Tour of Walla Walla: Stage 1

Yep, another stage race, this time in my old stomping grounds:  Walla Walla.

While I'd targeted this race since November I lost almost all motivation after Cherry Blossom.  Part of it was the depression/denial about the Jamis but also my legs were totally shot after Cherry Blossom.  The other part was that I graduate in 3 weeks, have no idea what I'm doing and trying to wrap up our senior project and projects while still training.  Not the best combination.  This past week was a cascade of little sleep, poor eating and too much stress.  Whatever.



So, stage 1 went.  Nothing exceptional.  I grabbed an easy 3rd on the KOM lap for a 2 second time bonus.  11th on today's stage and finishing puts me on the board at 5th GC, 11 seconds down.  The TT will start to settle out the GC so we'll see how it goes tomorrow.  Below are a few pictures from the team house.  We have some awesome hosts here. Somehow they've managed to fit 15 people and almost 20 bikes into the house with ease.  Thank you hosts!