Greetings from Germany! I am currently sitting at a Starbucks (oh, globalization. *sigh*), trying to avoid both the rain and the smoking old lady and waiting for our post-race briefing ITU dinner. I'm hoping for vast quantities of sausage-y like meats and bier. Okay, maybe after the race would be better for a German gut bomb...
I am competing Saturday at the 5th stop on the ITU World Championships Series (my third, after Madrid and DC) and am pretty excited for a fun race. This is one of my favorite places to race, after having been here in 2007 for the World Championships. To be honest, the course is hardly ideal for me, as the bike is flat and technical. With 100s of thousands of spectators lining the downtown Hamburg course, the energy of the crowd is exceptional. If only there were more races like this one!
I am accompanied by a different companion on this trip, however, as my new Ceepo road bike, Mamba, was built up by the very capable hands of Mindy at CS West prior to my departure. Between her mechanical skills and the hard efforts of super agent Mike and my pals at Ceepo, I am decked out with one sweeeeet ride. Mugatu, the TT bike, is a bit jealous of the new addition to the family, but I'm sure he'll get used to Mamba. Besides, he'll get more love later in the season... Thanks for everything, guys. I can't wait to show her off this weekend!
1 comment:
Definitely avoid the "smoking old lady."
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