Well I have finally found time and energy to update the blog. The part time job at USA Cycling has turned into more work than originally planed. But at least it is a desk job in the sport I love. The weekend excursion to the Southern most islands in the Caribbean was a nice getaway. I would like to say that it was great racing but we were only able to race two events out of the scheduled seven. The rainy season started a week before we arrived and it confirmed itself to us about 48 out of the 72 hours we were there. It rained on Saturday morning, all morning. Then it stopped just enough so we could see the track but not ride it in the afternoon. Then the rain held off Sunday morning so the Palo Seco Games, track and field and track cycling, could go off as planned. We ended up meeting Pablo, a fashion photographer from NY, down there. So our team was made up of Emil, a local Colorado racer, Pablo, and I, along with our coach Des Dickie. Des is from Trinidad, and has ten siblin
