Moving my son, Leo, into

Moving my son, Leo, into UCSC today

IUD

Leo moves in....

You know the season is over when...

I need a new helmet. I'm down to one pair of team shorts that I have
wash every night. I kinda feel like racing still but they're turning
the lights out.

Been a great year with a new team. Thinking I'd like to go back to
more p12 on the rr side of things.

For now it'll be back to running. See Larry and Andres out at Knight's
Ferry in November for the duathlon.

Thanks to all the racers out there that made it fun. Especially the
team but oppenents toom

Anti SFT weekend

Got a little turned off by the 'invitation only' thing on Saturday (I was a spectator however). For riding, I decided to try out the new Folsom Omnium. Bit of a sleepy afair, yes, but it was fun. The courses were good, and the staff were... learning.

Stage 1: 10 mile TT
Stage 2: Folsom crit, same as the OTHER Folsom crit, but backwards.
Stage 3: The highlight: an amazing 1.5 mile circuit race with chicanes, hairpin, tunnel, two bridges, headwind/roller section.

I did the timing and decided I could both the 35+ and the p1/2 omnium, with no expectations. Rolled the TT, felt better in the second one. Did the crits: small fields, but pretty fun. Paulsen won the crit which put him first in the 35+. ZTeam did a good job to win the p1/2 crit putting Lyman first there.

Stage 3 35+: Paulsen just up and told me beforehand he would be exactly one wheel behind me cause I needed three wheels to beat him overall. Dan got in the 6 man break which I knew I couldn't bridge to cause Dan would stop working. I Won the pack sprint with Jeff on my wheel. At least I'm rested for the next race, plus 2nd overall, cause they wouldn't let me work at all.

Stage 3 P1/2: we get a lot more guys than the day before cause all the SFT guys came over. Attacks come quick and a five man break forms. I manage to bridge with no response from ZTeam who lost track of me. Six man break goes to a three man break with me, Tyler, and JD. Game over. I work a bunch cause I'm the only GC guy in there. Manage to win the Omnium out of it, with a good payout to boot.

Hopefully Folsom people will put this on again next year, with lessons learned. Great courses, good fun. Here's something you've never seen: there was a light rail train that they halted as the group came through. Stopping train for a local ride? Nice!

Sidenote: Keith points out to me the dried pool of blood today, from the Cat 3 race I believe. Jesus: never seen that before. Anyone got details? Was the guy ok? Wish I hadn't seen that.

win at the Giro