Podium Finish.

One taste...I want more!

July 2006

Six long months, day in, day out...sweating, working, hurting, resting, paying attention to the details, focusing, committing, preparing. It really comes down to one block of time...about 2 hrs.... on one given day, on the side of a massive mountain with every possible variable at stake. Anything could go wrong, anything could go right. You hope for the right and prepare for the wrong. This time it happened though...the pieces came together and they fit snuggly.

The altitude didn't sufficate me...the rocks didn't trip me...the ladies didn't out-pedal me...the heat didn't conquer me...the mental game didn't overcome me...the climbs didn't defeat me...and the finish line didn't deny me. Finally, after a long season of trying I pulled off my first Expert XC Mountain Bike podium. 2nd place in Telluride tasted so good- I'd like to dine on that wood box again. I want more of this feeling...more!