Woke up today and checked the email. Went for a ride with the team at 9 to spin out the legs. Got back and relaxed. Left for the crit via bike at noon (it's all downhill into Redlands from the host house). Got set up with the radios during team the team meeting. Warmed up on the trainers next to the port-a-potties.
Mechanic, Chris, is standing next to me while I'm on the trainer. He says: "have any of you been to the bathroom yet?" Routine pre-race question. "No," I say. "Well everyone is reading about you while they're in there."
Come to find out, our media guy posted this inside the port-a-potties so people could read about us while they pooed. Not sure how I feel about that.
Then I raced. We did well as a team. Led Kori out for the first sprint and covered some attacks. Got a flat tire, went to the pit, got back in. Covered another attack. Then got swarmed and rode the last few laps at the back. Alison got top 10. Kori is doing well in the sprint competition now.
Went home, showered, stood in the freezing cold pool as an alternative to an ice bath. Saved a lady bug from drowning. Tortured an ant by encircling it in a ring of water and slowly making the ring smaller and smaller. Thought about the convection heat transfer coefficient between my legs and the water and tried to increase it my moving around.
Got a massage.
And now I'm here, about to go to dinner with the team at another host house, the one some of the staff are staying at.
All in all, a very good day.
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Those darned media/PR guys...
Lizzie described this blog as "the one with all the short sentences."
"Thought about the convection heat transfer coefficient between my legs and the water and tried to increase it my moving around."...the mechanical engineer in you coming out :)
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