Well it has been great to get back home, but as certain friends of mine like “The Streetfighter” know I am usually bursting with energy when I arrive back on American soil.  A typical first morning off the plane starts with a cup of coffee at about 4:30am and by 7 the laundry is in the dryer and the mail is sorted and I am already contemplating a killer training session.  I don’t know why this is, but I just roll with it until about 2 in the pm when I crash test my face on the pillow. 
 This last Monday was the same.  12 hours off the plane I was just putting the last of my freshly clean clothes away when Gardie “Action” Jackson called and asked if I wanted to do a training ride?  Of course, lets go.  After a 20 min TT into Park City from the ‘burbs where I reside to meet a punctually minded Gardie, we hit the road to meet a friend of his for some motor pacing.  As John Gallagher (a local cyclist well known for his talent on the cross bike) pulled up on his Bahama 150 I noticed my heart rate was nearly 100 just sitting on the top tube, oh well high revs today.  After three 15 minute reps at 30-40mph, and 175-185bpm I was toast and it was off to read the inside of my eyelids.
 Motorpacing? You might ask yourself.  First Nordic Combined, then Inline racing, now cycling?  Well turns out my cycling team got into the Tour of Utah next week( www.tourofutah.com )  to race some pretty big guns who I am sure will have some teammates that make everything fun right from the gun.  So I am attempting to get my legs ready to survive this little 5-day jaunt around the Wasatch.  Should be fun (for at least an hour or so) so I am going to give it my best here starting next Wednesday in Nephi.  Hopefully will make for some good updates.  Of course after that I am going to have some serious double pole sessions to get my arms back from twig status!

So Summer Grand Prix is over!  Always a little cause for celebration to be in one piece after the blading races.  Oberstdorf was a bit tricky.  After multiple cancellations due to wind conditions last season we are testing a new format which qualifys 40 skiers based on a scored round the day before the comp.  Then for the comp day we have a new round of jumping with only those 40, the hitch is if the comp day conditions do not allow for a competition the “pocket round” can be used in lieu so the show can go on.  So the qualifying round in Oberstdorf ended up counting, which was not so good for yours truely as I was 33rd.  The race was again very tough with the 9 laps of 1.8km being competed in a mere 28 minutes, I ended up skiing with a good pack but we were unable to overcome the deficit and I finished 19th.

Oberstdorf start

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