Shipping Up to Boston

This weekend I headed up to Boston with my teammates Kyle and Nick (our other teammate Todd drove up and stayed separately from us) to race in the final, end of season criterium, the TD Bank Mayor's Cup around Government Square in the downtown district.  With the cancellation of the Capital Crit in Washington, DC this upcoming weekend, Mayor's Cup served as a last minute replacement as the finale of the USACrits Series.  However, it was only 60 minutes long - roughly the length of a local amateur crit and no where close to the 50 miles that CapCrit was supposed to be.  Weak!

An Introduction...

So as some of you may have heard, I plan on biking across the country this October and November.  My route will take me from Seattle, Washington to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania via some as yet to be determined route. Ever since I got into cycling a few years back, it has been something that I have wanted to do at some point in my lifetime. Further ambition was provided by my friend Doug who biked cross country earlier this summer to raise awareness for TBI - check out his travels here.  An awesome opportunity arose last week when my friend Goran was looking for someone to drive his car out to Seattle.  He is moving out there in the end of October when he finishes up his thesis at UPenn and he wasn't going to have enough time before his job starts to drive out there himself. That's when I realized this was the perfect opportunity for me to fulfill my dream and I stepped in and volunteered. It's a win-win situation for both of us for a somewhat 'big' and somewhat last minute request and trip!