Today's time trial marked the start of my 6th different national championship event (3 running and 3 cycling). This one however is the biggest since all the other ones were, let's just say, semi-pro.

23 starters were in search of the glory. Needless to say, I didn't find it, but I did have a decent ride. I finished 12th in 43:43, 4:06 down from the winner Dave Zabriskie. I felt okay but didn't quite have that "killer form" from earlier in the year.

Tom Zirbel had a tough day, finishing second for the second year in a row, 44 seconds behind Zabriskie. BJM was 9th. You can see the top 14 here.

My wife arrives in Greenville in a few hours, I haven't seen her in almost 3 weeks. Her dad lives in town and we're going to have a little barbecue tonight.