US Gran prix #1, Kentucky-Natasha comes 6th!

So Tasha really put on a great ride today! She rode well and just missed the getaway train. So she just missed out 5th as it came to an exciting sprint finish with Laura van Gilder.

I'm really happy about that, cause she had received some flack about under performing at big races. So she really shined today and I think tomorrow will be similar or better.

Shockingly I had a phenomenal start I was in 4th position on and then faded and faded just out of the top ten when I had a cartographic bonk/blow up / I don't know if I should be dieting this time of the year / spontaneous human combustion and I blew sky high and then crashed on the pavement cause I couldn't see. It was not funny at the time and it was not fun. I am all smiles now, but it was not good.

I still ended up 23rd or something but I rode pathetically the last 4 laps and it was embarrassing. Funny enough even though it was "not good" it's actually the best GP placing for me, so I guess that's Seems like my sprint training has worked really well though so that's good and the starts are way better so that's good now I just have to put it all together and not take my self out.

Back to Natasha. Maybe we some some hoodoovoodoo curse that we can not both race well on the same day. Well if that's what it takes I'd rather have a few awful days like today and suck but get to see her race well, cause she deserves great success.
Maybe I'm biased cause she is after all my Fiance and all, but seriously I'll take one for the team any day to watch her it like she did today. Tasha has worked her butt off for this. She put this cross calender together in February and sacrificed a lot on the road in order to shine this time of year, she put in all training. She worked on her weaknesses and improved her strengths. While I was off having "fun" doing the Tour de Beauce, Rochester and the road stuff she wa in the basement training herself into oblivion on the computrainer.

Alright nuff said. Oh yah our hosts her in Kentucky, Dwayne and Michelle are great.
They helped us out so much, taking our bikes, pitting for us, introducing us to Qdoba and have been absolutely phenomenal. We are quite lucky to have been hooked with them. Dwayne also gave us some ideas of how the Duo could market themselves better next year so we wouldn't have to stress so much about money next year and not be so broke.

DSJ