nats

wow, a hard race. i expected a hard one, and i got it. cal-giant had 12 guys in the race, and they weren't afraid to use them, from the gun. Calvin, Matt, and I were covering moves like crazy, and doing a good job, but the dumb rule of the day was "the enclosure can only be 3 min long." so if a break got 3 minutes on the peloton, the peloton would be pulled. AKA, a break was gonna be hard to get to stick. But eventually, i got in it, with 20 other guys, so i didn't work. then it was about 30 big, and it had 4 cal-giant guys, and they started attacking. now i was getting tired-er. the race was 6 laps. we got off at lap 2, my leg cramps started at 3.5, and the attacks started at 4. the 5th time up a climb, the cramps were in my hips, groin, and everything below, including my stomach. i got dropped. so i faded 1:10 back to the peloton and drove it for about 10 more minutes. then we hit another climb and i was out, leaving just rowe and campbell. they rode like champs. then campbell got about 30th and that was it.

such a hard, hot, long race. i'm glad i emptied the tank and did everything i could though. it was a good end of the season, even if we got no results. i've gotta get up in 5 hours to get on a plane though. i should only miss 2 hours of lecture... so i'll be wide awake for the last 6. ugh. might be a long day.