With so many double-booked weekends this year, I should put some thought into a way of tabulating overall scores for each team at each separate venue.  For example, this past weekend we had Lea and Ross out at Sea Otter, competing in the Super D, Short Track, and Cross Country.  While this was going on, I've been in Houffalize, Belgium for the first round of World Cups, escorting Sue and Jeremiah through the weekend XC race.

If the events at Sea Otter are to guage, I would say Ross and Lea's team won the weekend!!   Lea won both the Super D and the Short Track, both first time wins for her.  The short track at Sea Otter is HUGE, because the crowds are great and all the Trek and VW people are attending.   She went on to take 5th in the XC.  Meanwhile Ross was 4th in the STXC, but faded in the XC to 25th place.

On the flip side, Sue and Jeremiah struggled over here in Belgium.  The weather was typical -- rain and gray made the course a slippy mess.  And the racing was typical -- over-full fields of rabid Euro mountain bikers elbowed their way around the course.  But the results here were not what we hoped:  JB in 77th, and Sue in 36th.  This on a day when other top Americans were riding just fine, in the top 20.

So as I say, cheers to the other team for pulling down some results for the weekend!!

We're off to Offenburg, Germany for the next World Cup, and hoping for better things.  No photos, sorry, my camera took a dive and won't turn on.  I'll try and borrow some during the week.