2004 - 2005 Race Results

It has been a long time since my last post but a lot has been happening this summer. The only problem is what’s been happening has not been racing. Summer is a happy time for most people and certainly for teachers. But this summer is special for me as I am taking a leave of absence from my teaching job of 21 years to become part owner of my brother’s home improvement company called California Exteriors. We opened a branch office here in Lancaster in July and I am the Vice-President and General Manager of the A.V. Branch. If this new career works out I will not return to teaching. Obviously this career opening has kept me pretty busy and bicycle racing was placed on the backburner. Strangely enough, I didn’t miss any training time just races. So I feel I’m in pretty good shape and am looking forward to finishing the season with a few more races.

I thought this might be a good time to look at my season thus far. I actually started the season last October by racing my first time trial in San Diego. My last road race was also in San Diego. Here are my results (click on them to enlarge):


2004 - 2005 Race Results 


Kind of a mixed bag, but I’m generally pleased with them. This was my first full year of racing after only getting back onto the bike in April of 2004. I can’t wait to finish out the 2005 season and start the 2006. I’ll have to change the name of this blog as I will turn 49 this December and will be considered a Masters 50 for the 2006 racing season.