So it has been a very short 3 months since I have posted a new blog. Let me give you a quick recap of what has happened in our little world. College wise I passed all 4 of my classes moved my GPA up to a 3.0 "stoked" and found out glass blowing just isn't for me. April was my 25 birthday, got my first pair of free running shoes from my mother "which I will never go back to normal shoes"; also in April Ashley, and I had a weekend getaway to Washington D.C. and visited the Smithsonian Museum. If you have never made it up there, it's a must. The exhibits are amazing my personal favorite is the wooly mammoth/Abraham Lincoln not in any order. After visiting D.C. I have realized a large over run city just isn't for me, people shoulder to shoulder and the poverty level is lower than Nicki Minaj cleavage. After saving all of my pennies I was able to get a new race bike 2012 Trek Madone 5.2 she is all carbon and weighing in at 15.2 with cages and pedals I couldn't be happier with it, Thanks to http://eastcoastbicycles.com/ always providing great parts at amazing prices and the mechanics are on point. This being my first race season I am really happy with my finishes 7 races 5 top 10s a top 30 in a Cat 4/5 road race and a 21st in a race that I was smart enough to pull out, the front 5 crashed and I was just happy to finish without crashing my rig. Last week I put in for my Cat 4 upgrade, still waiting for it to be official; I might be small fries still but hey I gotta start somewhere. celeritycycling.com/ is my teams website. Why did I join this team? Well my 2 team Captains Dan Netzer, and Frank Cundiff are a couple of hungry animals on 2 wheels and can shake me any day of the week. Every time I get the chance I ride with them learning and soaking up all the information I can, good isn't good enough; only great is going to work for this guy. After getting some advice from my teammates I have shrunk my weekly mileage and upped my Avg speed. I went from 200 miles per week avg 19.0mph to 140 miles per week with a new avg 24.0mph. Last Tuesday was my first bully ride out at Great Bridge Cyclery and let me be the first to say that is exactly what it is, an all out RACE. No friends, no enemies just all out racing, and let me tell you I love it. Pulling at 31mph is a rush I can't explain. Therefore, Thursday I went back for seconds bringing 2 teammates Brandon Carter and Chris Goyne, we rep'd hard and worked great together. This weekend is the Stony Point crit race up in Richmond, VA. and I am very excited to crush it. Earlier this week a couple friends of mine Patrick Ard and Anna Ard made a video short of me and a coupe of my teammates, so check it out and give us some feedback. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDIuZ-kIgqM&feature=youtu.be Until next time. Stay right side up and keep the tires on the pavement.
