Today is Sunday and camp is over. No riding today just packing up and heading for home. I want to shove all my clothes, clean or dirty into my suitcase. However i need to find stuff and the ever expensive 50lb luggage limit looms large. In fact when I was done packing, my luggage was definitely over the limit. Ah what to do?
Saturday night was the awards ceremony. The main awards were the Team Competition, Men;'s, Woman's & 50+ GC awards. The coaches had a good word for many of the campers and there was special recognition awards. Finally it was time for the main event the big awards.
The team competition was very close. The winner was Metchka, my team. We received a $50 gift certificate to the Trek Store of Highland Park. Then they announced the 50+ category. Tim Z won by a mile. He raced very hard and passed all of the GC contenders on the road. Tim definitely deserved to win. I came in second with 2 other riders, Dave H and Lydens. Great guys and a pleasure to win with them.
You may ask what was my favorite part of camp? The answer is easy. It was spending 1 solid week riding, talking bikes, bonking , fighting through the bonk and being treated like a professional rider. I worked harder, rode further then I have before. Bike camp is about proving to yourself that there are no barriers; proving that you are getting better; and learning how to be a better rider.
I had a very successful camp. Now its back to the grind moving towards my 2 big goals the Horribly Hilly and the Etape.
