March and April were brutal..... Work rose up and bit me in the buttocks and sapped me for both energy and training time. To make matters far worse, my wife had lymph nodes removed after finding a tumor in her neck. That kept us all preoccupied. And, being a stress eater that I am, I packed on 6 pounds in 5 weeks. I found out what that means when I did a 5.5 mile running race which included 1100' gain in the 1st 3.5 miles. It really smoked me!

 Anyway, my focus now is just to lose some weight. I'm shooting for 5 pounds by May 20th. That's the date of the Midseason Gran Prix Crit. Hopefully, I can get my training up to and over 6 hours per week. This has been the worst start to a season ever....

 BTW, here's a pic from my last time trial. Top 10 finish against a strong field of 28 riders.