking and rolling.

	So keith norris and frank travieso (teammates) rock stars. keith attacked halfway into the 140 k, all headwind, stupidly hot, super hilly stage. Frank bridged up to him about 10k later and those guys just motored away and went 1 2 with keith taking the honors. It was incredible and super exciting for the whole team. The best part was yesterday afternoon we had A beer at the pool bar and other racers were giving us crap about it. So those guys just went out and waxed everyone. It was sweet. I mixed it up in the field sprint and managed 6th on the day. There were literally 3 speed bumps on the finishing straight. We would bunny hop and sprint and jump again. Its hysterical and i love it. As far as the overall goes, alex is in 14th and i am in 17th we are both within striking distance still. The racing is getting super exciting.

Stage 2

	Today went good again. The race was 140 miles and we did it in under 3 hours! it was super quick and fun. Winston was off the front ALL day only to be caught 10 k from the finish. We then tried to set keith up for the finish but things got real sketchy and he ended up having to fend for himself but still swung 8th. Everyone else finished with the same time. Things are still going good but i havent had any coffee in days! That is a new record for me. it is so hot here and apparently spf 50 isn't strong enough for my white ass. I have a new nickname here, they are calling me jumbo. ha!