I remembered my number! I picked some Americanos for Cole and I from Supreme Bean (DELICIOUS!) on the way out. I put a cassette on the 808’s and got out the aero helmet. Jaime pinned my number while I was on the trainer. Andrew Bennett’s mom Lynn Coody talked to me. She likes my blog. I’m famous! Not really. (A little?)
The aero bars I was going to borrow wouldn’t fit my 31.8 handlebars… no good. I had a pretty good warmup. The TT went… okay. I got 20th, losing 1:52. The course was fine. It was windy. Eh. I dropped to 17th overall.
We went to the The Original Pancake House and I demolished some blueberry pancakes, part of Jaime’s omelet and a bunch of homefries. Soooo good.
I took my PowerTap to Hutch’s. It’s not happy. It’s fixable, but it needs to be rebuilt. That means no crit or Wolf Creek data. I’m… I’m totally lost without it, you know? 
Crit time. I talked to Mike McCabe a bit. There were some fierce looking clouds about. I warmed up a bit. Time to ride some circles. Cole attacks. It feels pretty easy. I hang out towards the front. Cole attacks more. It starts drizzling, uh oh. More laps. More Cole attacks. Davis pulls some. Erich pulls some. It starts raining. Cole attacks with a few to go. He come back. I attack hard with two to go. Nobody jumps. I get the gap. I get around the corner, and I can’t see them- big gap. I nail it, all out, head down and I unconsciously slide forward on the saddle, perched on the tip. Gap is there still, but smaller. Click, one more cog. My face smushes up. It’s raining hard with huge drops. Do it do it do it…
Hmm. I get caught. The big acceleration goes at 500m. I hang on and finish at the back of the field. No time lost? Sigh.
Tomorrow’s another day. An epic day. A huge, badass, awesome day with enough climbs to beat the crap out of everyone. I’m really excited. Am I going to come back from a minute and a half down to win the overall? I’m not sure, but probably. 
In all seriousness, tomorrow’s going to rock. There will be some epic throw-down, and I hope I’m there. I’m super pumped.
There will be a picture post soon. I’m just lazy right now.
