June 1st Richmond, VA

Richmond, VA
June 1st 2006

After flying half the day yesterday, I finally arrived to Richmond International Airport around 10:50pm. As I got off the plane, I was walking next to this lady and she heard me talking on the phone and when she looked over at me, she grabbed her purse as if I could take it and run all the way through the airport without getting caught. It kills me!! I also saw this billboard in the airport with Juan Hiado and Gordon Mcaully. (ill leave a pic of it) Anyway, all my bags arrived and now I’m on my way to the hotel in a taxi. I guess I went to sleep around 1pm and got up about 8:00 for breakfast.


We are staying at the crown plaza hotel just two blocks off the racecourse. And the streets are full with team cars, vans, trucks, trailers and busses.
The ride today was HOT. Its so hot and humid here its crazy. We did an easy 1 1/2 ride and the first 30min was riding through a housing project in the inner city and it was so funny, all my teammates at the same said “Rahsaan you go in the front”. But I’m sure they were surprised to hear the welcome the people in the community gave them/us. They were excited to see cyclist ride down their streets, yelling, screaming, whistling and just having a good time.

Back at the hotel now and just going to relax before the start at 7:30pm.

Ill sign back on and let you know what happens.

Also, you guys should check out www.thebroadbandracer.com
I’m doing a video blog for the site and if you check it out now you will see the likes of Christian Vandervelt, Fred Rodriguez and more. So go check it out. Its really cool and unique, there is nothing like it.