I'm confused. After completing our computer upgrade at work I rushed over to Faust Park for the cross race and the place was empty. The least they could have done was delay the start of the race until my work was finished. After all, I could have been there by 9pm. Is that too much to ask? Yesterday sucked about 4 dozen eggs. Today only sucked a half dozen.

From the pics of the race it appears they used more of the field near the barn before heading into usual racing area. That makes sense and wondered why it wasn't tried before. However, a few weeks ago the grass in that area seemed kind of high. Wish I could have raced but that is life. Today would have been a nasty day for racing with steady rain and high's in the mid 40's. A day for hardy men and women.

Viewpoint: Best young rider. (23 or under) I considered Tomas Lovkvist and Thomas Dekker but have decided on Alberto Contador of Liberty Seguros. Among his top placings were winning the 5th stage of the Tour Down Under, winning the 3rd stage and the overall of Setmana Catalana, winning the 5th stage of Pays Basque, winning the 4th stage of the Tour of Romandy and taking 4th overall. The second half of the year was lacking the results of the first half but no other young rider had that number of results of Contador.