A picture...

is worth 1000 words. Well, what if you forget to take said picture?

The night before the US Open Relay I got everything ready. Clothes. Check. Helmet. Check. Bike, water, food, tent, banners, squeeky horn, and camera. Check, check, check. Too bad the camera never made it out. I'm just not usually on the resting end of the camera I guess.

We did pretty well overall. 15 laps. The winning team, that consisted of 2 semi-pro and 2 pro riders, had 17 laps. It really wasn't that bad though seeing as they came in right before the cut-off and we were just a bit after the cut-off. Let's face it, they still crushed us, but they should. They did have the semi-pro National Short Track Champ on their team. As for our final placement, I'm not really sure due to the complex handicap scoring (mainly to help out the beginners).

Next weekend I'll be pulling double duty. The Mt. Joy road race is on 4-12. You can find the important info here: http://www.redroseraces.com/index.php?option=com_races&task=listRace&id=61&Itemid=42. Chad and I will be going off at 11:30. Sunday will be another mountain race. This one is at Fairhill. Important info here: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=6071. This will be the first ever lap race at Fairhill. They are usually a point to point race. Shawn and I are already signed up but I believe Tom, Joel, Ben, and maybe Chris will be there.

In sad news...I found out today that the Tom Bamford Classic will not be run this year but should be back next year. This was a race I know almost everyone on the team was going to be in. Hopefully, things work out next year.

***UPDATE***
The final tallies are in...With the handicap added (of which we received 0 extra points), we were 31st of 67 teams. Without the handicap 6th overall. A keen eye would have noticed that the winning team did not have 18 laps like the original post stated but rather 17. So we were really only one lap down until they came across the line just before the cut-off. That is pretty good.

MLK took some really nice pictures of the race. Check them out here:http://www.mlkimages.com/2008%20Sports/444765.