It's been a week since I got back from Canada and only in the past few days have I realized really what happened. As a naturally excitable person i tried to forget what I was really doing and where I was to focus on the task at hand. Looking back I realize how well I rode, and it still amazes me. While I told myself I could ride standard in the time trial I didn't think I could get as close as I did, being just 3 seconds off the pace.
My victory in the circuit race was awesome but I couldn't have done it without Meg and Matt, we rode as a team and that is what I remember, us all working until the end. More than anything my races at defi made my time off from school has been worth it, and truly showed my transformation into a bike racer. Coming off the weekend I realized what is possible and have started thinking about the next few years leading into qualification for London.
A big step is my move home in a few weeks. While I love life in Santa Barbara, It's an expensive place to live while not in school and paying to race my bike. I'm moving home into the "Tuscan Villa", or the pool house at my family's home in Carmel Valley. I won't be there much in the first months, nationals prep and racing look to occupy much of June and July.
While I am there I look forward to great food and training, as well as maybe reconnecting with all my friends i left as I went to college, as a kid unsure with what he wanted to do with his life to maybe a slightly wiser one with a slightly stronger grip on his future.
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