Labor Day weekend is here and that can signal only on thing.........Mine my Grandmother's and Shawn's birthdays are here. Shawn has not said much about his b-day which is odd but with the way Kellie and he have been acting this week I think something is up. This will be my 40th Wednesday and it smells like the two of them are up to something which still being a kid at heart is killing me to know. I guess I will have to keep my cool since I am so old and mature. Yeah what ever!!!!!
Saturday afternoon will be at my Aunt and Uncle's for my Grandmother's b-day. That evening Dave should be coming in. I am looking forward to a lot of miles reeking havoc and destruction on the roads of WNC and SC with him. Yeah I'm turning 40 WHATEVER!! I still have the crazy idea of trying to go to the Pam American Game in Mexico in 2011. Sounds crazy but Bostick did it at around the same age. And what is life worth if you don't have a dream to try to achieve. Would you want to go thru life wondering what if ? I have tried that and did not like it. I have been given a second chance thanks to Kellie and would at least like to make an attempt. If for any reason more than to show Shawn what dedication and hard work is all about.
Gotta do some work .. later

3rd grade is officially on. Shawn's first day did not go very well but day two was better. This year he will have a lot more home work and it is worrying him. Mom and I will keep him going. We also have to get on the stick his birthday is Sept 10th and he will be 8. Time goes by to fast.

Dave just called and is coming up this weekend. He was suggesting a road ride to Greenville SC and back to watch the pro race and have lunch. That will be a good time for sure. Looks like we will go for a MTB ride Monday which will be fun but with a whole lot of praying on my part. Thank the lord for disk brakes!!!!!

I was able to get 4hrs in Sat. and 3hrs Sun. Sat was a whole lot of going up over and over. Today was a nice group ride.

Shawn raced in Hendersonville Sat. and got 2nd in all of his motos and 2nd in the final. Today went to Weaverville for practice and had a good time.

This week will be the usual with the next race in TN Sept. 5-6.

Tomorrow will be Shawn's first day at school as a 3rd grader so this week will be fun.

Friday finally! I will be on call this weekend so no traveling just training. The road season is ending fast so I better figure out if the shoulder can handle cross season.
Shawn has been practicing this week and wants to race Saturday in Hendersonville. The weather is getting nice so it should be a good time. He has a birthday coming up fast.....Mom and I better figure out what to get him. He will be starting 3rd grade Monday at his new school and he is getting nervous.
Back to work for now and if you see me swerving all over the road or in the ditch honk the horn....I pushed it to hard!

Headed to K town to pick Shawn and visit with friends. Had a good week of training and plan on some miles this weekend. Shawn may race the State Championship tomorrow at the BMX track. Talked to Dave and it sound like the Trek factory impressed him. Looks like his career is looking very good and he deserves it. The next race will be my birthday weekend in TN the first of Sept. That will be my debut rollin 40. I hope they have there race organized this time, until then it will be hard training.

Took Shawn to TN to stay at the Grandparents house and then headed down to Cleveland TN for some crits. This was the worst race I have been in since my last TN race. In the 3 race me and another guy took off on the front stretch coming into turn one the lead moto was not moving fast enough and coming into turn two the other guy went wide with plenty of room and when he came around the moto the official freaked out as I was coming under him. He started to hit me so I had two options, take the curb or hit the telephone pole. I went between the pole and the moto at 25 mph praying to God. THANKS God I owe you one. Also, the head referee was an ass, the course had sand in the turns,there were 4 cars that got on the course through my races and after waiting 45 min. for my masters results I had enough and left. I also found out that the official that almost ran me over was the same one last year that caused a guy to run into a brick wall. He had not been on the moto for a year up until 2 weeks before this race. I have a new respect for the GA cup now!!!!!!
Kellie and I got out of there and headed to Tsali for the night. We came in at dark, took showers, started a fire and opened a beer. Enjoyed the evening, crashed in the van and am ashamed to say did not get up until 11am. On the way out checked out the lake, went thru Cherokee and took the Parkway home. All in all had a great time and pulled off 7th in the 3 race.

The day after in Salisbury was not so kind. I did not have the legs and could only hold on for a 32nd. Got home around midnight and passed out.
Friday took an easy ride, did laundry, made repairs, repacked the van, picked up Shawn and headed to GA. Met up with the Charleston crew that night. Saturday morning Dave and I started working on the bikes at the motel. Went to the race sight and helped the guys get ready for the team TT. We thought they were going to dominate and they had a great ride however they were unable to get the placing they wanted.
Shawn did well after going into turn one about 10th a girl crashed and gapped him from the leaders. With his cat like reflexes he got thru the mess and went to work on bringing the leaders back. He rounded the last turn and coming up the finishing straight he caught the leader at the line and got first while the crowd went nuts.
Dad raced two races with out any drama. The heat was really affecting me. I got 8th in the first race and 13 in the second which both paid out. I looked at the computer Monday and the avg. temp during my race was 104 degrees. That would explain the way I feel. Dave pulled out 8th and Carl got 9th in the road race Sunday, so they got in the money as well.
All in all it has been a good time and now it is time to rest in order to be ready for TN this weekend.