Obama lost because you didn't vote.

well, hopefully this won't be the case because you got out and voted. and voted early like I did today.

this video is very funny. watch it here.

hellovader

this is what ken wants to be for Halloween. Frankie and i are going to be witches, Isabella will be a vampire bat, and Oscar will be a dog, i guess.

I love cyclocross!

Cyclocross is just too much fun. I like cross more than road, I've decided. I've also decided that my new MO is that I have to have to bring beer for after the race if there is not a beer garden as part of the race. Unfortunately, I've been sick for the last 10 days or so and (foolishly?) did two races in those 10 days but did not feel up to the post beer feed. Drat.

On another note, I won Women's Rider of the Year (like ACA BAR) and also Masters Rider of the Year at the track this year. I got some sweet green backs in exchange! woo hoo! As my friend Gary Peterson said, "A check always fits better than a jacket!"

Pink Yeti bling

Ken really needs to get his own blog. He likes everyone to *think* he's too modest to do so or that he doesn't have time, but in reality, he spends an awful lot moderating on Slashdot and reading his Powertap files! But I heart him anyway.

Well, today I was supposed to race the second Frisco cyclocross race but since I have this dastardly cold, I decided to bag it. I talked Francesca into helping me wash my mountain bike, air up and Stan's up the flat tires (since I have not ridden it since May!) and then we made this custom Hello Kitty Chain Slapper. I am mighty proud of it - two layers of flannel, velcro, and a great snug fit! Easily washable too! No more annoying chain slap noise. Now I just have to ride the bike...

Using The Strap-On In Public

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Points race, team events, getting home

Wow, what a week it's been. let me try to catch up here. I had a day off on Friday but played Bike Girl for Kenny. i hope he appreciated it. I did a lot of video taping for the team which was not that much fun, but hey, we all have to take one for the team, right? ha ha. So Saturday, I had the points race. Deb and I were both in it, and we were looking forward to having some fun. A couple of people scratched, one gal was kicked out because she was not the right category, and a few were added. There was only one entrant in the 30-34 group and she was going to ride with us, and she was a known fastie (Jan's term). Warren, the race promoter, told me the young chick was going to be told by the officials not to interfere with the outcome of our race, however, to make a long story short, she wasn't. I asked her about it as we rolled up to the rail, and she said that she was racing this one. We let her get off the front; she may have even lapped the field. We didn't really care because she wasn't supposed to be scored. Deb and I worked hard to get points, but this youngster gal decided to pull the other California rider around, and that gal ended up winning our race. Deb and I were second and third, respectively. Being the (ha ha - work people, are you reading this?!) diplomatic one, I talked with Warren after the race but he couldn't really do anything.

The next (last) day was the team events. Yet again, it was VERY HOT!!! As in 103 under the canopy on the infield, probably 110 on the track. Deb and I had the top seed for team sprint. We ended up with fourth but rode a much faster time than last year so we were at least happy with that. The two men's sprint teams also got 4th. That would be Kenny, Rich and Big Sock in the 50+ group, and Butch, Paulin and Pellitier in the 40+. For some unknown reason, they decided to run the team pursuits as one-ups rather than having two teams on the track. Oh my goodness, this took forever!! We finally got on the track at 3pm. We were seeded last which was great, so we knew what we had to ride. Last year, we got the top seed and were able to cruise to gold thanks to Rich letting us know exactly where we needed to be with lap times. This year we worked like crazy but ended up third. All I can say, is we'll be back!!

The bad news is that we rode sometime after 3pm and our flight was at 5pm. Not good timing. We missed the flight in San Jose but luckily got on the last flight out of San Francisco which put us home a couple hours late.

Good to be home. Tons of tomatoes and herbs to harvest (email me if you want some!) Now on to cyclocross season - woo hoo!

More pictures on the camera to come later.

More Results

OK, I am falling behind with posting here. I see Ken highjacked my account and did his own posting...It's been super hot here, over 100 degrees during the day, so I've spent a lot of time trying to stay cool in the swimming pool or just lying in bed trying to ameliorate my sleep debt.

Sprints didn't go as well as I'd hoped. I qualified second in the 200 to Julie Bautista from San Diego who won the sprints and 500 in 2006 (my year of two broken collar bones!) I won my quarter final ride pretty easily and was then matched with my teammate Deborah Kidd (from Santa Fe) for the semis. I beat her in the first ride, and then she took me in the second two. I was pretty tired for my bronze medal final and ended up in 4th. Deb got silver in the finals.

Marsha and Shannon did their points race (50+ age groups but scored separately). It was a really small field so it was hard for them to really do any team tactics. Marsha ended up with gold and Shannon with silver.

Vic Williams got bronze in his pursuit. Steve Whitmore got 19th.

Today the 40-something men and women sprint and the 30-something men and women points race. George Hertner and Dave Macintosh showed up, so more Coloradoan to cheer for. That's it for now...