Mike Friedman

MA! THE MEATLOAF! FU**! (name the movie)

// May 7th, 2008 // Sup

I took a sabatical people. No, I wasn’t pregnant, like this guy. I just didn’t have the internet, and by the time i’d get back from training, all I ever wanted to do was eat, and chill, rather than going down to the team office or cafe to internet it up. I must say, it was rather nice not knowing what was happening in the world for a few days.

I’ll be brief, as I need to hop in the shower, and get kitted up for the 2nd stage of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque. Many of you probably aren’t aware, but this race, and May 8th marks the 1 year anniversary since I was able to resume racing after my ordeal with a Pulmonary Embolism and blood clots. So, tomorrow, be cheery, and thank God.

1st stage was a bit of an eye opener again back into racing. It was full bunter from the beginning with crosswinds, single file echelons, and a bit of cobbles. I hosed up the sprint though. It was a perfect sprint for me, but with about 6 km to go I stuffed it up and had to slam the estrogen brakes losing any position I maintained. LAME. I have 5 stages left, and I’ve made a promised to the directors that I will bring something fruitful out of this.

Spent the past three weeks in Girona directly after Roubaix. I was quite cracked after the race to be honest, so took some time to get back to “base”. On all cylinders now, I think, and am ready for the fight today. I was in Girona for most of the time as the sole Slipstream rider all by my lonesome self haha. The weather and the rides made up for it though. I haven’t seen rain in over 3 weeks!

Crap, gotta run.

Quickly what kind of post would this be if I didn’t include some whacky photo/s of me doing something totally AWESOME!

That’s right Huff, you can’t even keep up!