Mt. Tabor. Cat 2.

Sweet baby Jesus that hurt.  The picture above describes about where I spent just about the entire race.

Cat 2 is a whole different ball game.  Just like my just from B to A last cross season I was blown away by the speed and smoothness of the riders there.  The Pro/1/2 road field is no different, I don't know why I expected it to be.

Silverton: RR State Champs

After 2 of the most hectic weeks of my life to this point it's off to another race.  This one the OBRA Road Race State Championships held at Silverton, OR.  Never heard of it?  Me either.

Gainful Employment!

Someone recently told me that the average college graduate must send out 38 resumes/applications before obtaining their first job.  I don't know if I refused to believe this because in my mind that was an obscene number or because I didn't want to admit that I was fast approaching that number.  SRAM, Acumed, Stryker, Johnson & Johnson, Biomet, Miosek, Specialized, Trek, Nike, Oakley, Intel (just to name a few); they all had my resume and all I'd received were polite emails (read: form letters) explaining that although my skills and background (I have no background) were impressive they've chosen to go with another candidate.  And then out of nowhere I receive an email from a teammate essentially say "send this guy your resume."  End of message.  After a blind email thinking I was throwing my resume into yet another abyss I received a prompt reply and an interview the following day.

Shortish story even shorter:  I'll be working at Renovo Bicycles as a design and test engineer.  I had to choose between working at a bike shop mindlessly adjusting derailleurs and building kids bikes and a real, honest-to-God engineering job.  No contest.  Work starts Monday.  Welcome to the good life.

Life at Mach 3

The last few weeks have been kind of hectic.