I know it has been a while since I have updated my blog, April 18th to be exact, but now that I have watched today’s Tour stage in full (chateau explanations and all) and have been out on my ride, I have nothing more to do (ok maybe laundry) then to get back to the blogging world. My life has been full of many memorable moments the past few months, but unfortunately time got the best of me and those moments just didn’t make the cut. Time to move forward!
I figured I might as well expand on me and Kerry Stivaletti (the one and only Cheetah Mocha) crushing our previous 2 woman time trial last Saturday and making it into the record books (record blog). I raced the Hellyer Velodrome Challange the night before so I had a long day and a late night behind me before the Beat the Clock TT. My ITT start time was 7:01am, just behind Cheetah Mocha at 7:00am. The only thing worse then those TT start times is a non-existent turn around. Yep, that’s right. Kerry and I both made it down to the end of the TT course and just continued to ride until we realized there was not a turn around. Needless to say our ITT times sucked since we extended our TT course a bit. The promoter apologized and mentioned that all 3 turn around volunteers over slept. She offered us a free entry into the next TT. I’ll take it! I can’t cry too much because it is a “fun” TT to raise money for cancer and it is great training and super close to my house. We couldn’t sit and around and cry blue cheetah tears because we had a TTT ahead of us. We learned from our previous TTT mistakes and came up with a plan for the day (its secret). Honestly, I really do have laundry to fold, so I need to speed this blog writing bit up. I don't have time to go into such secrets. Anyway, the TTT started and we were off. The Cheetah and I made exchanges as discussed and crossed line at 25:15. That was good enough for 1st place for the day and 3rd overall for the record books.
The best part of the morning was the coffee and muffins that were on coach Keith’s (as oppose to my Keith’s) tab. I guess he didn’t realize Cheetah Mocha and I have a knack for ordering the most expensive thing on the woodside café menu. Upon receiving the bill he asked the cashier, “What did we order?” Oops;/
That was awesome Cheetah Mocha! Thanks Coach Keith!
Here is the link for the records. Unfortunately official records are listed by legal name, not Team TIBCO II given names. http://blocg.wordpress.com/beat-the-clock-records/
I figured I might as well expand on me and Kerry Stivaletti (the one and only Cheetah Mocha) crushing our previous 2 woman time trial last Saturday and making it into the record books (record blog). I raced the Hellyer Velodrome Challange the night before so I had a long day and a late night behind me before the Beat the Clock TT. My ITT start time was 7:01am, just behind Cheetah Mocha at 7:00am. The only thing worse then those TT start times is a non-existent turn around. Yep, that’s right. Kerry and I both made it down to the end of the TT course and just continued to ride until we realized there was not a turn around. Needless to say our ITT times sucked since we extended our TT course a bit. The promoter apologized and mentioned that all 3 turn around volunteers over slept. She offered us a free entry into the next TT. I’ll take it! I can’t cry too much because it is a “fun” TT to raise money for cancer and it is great training and super close to my house. We couldn’t sit and around and cry blue cheetah tears because we had a TTT ahead of us. We learned from our previous TTT mistakes and came up with a plan for the day (its secret). Honestly, I really do have laundry to fold, so I need to speed this blog writing bit up. I don't have time to go into such secrets. Anyway, the TTT started and we were off. The Cheetah and I made exchanges as discussed and crossed line at 25:15. That was good enough for 1st place for the day and 3rd overall for the record books.
The best part of the morning was the coffee and muffins that were on coach Keith’s (as oppose to my Keith’s) tab. I guess he didn’t realize Cheetah Mocha and I have a knack for ordering the most expensive thing on the woodside café menu. Upon receiving the bill he asked the cashier, “What did we order?” Oops;/
That was awesome Cheetah Mocha! Thanks Coach Keith!
Here is the link for the records. Unfortunately official records are listed by legal name, not Team TIBCO II given names. http://blocg.wordpress.com/beat-the-clock-records/
STRAVA ITT STRAVA TTT
PS. Yes we were the weirdo’s riding in full aero gear and numbers around woodside Saturday late morning post TT.
Thanks for Reading,
Jay-Z Blue
Thanks for Reading,
Jay-Z Blue
