Subject: sterling road race, aka "michele is a bloody idiot"

went to sterling today to do the 1-2-3 race.  was with karina, driving her
car, and got lost.  i wrote down I-90 instead of 190 when i looked at the
flyer and ended up in amherst.  lessons learned: print out the flyer, and
look at a damn map.  i guess i got cocky since i got to my job interviews
this week without getting lost.        

anyway, i was pretty annoyed with myself, since i made karina miss her
race, and i also missed mine.  i ended up switching my entry to the men's
3 race.  carnage.  i stayed with the 65-person pack for one 8-mile lap,
then was off the back.  a guy named brian caught me and we rode together
the rest of the time, 6 laps total.  the race was 7 laps but we got caught
by the pack just before we finished lap 6 so they told us to finish.  all
my teammates were yelling for me, which was cool, but embarrassing because
i was so slow

the good news is, i beat the other IF person in the race (he dropped out
after one lap, i think) and about 6 or 7 other guys.  brian and i were
probably the last finishers though.  (using that term loosely.)

so with the warm-up lap, that was 56 miles, and i don't know if i can
walk.

monday: mass state crit champs