2009...."Is it over yet?"

2009 Started terrible as I was getting over a cold or something I got in Hawaii. Got worse with a terrible showing at Snelling, then began to turn around when I finished the longest race of my life at the Merco RR. It was up and down 'til the first big race I stayed with the pack the whole time (Sea Otter). Little did I know I was in for a shock in May. After pulling out completely drained at Berkeley (a race I never DNF'd before) I took a look in the mirror and saw the yellow in my eyes. Not a good feeling. A week later I was in hospital dealing with a slew of problems losing 15 pounds, and feeling like my season was over. Had more important things to worry about. I spent over a month sorting things out going in and out of the hospital. At one point my hematocrit was down to 25 due to a cholangitis infection. Finally feeling like I could go again I jumped into a Time Trail, and finished dead last in the P12's but wasn't too far off. Leesville started bad, but by the last hour I knew I could still hammer, and my liver was still working fine. In August I was in the hospital again with a fever of 103, but recovered quick, learned I most likely don't have Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and was on a plane to Hawaii. Had an out of body ride up Haleakala, flew back to SJ. Rode great but ran out of water at 105 degree Winters, then was back to Hawaii. I don't remember feeling so good physically in a long time at a Dick Evans but I did.

Now I'm just waiting, and waiting to get word on when my world turns upside down officially. Below are my results for 2009 for what they are worth. I'm still "racing" low key hillclimbs until I get one large abdominal scar....sometime this month.

JAN 1 SAN BRUNO HC 11/13 16:53
FEB 21 SNELLING RR DNF/120 ---
MAR 1 MERCO RR 90/145 4:28 26.4 MPH AVG 118 mi
MAR 21 OROSI RR 5/10
MAR 28 WARDS FERRY RR DNF/26 4/5 LAPS
MAR 29 WARNERVILLE RR 7/14
APR 5 SANTA CRUZ CLASSIC DNF/105
APR 11 COPPEROPOLIS RR DNF/81 4/5 LAPS
APR 17 SEA OTTER RR 43/80
APR 25 WENTE RR 37/75
APR 26 WENTE CRIT 71/100
MAY 3 SONORA RR 6/13
MAY 10 BERKELEY HILLS RR DNF/60
JUN 28 BENICIA TT 9/9
JUL 3 LEESVILLE GAP RR 19/34
JUL 18 WATSONVILLE CRIT 9/19
JUL 19 ALBANY CRIT 39/80 I actually pulled out 1/2 way
AUG 2 TIMPANI CRIT 40/85
AUG 6 SWANTON TT 2/40 OPEN
AUG 9 PATTERSON PASS RR DNF/40 14 FINISHED 3/4 LAPS
AUG 23 CYCLE TO THE SUN 3/180 OPEN
AUG 29 WINTERS RR DNF/50 3/4 LAPS
SEP 6 DICK EVANS RR 3/165 OPEN
SEP 19 HENLEYVILLE RR 21/26
SEP 20 FREMONT PEAK HC 6/9 42:15 14.2 MPH
OCT 3 LOWKEY #1- MONTEBELLO 5/104 OPEN 28:35 11.3 mph
OCT 10 LOWKEY #2-OLH 8/?
OCT 17 LOWKEY #3- TUNITAS ------------------