After our Colorado training camp, we headed home for a week before our World Cup selection camp in LA. I was happy to make the World Cup team for the year. The first World Cup was in Guadalajra, Mexico. The new team pursuit format changed to three rounds at the World Cups, so it mimics the Olympic format. Basically, you need to get into the top 8, then it is a modified tournament style. I won't bore you with the rules, but if you are curious go to the UCI.ch and try to na

After a much too short time at home, and an unfortunate bout of food poisoning, it was back to the OTC. Traveling a bunch can be a pain, so this trip I decided to pack light. My plan was to mooch off my roomates. Maybe I should have put deoderant in there too. At the OTC we can get mail. My friend Brittany from college mailed me a book on what it takes to get to the Olympics. Here are some choice pages. Anyone training seriously should read this. Here is Tela Crane at TP