Tour of the Gila recap

I didn't have internet access while down at Gila, so I don't have the fresh race reports.  I'm just too heavy this time of year and my training wasn't specific for Gila, so I didn't get the result I wanted.  Here's the super quick and dirty report.

from Campie:
Quick report from the 2s. Good news and bad news. Good news: the team has won 2 mid race sprints and put a person in the lead break both days. Bad news: I can't climb at all (not a new development), our guy in the lead pack or break has has blown up in the last 10 miles both days, Jayson has a back injury of some sort that has him dropping out. He looked awesome the first day, bridging up to the winning break and then working in the break for 70 miles.

I flatted the first day about 10 miles from the finish and total blew up chasing before the Mogollan climb. I found out hitting a 10-20 percent climb with dead legs is not good. Today was another 6000' climbing day that had me hoping to make the time cut after riding solo in 30-40 mph wind for 60 miles. Ryan has ridden pretty well both days being our top finisher. Chad had a great day sitting in the winning pack until the top of the last climb and then hitting the wall.

Generally we are all tired, wind blown, and sunburnt. This race is very well supported by the community and awesomely organized. A cool experience for sure. 

Final day report:
That was a lot of fun and a lot of suffering. Jayson had a killer ride on stage 1 and unfortunately ran out of gas in the waning minutes of the race. He was in the break for almost the whole day in 30-40mph winds, so it was a major effort. Chad had a great ride on stage 2 and (similar to Jayson) ran out of steam on the final climb. Campie was looking good in the crit, but suffered a crash with about 5 laps to go and couldn't recover in time for the final sprint. I had a pretty mediocre performance down there. I did worse than I expected on every stage, but I gave it my best and just didn't have the fitness this time. Ah well. Awesome time hanging with the guys down there and we'll get 'em next weekend.