My TT results were 10:13 for 4 miles which is 23.5 mph. I finished 6th in the TT, and needed a good crit finish to end up 5th overall in the omnium yesterday.

I'm not much of a morning person, and my body would not respond during warm-up for the crit yesterday. The field (they mixed the women in with men again) started out fast and I struggled to keep up. I hung in for about 15 minutes before getting dropped with a woman from a different team. We worked together for several laps until we were lapped by the field and latched back on. The funny thing is, after about 20-25 minutes of hard exercise in the race, my body was finally warmed up and ready to go. I did a 45 minute warm up but it appears that in the morning I need an even longer, harder warm up. The other woman and I jockeyed for position and during the last lap I charged up to the front of the pack in a full-out sprint trying to get ahead. With a half lap to go, the field took off on a very fast pace and I hung on almost until the end, and sprinted in for a fifth place finish in the crit and the omnium overall.

The weekend helped me figure out what my weaknesses are so I will be working on that in training.

One of the problems I was having is getting really tired the day or two after a race (tired enough to want to go home from work sick). Last night I got 9 solid hours of sleep and feel great today, so there is the solution to that problem.

It was a fun weekend, other than being overheated in the road race and wishing that I could jump in a huge tub of ice water. This was my first omnium, because in the past I would skip out on the time trial. This was my second ever trip to Memphis, and since I don't have anything nice to say about it, I won't say anything at all. Birmingham is really nice.

UPDATE: Photos from the races. I make some nice facial expressions when I am hurting. Apparently not able to carry a good poker face.