I flew back to Boulder today from Tulsa. I never thought that I would list Tulsa as a cool place, but I sure was wrong. The Tulsa Tough race was outstanding. They had three days of amazingly well organized races, with awesome officials, who didn’t yell at anyone, once, which was so cool. The courses were really competitive, true to crit racing, and safe. On top of that, 300 kids got free bikes, and the bikes were actually really cool road models, single speed, and really high quality. It was a great weekend, I just wish I could spend more time there.

I went out to dinner with the entire Succsesful Living team the last night. It was just what I needed, after announcing 23 yours in a 60 hor period. Ryan Yee continues to impress me. The team is doing incredibly well (they dominated at TT) and Steve Hegg is now someone I consider a real friend, which is cool, as he is very well respected in the sport, and is going to be one of the best directors in the US. Of course the Mayor of Boulder, Chuck Coyle was there, so all we were missing was Dan Schmatz, of BMC, who crashed in the final corner, losing out on a good placing and an even better omnium result. He still did well, and was really gracious in his assesment of Tulsa and the race. The Einstien guys rode tough with Brad White, Whitey DeBroux and Ryan Hamity are all riders that will go pro, I’m sure.

Arliss vanished on Thursday night, and with her being 17 it was a really tough experience. I guess she was picked up by the animal cortrol people. I was paniced, and was really lucky my housmate and some great friends like Steve Isles and Amy Dombroski were willing to make sure she got home safely when we found I found out where she was Friday mornight, right before I left. It was really stressful, but it made me realized how blessed I am to have so many amazing friends here in Boulder.

I’m now doing Nez, and hopefully Nevada City, so with Nature Valley right behind it, I have two of my favorite races and promoters on tap this month. I am also going to Fort Collins for the New Belgium race this weekend. One of the nicest guys I see at the races in Colorado, and a huge supporter of the mighty Rio Grande team is Scott Glasscock and he asked me to come, so I was stoked. The first race is at 7am Sunday, which sounds rough, but I’m sure Scott will take me to the Rio after it’s all done, so I’m in.

Hope I see you at the races soon,

Dave