day 2 race one

So day 2 was the first day of racing but the race was not till 7:00p.m… So we started the day at about 8:00a.m. with breakfast and once that was out of the way we headed to the room to get are kits on and go for a easy ride. We headed for the mine were we would be starting the TT later on in the week. With about a tenth of a mile to go I had a flat, So we called back to the school where the adults were to have them bring me another wheel while they were on there way we found out Ty had a tube and co2 but he thought I had a glue on tire not a clincher so he had not said any thing about having the flat kit once we found that out we fixed the flat just in time to have the car show up with a now wheel. I chose to change the tire out anywise so that there would be no problem which was a good thing because I had split that open the tire. Now that I had a wheel we went to the mine, the mine is going to be quite the start for the tt. From there we headed back to town to look at the 400mm course for the night race when we got there they were already setting up the fences so figuring out were the course went was not hard. We road the course three or four time to get a feel for it with it starting out on a slight down hill and finished on a up hill. It looked like it should be good race. Back at the school we sat down to eat lunch and just wait for the race. With the time coming upon use to race we got in to are kits and headed for the race where they would be taking photos and doing a team presentation and then after that we would head for the start ramp. Finally the time had come to race and was up against a kid from B.C. Canada. 5.4.3.2.1. GO we were off and he had the jump on me with the crowed banging on the fences and screaming I started to pull him back I tucked down in to the aero bars kept going in the in end I did not cash him he got me by about a bike and half. When it was all said and done the guys on the team end up getting

AJ Meyer 2nd
Ty Magner 3rd
Marcos Rodriguez 9th
Will Willis 90th
Jimmy Page 138th
Andres Cano 139th
Team G.C. 2nd

P.S. Thanks every body for reading my blog and supporting my racing.

day 1 4:30 and 30,000 ft.

So today is the penultimate day the day before the race the travel day. The time now is 7:40 but the day started at 4:30 for Jimmy and me. My dad was already at the airport with the bike boxes and my mom was on the way home to get jimmy, me, and the rest of the bags. Before she could get home my dad was calling to say thing were going bad the flight was going to be late and we weren’t going to make the connecting flight in D.C... So my mom got home and we loaded up the bags and head to OIA. 15min later we were there jumping out of the car and grabbing bags to get checked. We started talking to the lady at the desk about how we were going to make it to Canada on time but thanks to the work of the lady my dad first talked to we were already on a different flight to Chicago and than to Canada it was all going to workout and at that even better then it was suppose to we will end up getting to Canada 30min early. We made it though security with out any big problems just 2 little ones first the lady there went though Jimmy’s bag because he had a small set of allen keys and she needed to see what they were and second I forgot one of the bags at the x-ray table. I ran back and got the bag before TSA flipped out. From there we got to the boarding gate just in time. We gave them are tickets and got on the plane which is where I have been typing to you all from. Now though I am sitting at gate c4 in the Chicago airport waiting for the plain to arrive rocking to some music. The plane has arrived and we have boarded and taken off so I am typing to you all from about 30,000ft again. I was very happy I was able to see the bags and bikes get loaded on the plane so I know they are going to the right place and they still look like they are in one piece other then that nothing has happened so for now I will sign out. Ok so I am back we are on the road and driving to Val D’or and have about 4hrs to go getting through customs went good and so did getting the bags. The biggest problem right now is everything is in French so we are having trouble reading a lot of stuff. Even with our lack of French we got on the road were we needed to be and were driving on one the most scenic roads I’ve been on but know we have hit some rain and its hard to see any thing at all. We have finely made it Val D`or and are head to the school for check in at this point I am going to leave for the night I will talk with you all again tomorrow.

Will Willis,