The rest of my thoughts about yesterday's race: sports are meant to be fun. I feel like I'm a competitive person, but I was raised to embrace participation above all. The role of a skiier, sailor, or bicycler is to have fun and spread the experience to others. This is a principal tenet of the KDBFOYA and one to which I adhere as much as possible. So, when I showed up to register for a local training race and got "What, are you too lazy to join the club?" and "hey - looks like we've got a national champ or an Olympian with us" from the folks at the desk I was mad. Why are cyclists such arrogant asses? In Sarasota it was much the same and apparently there is plenty of unpleasantness to spread around. With skiing, you ride a lift and get small talk or at the very worst silence. Boating is the most social 'sport' around, even if it does sometimes slip into a show and tell of sorts. But cycling is different: speak at your own risk, lest a legion of sarcasm and disapproval reign down on you. What's hard is that it doesn't have to be this way... it's happier for everyone if everyone is happy; save the starting line animosity for le Tour.