Today was Day One of the Second Annual Tour of Elk Grove. The Pro's raced two stages today; a 4.5 mile TT and an 80k race. Someone won the TT, etc, etc, all over and done with. Then we had the usual mundane, everyday races. The Cat 1/2 was a pretty good race and not too boring to watch. In the Pro race, no one managed to make a breakaway stick. As I was walking back to the start line, I saw the sprint, and it was brutal. It looked more like a sprint for a Keirin rather than the finish for a road-race-slash-criterium. I got to sit in the pit all day and "score." Not much scoring to be done from the pit; "So-and-so got/was denied a free lap and was pushed back into such-and-such group." In far fewer words, of course.... Lol. I get to sit in the pit all day tomorrow too.... Umm... I'm so excited I don't know what to do with myself? Haha. I found myself falling asleep near the end of the Pro race today. Well, home again tomorrow night, thankfully. Hopefully tomorrow's racing will go as well as today's did. I believe the only transport was a rider who broke his wrist in a crash. I think our local WI riders did quite well today, as well. On that note, I believe I will end this missive.
Em
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Hey Emma!
I heard from your mom (when I saw her at Nature Valley) that you were officiating - and that you had a blog. And I finally stumbled across it.
You might remember me from SuperWeek 2003 as the official from Nebraska. Now I'm working for Toyota-United as the team's communications director. I'm still officiating now and then, though.
Glad to see you're still involved in cycling!
Sean
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