Ft. Collins weekend came and went pretty quickly. It was great to see many friends from CO that I have not seen in a few years. The races went pretty well with a 9th on Sat. and 14th on Sun.
I had host housing with Chris, who worked at the local Trek dealer. It was great staying with a local and hanging out with other like minded people. He was also only 3 blocks from an friend I met while living in Durango.
The weather on Saturday was rainy and cool so the course was a bit slick. It was a mud tire kinda day but not muddy enough to require bike changes in the 35+ race. The elite race was a whole different track. It was dried up and the tires stuck like velcro. It was my second race of the day and I rode around for 30 minutes, eventually pulling out before getting lapped. The Elite race is more of a bonus workout than anything.
The weather on Sunday was completely different. It was sunny and 65 and the course was getting dry and loose. I felt pretty good after the double effort on Saturday but only managed a 14th. I was pretty smashed after and decided to bail on the elite race. I had a beer and hung out at the truck til it was time to work the pit for Bjorn in the elite race.
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| Jeff and Sam, the bartenders/truck drivers 3 kegs of New Belgium |
The Collective has become the afterparty sponsor of the USGP so we had 3 kegs of New Belgium to serve up for anyone that stopped by. Beers were drank, truck was packed up and the weekend was over. I spent Sunday night in Denver with my uncle before flying home early Monday morning in time to make it to work.
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| Teammates: Matt, Katie, Mark |
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| Sunday night sushi with candied crickets from Japan for dessert |
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