"Most Athletic"

It's always fun to win a prize, excuse me, earn a prize. Walking up and down three flights of stairs numerous times throughout any given day is tough work. Smuggling bicycles in and out of the building isn't easy, sometimes requiring a sprint up a stairwell. On those easy recovery days, my heartrate spikes on the relentless climb to my room. Seriously. I've even managed to get an occupied 60-lb bike box up the stairway on a couple occasions. These are no small athletic feats and I'm glad somebody gave me an award.

The semester is creeping to an end. I took my first final today, and had my math instructor announce my math final is optional--sweet! With only three finals to go, another bike race in California and a final Shootout; I'm ready to vacate the football stadium, hop in my old Super-u and drive home. On a completely separate and disgruntled note, I met with my academic advisor yesterday who informed me that the school is 'likely' to eliminate my undergraduate major due to budget cuts. I have to complete a number of prerequisites before the college will 'accept' me into their program and chances are there will be no program by the time I finish the prereqs. So that meeting put a damper on the end of my semester. Anyway...back to the fun stuff.

Last weekend was a success for Team Luna. My teammates earned three top podium spots for short track and cross country. They're fast and everybody knows it so what's the point of me bragging? It's pretty exciting to be a part of it. Well my racing went well. In short track, I fumbled at the start and had to work my way up...into 5th! And I got to solo it for about 1/2 lap in 5th and then I got really tired and finished 11th. I'm still stoked, I've never pedaled into 5th position before... and then I finished 8th in cross-country, my best result in a NMBS to date. TJ posted a photo of me on his blog with my 'game' face on--check it out. This way I can also find out if anyone actually reads my blog :) Take care.