Rest weeks crush me!

So I am on a rest week and I hate it! I know I need to rest but it makes me feel like such a piece of @#&%. I did ride today to the Millerton Store and back. It was a huge 28 miles and an hour and a half of ride time. I almost don't even want to ride, I feel like it's to much trouble to get my cycling kit on for an hour and a half! I have the type of personality where whatever I do I am all or nothing. So on my rest weeks I feel like doing nothing!
This weekend me and the Sierra Pacific Boys did Pine Flat RR and Dinuba Crit. The team rode great and we got 2nd at Pine Flat and we were 1st and 2nd at Dinuba Crit! You can check out the race reports at our team blog at www.norcalracing.blogspot.com I have been very happy with the team this year! We have rode very well together and there is a lot of motivation and enthusiasm. We have a ton of horsepower and we have great guys off the bike. I think there will be many more good results to come. This weekend I am doing Snelling and "the old Merced Crit" Snelling is pretty flat and seems like doing a really big crit. It seems like it's always a "crap shoot". I haven't finished the Merced Crit without crashing yet. My first year of racing I was in the 4's and a guy crashed right in front of me and I flew over the bars! Then last year in the Pro 1/2 I crashed twice in the rain! After the second crash I just bagged it! I also think it's suppose to rain this weekend, which could make Snelling a sufferfest if it's rainy and windy. As for Merced if I can stay off the pavement that will be a win in my book!

Boulevard Road Race-OUCH!

Did the Boulevard road race down in San Diego on saturday and it was tough! There was a full field of 100 and full squads from Toyota, Kelly Benefits, Jelly Belly and Rock Racing. The race was 90 miles with 12,000+ ft. of climbing(why did I sign up??) The first lap just before the climb a group of 13 guys rolled off the front. There wasn't much of a reaction from the field so I didn't panic. When we got to the climb Blackgrove from Toyota attacked and I went with him and so did 2 Kelly Benefit guys. We got a good gap and started working together, we chased for almost a lap and caught the group just before the second lap climb. The second time up the climb was pretty mellow and by the time we got to the top another group of 8 guys had bridged. So there was a group of about 25 guys and this is when the attacks started. The whole 3rd lap was attack after attack and the group even split a couple of times in a few very windy sections. It pretty much stayed together until the 3rd time up the climb and then the sh*t hit the fan! The group shattered into 4 groups and I ended up in the 3rd group. There was 5 of us total and worked together pretty well. By the 4th and final time up the climb I was in survival mode and got 4th in my group sprint, coming across the line in 19th place. Just inside the money :) I was pretty happy with the way I rode. I think I could have done better if the climbs were a little bit steeper, but it was good experience and a great workout.