Altoona racing…
// August 2nd, 2007 // 5 Comments » // A Day Down Under
Hey there,
We just raced the Tour de Toona last week, un in Altoona, PA. Unfortunately, it was too hilly, and we didn’t set the world on fire! Fortunately though, we got to stay with the best host family the USA has to offer, the Woomer family – Scott, Amy, and Lauren! I was lucky enough to stay with them last year, and have kept in close contact with ever since, so they were happy to help out once again. We had a great time catching up again, having a bit more time than the brief meeting in Philly!
Above I am sitting with Scott and Amy, and below, Lauren is giving Thomas a hand cleaning the car! Thank you so much for the great week guys!
Here i have a picture Amy took from the criterium, the final of seven stages. It was a really fast, short crit, and a great way to finish the hard week of racing. It is nice to have a racing photo to put up here for once, seeing as i never have any online!
Toona is a race for the chicks really, so the guys are the warm-up race for them, meaning we often start racing at 8am. This is way too early to start a bike race, as wake up time ends up being just rude! The good thing about it though, is that there is plenty of spare time in the afternoons to relax, and on the shorter race days, even do something like show our hand at other sport. Hop and i hit up the batitng cages with Scott and Lauren, while Tim and Amy watched. We had a ball, and i think i should give Barry Bonds a hand getting that last home run to equal the record! Hop had a go at the major league speed pitches, and they were rockets!
After the baseball practise, we had basketball training, and here is Hoppy slamming home an “alley oop”! I am pretty sure this is proper bad ass stuff!
The week was capped off with a BBQ, cooked by Willo. Good steak and chicken, and some snags too!
Toona was a good return to racing, after five weeks of no racing for us. It was a good way to get some speed back in the legs, and it should serve as a good opener for the big crits coming up. Next weekend is Charlotte, so i hope that goes well, and i can get up there for the finish. Things are going well, and i am a lot better than the same time last year, so i am super excited to hopefully do well!
Have a good one dudes, laters…
