And One More Thing

A note about Amos (Brumble - teammate and captain), he really showed me an important lesson in my first year with CCB that you really can race with anybody and kick some major ass without doing drugs. That's an important lesson to learn as a cyclist just starting to do the "big-time" races for the first time and wondering how you're ever going to be able to compete. He's really showed me how much you can improve yourself with these things:

-Bike handling skills
-Attentive/aggressive racing
-Proper nutrition
-Good recovery
-A thought out, well balanced training plan
-Proper bike fit and equipment selection
-Just straight up guts.

In this picture he is chasing down a doper (Heredia) with another doper (Tardaguila) right behind him - all while riding right away from guys like Dominique Perras, Karl Menzies, Frank Pipp, and Anthony Colby. This was the Univest GP in 2005...still to date the most exciting sporting event I have ever watched.