This past August at the University road race in Santa Cruz, California the AC team had all five Cat 1/2s in a race together for the first time all season. For me it was one of my season highlights as I finally got to race with 2 of my teammates for the first time.
David Van Orsdel, me, Kris Lunning, Ian Tuttle & Chris Turner
Tuttle and Van Orsdel before the race. Notice mountain bike legend Ned Overend in the foreground and cyclocross stud Bary Wicks in the background. 
Lunning before the race staring the hill down. This was my first time racing with Kris and it was awesome to see his power as he continually drove the pack up the hill.
Tuttle, Lunning and Van Orsdel drill it up the climb.
Tuttle was our team captain in 2009 and has decided to focus on writing in 2010 instead of racing. Of course I want Ian to succeed at whatever he does, but hopefully Ian will be back racing with us soon. If it was not for Ian I would not have been on the AC team.
Van Orsdel sits in the pack and assesses the situation as Tuttle and Lunning keep the pace hot on the front. Dave and I got to race both the Tour of Gila and Cascade Classic together in 2009 and it was so much fun racing with him. He is going to be a great training partner this winter and if I had to bet I would expect some big results from him in 2010.
The group sprint, I took it out and never looked back
The guy behind me was from Japan and I love the look on his face in this photo. Im not really a sprinter but if it is uphill I can accelerate pretty quickly.
