Unthinkable and stage 2 and 3

Howdy- So just about to head to sleep at 8:40pm after a couple of good days. But first, the unthinkable: We have made it through 5 days of being in Taiwan, and bike racing, coordinating 8 people for breakfast, race, dinner, and such and not a single one of us has used a cell phone to communicate. IT CAN BE DONE...ha I must admit, I am one of many who thought that the world could not exist without them, but I was and am wrong. It has actually been quite nice not fussing over it every second both with calls, and emails, stocks, or weather. So if you are thinking of going on vacation, I would urge turning off the phone completely, and see how nice it is.

Back to racing, which can be done with no phone... Yesterday was solid, doing 110km at 47km/hr. Fast with lots of attacks, and we were in just about every move. Worked hard, had fun, and was able to help the guys get where they needed most of the time. One time I was pulling pretty hard in my standards, and needed to close a gap, and then Valeri (teammate) came through and killed it. He is the man. Blood sugar control was better today, which made the race better for me. Was about 180 at the start, and ate about 200gm/carbs over the 2hr 15 minute race to finish at 183. I had 3 Dex 4 liquid blast, some shots, and some drink. Amazing how good legs are when I do it right.
Today was crosswind for the entire day. Was in attacks for first 30-40km, then it hit the fan and I was working hard just to maintain. It was tough tough for 20-30km, and then Valeri got in the break. He rocked it. Emile shut down the field, and then I took over the job of pedaling real slow... Chris and Shawn sat tight, as the they were in it for the climbs at the end. We sat behind the health net train as they tried t bring down the gap. Then attacked into the base of the climb with Shawn and Chris on my wheel, who then attacked up the climb and left a bunch of people in the dust. Shawn is now tied for 3rd on GC, and we plan to better that in the days to come. We are trying to get "Book Ends" which means first and last on GC. So I am sitting 3rd to last, and extremely happy with it, as I have done my job. If Shawn wins, I win. It is a team sport 100%. It was also a ton of fun when we were doing 50km an hour, and I am on the white line only able to see the wheel in front. Then that guy swerves left, and there is cement block. 1/10th of a second to react but somehow we all made it through doing this 150 times...ha Chris and Emile did a great job setting Shawn up for the finish, and he got 3rd, which ain't bad for a sprinter up a 1km climb. Also, on this day, BS's were solid. I am checking 8 times in the 45 minutes pre-race to do this right, and make sure the trend is right. Today had about 250gms of carbs in a 3hr race. Sick to my stomach at the end, but blood sugar at the end was 150, which again was perfect. Tomorrow is a crit, and yet another day with no cell phones. For quciker udates, please visit www.teamtype1.org and check out our blog.
Thanks for reading!
Phil