I love you, Will...no hard feelings!

 

We live in America...not Britain...

I had a very interesting commute returning to Fort Collins from Tulsa this past weekend.  Will, Dan and myself departed Tulsa late on Sunday evening, and decided to rest our heads at the fabulous Super 8 in Salina, Kansas.  Unfortunately, we woke too late to enjoy Patrick's favored continental breakfast, and were forced to venture to the closest breakfast establishment for some nutrition and coffee.  Around the corner was IHOP...wonderful!  The breakfast commenced with one of the more interesting experiences in my race travels.  First off, I've never had such an inanimate waitress in all my dining experiences.  Even my flirtatious tactics (a product of my genetic material passed down from my father) that I often like to employ at random restaurants along our travel routes were no match for this Mona Lisa.  It wasn't until a mother/daughter pair sat at a booth, drank their soda, and left without paying, was I able to establish a common ground based on our mutual observation of the situation that allowed the waitress to crack a smile.  Mission accomplished.

I digress a bit from the aim of my post and would like to return to my purpose.  Between meeting our cold waitress and the incident where the mother/daughter pair left without paying was the most interesting part of the whole adventure.  Our food arrived at the table, hot and ready to be consumed, but there was a problem.  Will had no cutlery!  Yes, that's right I said CUTLERY, and so did Will when he was asking this poor, midwestern, innocent, corn-fed waitress for some SILVERWARE.  Since when was SILVERWARE called CUTLERY?  Either I grew up a little too blue collar or the midwest is too isolated from international/British sophistication.  After a couple failed attempts at asking for cutlery, Will finally asked for silverware.  The lightbulb went off in the poor waitresses eye and Will finally got his cutlery.  

That's all...I was simply perplexed at Will's intelligent, British vocabulary.  Oh yeah, he also wears knickers; defined as women's panties in the dictionary.  

-Phil

Back to Back

Team Legacy Energy's Phil Mann, won the Collegiate National Criterium today, successfully defending his title from last year with a phenomenal display of force by his team. In the final 3 laps, a Virginia Tech rider jumped clear and was holding a sizable gap over the field until with 2 to go Dan Workman came to the front and pulled the rider back, setting the stage for Phil's 250m sprint out of the final turn.

Comments...

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Brad 

Not a pro team but close

I am not much of a blogger nor do I ever read blogs, but in an attempt to fulfill my team duties I though I would post one without even being asked. This post isn't to rant about a bad race or to whine about not getting the result that I wanted. This post is to recognize the men behind the scenes that took care of us down in Silver City, NM. Dan, AC, and our host housing. Dan cooked up great meals and fed us in the feed zones. Let me tell you how nice it is having a meal ready to eat everyday when you get up in the morning and right after a race. It very nice. AC took care of us all and was as a pro as it gets in his director debut. Amidst all the bad luck and trouble we encountered though out the race, he was always cool, calm and collected and never did a negative word leave his mouth. If that doesn't make you want to turn your self inside out for the team I don't what would. To top it all off we had great host housing which always makes things go smooth during a long stage race. We are not a pro team, but last week I got a glimpse of what it would be like to be on one. With daily massages, food prepared for us, and our bikes washed and tuned everyday it made our jobs easy. A big thanks to all of you that worked hard and tool care of us for the week you are greatly appreciated by everyone. Next time we will have our day.

My two Cents.

I too would like to throw out my thanks to everyone who helped make our trip to Gila a success. I would like to put a special thanks out to Daniel for coming to the hospital and spending the afternoon with me in the ER and helping take care of me. He was great all week without him, and the support of Andy and our hosts the trip would not have been a success. For us, we are only as successful as those around us, and everyone that helped us through the week and made it easy for us to do our jobs. You were all incredible and really helped push us to a higher level. Thanks for all of your hard work, and I wish we could have put together at least one day for those working behind the scenes... next time.

Brad

another photo link from Gila

Phil in the break

And another

Thoughts of the day...

So I spit on Joe Sapperstein today, literally... it is funny be a bike racer you get oddly comfortable, or at least understanding when you get spit on.

We finally figured Jarred out... 2+2=4 but for Jarred you think it equals 3 and somehow he steps it up and turns it into 5. He never ceases to amaze.

Surfing is possible even when water isn't present, just ask out cat 1 guys after yesterday.

...and some people still don't know what they are doing on their bikes, even at this level.

Brad