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 I’ve been needing to update for a while, so here goes. I just flew back from Collegiate Nats this afternoon. I had a blast at the races and really enjoyed myself. The after party last night was out of hand, I have about one of those in me each year. It was great watching Mara Abbott do what she does best, with such style and class. I’ve been really lucky to get to know the next generation of heavy hitters as the grew up. People like Danny Summerhill, Taylor Phinney, Peter Stetina, Timmy Duggan, Ian McGreagor, Robin and Yannick Eckmann as well as the for-mentioned Abbott are just some of the kids that I’ve had the pleasure of watching come of age. The Fort Lewis and Colorado riders are always a lot of fun to hang around with, and I appreciate they way they make me feel like a part of their teams, I never feel alone at a collegiate race, for sure. If you ever have a chance, you should check out collegiate racing, it’s as good as it gets.

I recieved some great news a couple weeks ago, and have been walking up each morning, not believing I am so lucky. I’m going to be flying to China a few times over the next year and a half, as the UCI has selected me as their choice for the English language announcer at the Beijing Olympics. I was stunned, and when I recieved the first news that they were interested, I couldn’t believe this could be possible. Well, it is, and I’m stoked!

 I did my first ever running race in Santa Monica last week. It was an amazing event, really well run and professional. The promoter, Peter Abraham treated me so well, it wasn’t even funny. Setting the alarm on my phone is always a bit dodgy. I sometimes forget to hit the “enable” option, it happens one out of ten times I set it. I’ve never been late for a race start in my life, until this one. It didn’t turn out to be a problem, I guess, but I still felt bad. I was able to get the PA running, and start the race at exactly 7am, which was cool. The race benifited Heal the Bay, and awesome group of people working to save the coast of Califonia.

 So that’s about it, I have a 6am flight tomorrow morning, after being home for almost 12 hours. I’m headed to Athens GA to work on a documentary on Jittery Joe’s. It’s going to be a lto of fun, and a cool challenge. I hope to get to hang with the team a bit, those guys rock! The Iron Horse, Tulsa Tough and Nature Valley are a few of the races I’ll be at this next month, sounds good to me!

See ya at the races,

Dave