Iron Horse Road Race

Great news, I won! I was the first out of bed this morning in our room to find out the race was canceled due to condtions. The word is that there was 5" of snow . . . at the base of the pass and 12" of new snow in Silverton. I can't say I am sad they canceled the race given the weather. Even if it had been ridable, it would have been miserable, cold, wet, and miserable.

Pictures from the drive will be posted when I get home, but we went through it all, snow, rain, hail (1" of standing hail on the road), sun, warm, cold, you name it.

We got to town, hit registration, checked in to our luxury accomodations, bounced through a couple places that had 45+ minute waits at 8:15, and finally ended up at Mama's Boy for some pasta and such.

I am thouroughly over-caffinated now, with no racing to be done until 5:30 tomorrow. We might not even be able ride this afternoon according to the forecast. If we are lucky it will clear up a little bit so it will be cold, still wet, but winds 20-30 mph. Riding bikes is dumb.

Some quick math . . . 2500 racers registered at $75 per . . . $187,500 in registration fees to be transfered to the crit, am I right? Think of the primes and the prize list 30 places deep, this could be the richest crit in the country!

After we finish our third breakfast of the day, a nap will be in order, followed by a trip to the pool, followed by another nap, and then maybe a visit to the mall for some people watching and an Orange Julius.