Washington or California
Ontario, CA
March 23, 2006
I can’t imagine who’d want to live in the LA area. Sure it’s nice to have it be warm, but what about the smog and traffic. When I was picked up from the airport on the way over we hit traffic at 9:00pm- how is that possible? I’ve heard rumors of three hour commutes in the morning for those going 25 miles… That’s crazy, and all for what? Smog? This morning there was an immense smog cloud over everything, it’s dreary and dark, & I don’t presume that it leaves frequently. Besides, if you’re going to live in California why not live somewhere like Santa Barbara or Santa Rosa. That area is genuinely perfect & for relatively the same price.
Aside from the smog produced by LA’s “alternative transportation” (busses), the trip was beneficial. I got to race with all the domestic guys and verify what I need to work on as I continue my preparation for Georgia. I must admit that this was one of the hardest races I’ve ever done, I think this is due almost entirely to the flawed management of the promoters. What is the scheme behind destroying a race of such mystic by making it into a two day race? In the end every little mistake that these “alternative races” make feed into the growth of races like California and Georgia. But I like a good hard race- by the way, this was the first big race I’ve done this year that I didn’t crash in.
March 23, 2006
I can’t imagine who’d want to live in the LA area. Sure it’s nice to have it be warm, but what about the smog and traffic. When I was picked up from the airport on the way over we hit traffic at 9:00pm- how is that possible? I’ve heard rumors of three hour commutes in the morning for those going 25 miles… That’s crazy, and all for what? Smog? This morning there was an immense smog cloud over everything, it’s dreary and dark, & I don’t presume that it leaves frequently. Besides, if you’re going to live in California why not live somewhere like Santa Barbara or Santa Rosa. That area is genuinely perfect & for relatively the same price.
Aside from the smog produced by LA’s “alternative transportation” (busses), the trip was beneficial. I got to race with all the domestic guys and verify what I need to work on as I continue my preparation for Georgia. I must admit that this was one of the hardest races I’ve ever done, I think this is due almost entirely to the flawed management of the promoters. What is the scheme behind destroying a race of such mystic by making it into a two day race? In the end every little mistake that these “alternative races” make feed into the growth of races like California and Georgia. But I like a good hard race- by the way, this was the first big race I’ve done this year that I didn’t crash in.
posted by Tom Peterson @ 10:12 PM
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