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Two days in a ROW! I can't believe it myself!

Tomorrow is the last day of Sea Otter. It's an 84 mile road race over a hilly, HILLY circuit and then finishing on a difficult climb. Word of the day for Alisha who is currently under the weather: "SURVIVAL."

Today was a hilly circuit race on the Laguna Seca raceway in Monterey. 17 times up this really steep climb... oh man. My medicine legs didn't help. Whew... talk about J-E-L-L-O! But I don't want to complain. Everyone was hurting. It was hard and fast and it was hot too. I got dropped, but I was never lapped... one of the few that can say that. And considering that I'm racing being sick, I'm quite pleased with how it's going. I just smile on the inside knowing how much stronger I'm going to be at my next race, which is Tour of the Gila, when I'm finally healthy again.

My teammates today were absolutely amazing. Kristin and Chrissy finished up with the main group. Kele never gave up and was super strong, riding at the front and covering attacks. Lauren and Nicole gave it all they had. Nicole was going so fast down the corkscrew that she would drop everyone in her group! It's so wonderful being around a group of supportive women. I strive to be a better racer so that I can be there to help my teammates whent they need it. It's totally selfless. I don't think you'll find that on many women's teams. It's true though- I want to be a better rider for my teammates and my team, not for myself.

We walked around the expo afterwards. I love all the expo booths and seeing all the sponsors out at the race. It's so fun to go mingle and talk with the people that work SO hard to support your career all year long. It's also neat that they are there to be able to see some of the race. A lot of our sponsors make it over to at least see the start of our races and then they have to get back to their booths... but I love being able to tell them about the races afterwards. I'm sure they feel a lot more a part of what's going on being at the event, instead of hearing about our races thru email or on cyclingnews.com.

Oh yeah! And I was 18th in the TT... ha! That's crazy because I totally didn't expect that and I was so happy (my throat hurt SO bad that day).

So time for bed for me... it's going to be a long, hard day tomorrow.