Mitch's last words...

Before signing off of our successful Race to Belgium campaign I wanted to offer my thanks one more time to all for helping Ryan and I create such an amazing opportunity for ourselves. What an experience this has been! We're still reaping the rewards. This past weekend at the National Championships was amazing. We race so differently now. We're so much stronger.

Life back at home is great. I've brought so many influences and stories from my Belgian experiences home to Devon and it seems that if she had only been with me she would have experienced many of the same and insights and revelations I had. She seems excited and ready to join me in another Belgian adventure if we ever get the chance.
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My work at Breezer is a lot more interesting and complete now given the 'euro bike culture' experience.

What's next--I'm racing my brains out over the next few weekends. I got home from Belgium and hit the training hard in order to peak my fitness for this past weekend. I should have some pretty stellar fitness and form for at least another week or two. I hope to get some great results in local races against local competition to show off all that I've gained. :)

Fundraiser Wrap Up

Hello RTB Supporters!

Well, we never reached our fundraising goal and in the end had to dig a little bit deeper into our already tapped out cyclist bank accounts to make our racing adventure a success. But it all worked!!! We ended up living a very inexpensive existence in Belgium. Our communal house living situation really proved to be a winning ticket.

Anyway--despite being slightly underfunded we are still donating all our Belgian race winnings plus a bit more of our own left over pocket money to Trips for Kids. I'll be delivering a check in the amount of $425 US Dollars later today.

Thanks again to everyone, your support made all the difference.

Cheers,

Mitch

We're alive!! We've just been racing.

Well, you will all have to forgive us for our silence in the past weeks. It's amazing how quickly you get sucked back in upon return to your normal and (post Belgium--'unbearably') high paced lives back here in the USA.

In the past weeks Ryan and I have been trying our Belgian legs out in State and National Championships. Ryan won the Idaho State Championship Criterium. We raced together in California's road race, but had some bad luck. If your're interested in more info on that check out my race report on our Metromint Team's website at the following link...

http://www.metromintcycling.com/?rr_1217789733

This past weekend Ryan and I traveled to Orange County togehter where we raced in the National Championships where we mannaged to position Ryan for 18th place out of the 150 Cat 1 cyclists in the competition to represent the best and fastest elite cyclists in the country. A really nice result.