perpetual silver medalist

well i survived friday night's party. it was my first client party at C&P and i totally had to learn to shmooze the clients. i was told that shmoozing was a politically correct way of being a brown nose. i'm sure that many people wonder what it would be like to see their boss(es) suck on the beer teat and i was lucky enough to see it. although no one got smashed, some were closer to the bottom of the bag than others. i had to keep it together since i new and had to race the following morning.

Saturday morning came a little quicker than i would have appreciated but i got up and got on with the routine and prepared for the race. i always have a tendency to check out the competition when i get there to evaluate my chances, and it was definitely looking good for me. a couple of possible contenders but it appeared that i would be the man to be this day until HE showed up. good ol' ed meyer came all the way from NH and crushed any hope i had of 1st place. i attacked hard from the start with him close behind and quickly there were three of us off the front... then only two. ed and i were cruising away as i was cheered on by the predominately local crowd. "stay with him frank stay with him!" were the most common cheers i heard as many knew that ed would be a favorite to win. as we hit the flat part of the course he just motored away from me laying down power that i can only dream of. i chased hard through the ballpark as i coursed in and out until i got to the technical part of the course and then i saw it. he had f*cked up and was running up the hill. i was salivating knowing that i was flying through that part of the course! i nailed him back to about 5 secs but as soon as we hit the flat pavement part of the course he exposed my 12 year old boy power and rocketed away from me. well, i had to let him go as there was no way i was gonna get him back and i quickly turned my focus to preserving 2nd and not having a system meltdown as i was working with uncrisp legs at this point. in the end i nailed home a second place finish and another medal. once again i was the bridesmaid and not the bride. at least i'm gaining confidence in my form before nationals. this time last year i was riding like crap but i feel like im still going strong now.

i wonder how the MAB is making out right now???