Alright time again for another chapter. After returning from Stuttgart, I took a little off season, i.e. three weeks, which was very much needed after the almost 12 month season. There is no doubt that racing as much track and road as I did in that year has seen me grow leaps and bounds. I mean I went into the Gent Six (blog Nov '06) having never raced an international madison. But at the end of Stuttgart, I have raced four international madisons and a half of dozen madisons around the US. So in the past year I have advanced well past the rookie stage, well at least on the track. So after a little time off the bike I was invited back to Trinidad and Tobago to race in the Southern Games. With two weeks to go, I jumped back on the bike. And put in as many miles as I could, a couple of efforts, and then it was off to the races. The Southern Games consisted of two days of racing with 8 total cycling events. The biggest difference about this race is that it was held on a grass t...
