Skinny #1 Racing

So the races in Boulder didn't go as well as I would have liked them to. I had a terrible time trial, even though the person behind me didn't catch me. They were from Fort Louie so I don't know how I pulled that one off. The cross country was a little bit better though. We had a short loop (basically the time trial course backwards) and I was probably right in the middle of the pack after that before I turned it on in the first big lap. I managed to reel in 3-5 riders on this enormous climb, and only got passed by one teammate on the downhill, which was really intense. I felt like a champion on the downhills that day, it was like an out of body experience in which I was just nailing every line and keeping the rubber down. I kinda died in the last lap though, and lost 2 positions. I'm sure that those 5 Accel Gels I downed really helped a lot...it really is surprising but I think they make a huge difference. Maybe there will be an ad for me "Tim Halliday is Acceleraded" just like they made one for Ryder back in the day when he knew what a mountain bike was.

I was all pumped about doing a cross race yesterday but I just couldn't get ahold of anyone for a ride. Oh well...life goes on. I requested my Semi-Pro upgrade (which I should get) and my Cat. 3 upgrade which I figured I'd just take a stab at. I mean, maybe they'll be like "Hey this kid went through the trouble of requesting an upgrade, we'll just give it to him." Haha, that would be great.

Hopefully I can get my hands on some Icy Hot, so I can try to get rid of that super tight muscle behind my knee. Where's Shaq when you need him?