adventures in pennsylvania
chillin' in somerset, pa. not a whole heck of a lot to do. they have oln but no tour de france on this oln. damn!
so, on the fourth we flew into pittsburgh where we spent the night. the next morning we packed it back up and headed out to somerset.
yesterday we headed up to the resort where the week of nationals is based to get our packets and preview the time trial course for justin. the time trial course undulated and turned through the forest and farmlands. it was simply brutal. i can hardly imagine having to race that as a time trial.
today justin and chad got up early and went out to the time trial. justin rode to 18th place. our local competition, ian mckissick won and kenny williams was third. not bad.
this afternoon we went out to preview the course for saturday's road race. tough course. it is likely to be a rough race of attrition as the rolling terrain is relentless.
getting food in this town is a little rough. went to a diner last night where the only options were various fried or "grilled" meats with a potatoe. we did manage, however, to find a great little italian take out place that was inexpensive and good. penne with vegentables and chicken. not heavy at all!
in the process of getting our food we helped push a minivan out of the parking lot 'cause it was out of gas. adventures in pennsylvania.
