Chris Swan

Stage 4 of the week: After the twilight crit, I did a team time trial in Washington.  It was pretty hard, I was the only guy without a TT bike, and my recovery from the twilight was terrible.  It was an hour of pain and suffering.  I spent the whole time staring at the wheel in front of me, and contemplating at how fast the asphault seemed to be moving.  Pretty soon I just started counting to 30 over and over again.  It seemed to be a montra that kept me on track a little better.  It started from taking 30 second pulls, counting 30 breaths before pulling aside, but eventually became so ingrained it was lasting the entirety of the course.  Finally finished the TTT, and I was pretty glad to be done.  Especially since it was starting to rain, and it was cold.  Why does it always seem to rain for any race I do in washington?  Why do you bike racers live there?  I thought we had it bad down in Oregon, Im pretty glad I dont live up there.  Brave souls, all of you WSBA members.