Well its about that time...

And no I am not talking about Spring Break. It is about that time to strap on the racing boots and get the ball rolling for 2008. As R Kelly would say this is "real talk". Tomorrow I am heading off to Greenville to get the good 'ol cobwebs out and replace it with lactate acid. Should be some fun and I am thinking about throwing a little party to celebrate it. I might just ask this guy to throw it:




Have a good one,
David

Ladies and Gentlemen...

I have huge news that many of you may be interested in:

I received a text message a couple of days ago saying that Dale Jr won the Daytona Bud Shootout! So for all those naysayers, take that! I am sure some of you are aware of the news but it is just starting to sink in for me and I can now publicly talk about it. Way to go Junior!

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/texasadlerfan/135475

This result is more important then you think for us cyclists. There is a little mathematical formula that results from this. I call this the Dale Jr Theorem #1:

= =
(Dale Jr Winning) = (Rednecks happy) = (which doesnt equal us dying)

Oh and we had a training camp, got the bike. By far the best bike ever! No clothing though as they went back and forth between Ohio and Miami (?!?) on the weekend. Everything else was awesome! It was in the 60s and for the first time in a week I felt better from my cold that everybody seemed to be getting. So we get the clothing and my shoes this weekend. Hopefully I will bring a camera this time.

Ahhh...that's how he is so good

Ever wonder why after months and months of solitary training through rain, cold, snow, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes, and apocalypse(s) waiting for race day then during that race you last just as long as a Care Bear in a boxing match against Mike Tyson, afterwards you cry as much as this girl:



Well I am going to share a secret with you that might prevent you from embarrassing yourself and myself for that matter. It is not the drugs like everyone thinks but it is this:


Yes video games!! There is a study that I heard about that helps develop hand-eye coordination for athletes in baseball, football, basketball, basically any ball sport, and lastly cycling(!?). How do video games help a cyclist? Well they help hand-eye coordination in sketchy situations during bike races like pack positioning before climbs/sprints which in turn will save energy for you before the big moment when the selection goes. Team Slipstream is making Tom Danielson play video games for this reason. I think the article is out there somewhere (Van?) So in order to be a better cyclist one should increase video game time and decrease homework and work time as they only hinder your performance. Off to go train!

David

Byaaaahhh!!!

CSAS rallies past Temple

By:
Jaime Lackey (Contact)

Trailing by six points with less than 25 seconds to play, junior Daleon Deere and his Arts & Sciences teammates fully expected to go home with a loss.

Instead, what happened was a finish none of them could have envisioned.

A wild series of events led to 11 straight CSAS points in the final 16.3 seconds, including Deere’s 6-for-6 performance from the free-throw line, and the Patriots somehow came away with a 81-76 win over visiting Tennessee Temple High School.

“At the time, I didn’t feel like we were going to win,” Deere said. “But we stepped up and played defense. We got lucky tonight, so now we have to keep working hard in practice.”

A sequence of turnovers early in the third quarter erased the Patriots’ eight-point halftime advantage, and a basket from Jarrod Johnson gave the Crusaders their first lead since the opening seconds, 43-42. Temple built a five-point lead with 1:33 left in the period before Dontay Hampton tied it for CSAS by sinking a 3-pointer from near midcourt at the buzzer.

The teams that played for last year’s Class A state championship traded leads and big plays in the fourth quarter, and with 41.4 seconds on the clock Temple freshman Nathan Rector hit a jump shot to put his team up two. Hampton drove back down the court to attempt a potential tying shot, but he was called for his third charge of the night as he headed for the paint.

CSAS coach Mark Dragoo was given a technical foul for arguing the call, and Temple’s Jeremy Sexton made both free throws. He added two more with 25.2 seconds left to give his team a six-point lead, but Hassan Cobb — who scored 13 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter — gave the Patriots a glimmer of hope when he connected on a 3 with a little more than 16 seconds to play.

“Hassan did a great job offensively,” Dragoo said. “He was just in a zone.”

The Patriots (17-4) then stole the ball on Temple’s long inbounds pass, and the Crusaders were called for a foul on Hampton, who made both shots to get his team within 76-75 with 11 seconds remaining. Forced to foul with both teams in the double bonus, CSAS benefited from two missed free throws, and Deere was pushed out of bounds after grabbing the rebound. The player whose last-second shot sent the Patriots to the state tournament last year calmly sank two free throws, putting his team up one with 8.1 seconds left.

“I wasn’t feeling anything, really,” Deere said. “We work so hard on free throws in practice, and Coach just told me to go to the line and be confident.”

Deere then came up with another key play, as his defense forced Temple’s James Kemp toward the sideline after the inbounds pass. With 6.5 seconds on the clock, Kemp stepped slightly out of bounds, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

Officials then called a technical on Crusaders coach Caleb Marcum, sending Deere to the line again. His two shots put the Patriots up three, and he put the game away with two more three seconds later.

“I think we showed a lot of resiliency tonight,” Dragoo said. “They never quit, and they kept fighting. It was good because we haven’t really had a game like this, so this will help them understand that they can do it.”

Deere finished with 19 points while Brian Ball scored 16 and Hampton had 14. Sexton and Johnson totaled 24 and 23 for Temple.

“I thought we had a really good chance to win the game,” Marcum said. “Any time you’re up six with 25 seconds left, you should win the game. But unfortunately, the breaks didn’t go our way, we missed some free throws and we didn’t finish the game.”