Changes to the Schedule

These are minor changes, in a sense, but the San Diego Cyclovets' Omnium has been cancelled.  The same weekend the Tour of the Depot takes place on the roads west of Salt Lake City, Utah.  SLC is the home grounds of the majority of my team, so I'll gladly take off and ride this two day, three stage race over April 9th and 10th.  Closer to now is the addition of a stage race held at Lake Havasu City, AZ (Another Dam Race).  It's unique in that both stages are held on the same course, a hilly 40 mile race on both Saturday and Sunday on the weekend of March 12th and 13th.  These are both welcome additions to my stage racing calendar, which now has now fewer than 8 stage races, with at least two others pending a final decision.

It looks like Callville Bay is still a go, so that's the next race on the calendar.  At least three of us from FFKR/Sportsbaseonline.com will be competing in the combined 45/55 field, which now numbers nearly 60 riders.  Typically it's been won on the 4 mile hillclimb time trial.  This will be interesting, as this will be the first year there wasn't a separate 60+ field, so Kenny Fuller and I will both be riding against a strong 55+ field. 

On a side note, I had a great weekend.  My friend from my Colorado days came to town.  Jeff is a hard core long distance tourist.  Last summer he rode from San Diego, California to Maine.  He'd just come from several months of riding across Australia.  He was the victim of a bike/car accident and is still recovering from a knee injury that was the result of the crash.  I rode from LV to Tecopa, California (74 miles and 4210' of climbing) and was picked up by my girlfriend.  We drove on deep into Death Valley, hiked, camped overnight in the wilderness, hiked again in the morning, including climbing several hundred vertical feet up a sand dune and the three of us sat on the top of the world there in near perfect weather.  Later, I was dropped off about 45 miles from home and rode over the top of Mt. Potosi from the north this time for another 2914' of climbing.  So I had the best of both worlds:  cycling training, hiking, sleeping out under the stars, and seeing a friend I haven't seen in eight years.  Great stuff.