The Anzac Community.

Another week that was. Done and Dusted. Training miles collected.

With the build up to Tour of Gila ticking along nicely there hasn't been much to report on.

Thursday morning we all awoke to a few inch's of snow that blanketed the entire town. There goes the day training right? Wrong, by the afternoon all the snow was gone, the roads were dry, and the temperature was quite warm. Boulder's weather is an extreme version of Auckland's 4 seasons in one day.

The only weather constant we have to deal with is the gale force winds that do physically pick you up and blow you around. Who needs and erg when you can ride into a block head wind riding as hard as you can to keep your speed up over 10kph.

One noticeable change in Boulder this week has been the Anzac Community that has been formed.
The only time I have ridden with a local American is either on the Saturday Bunch ride or the first week we were here. Otherwise every ride has been shared with the strong Aussies and Kiwi presence.

With the arrival of the remainder of Pureblack Racing and Fly V Australia we certainly dominate the bunch ride. Passing remarks of "here go the aussies and kiwi's racing each other again" has been heard several times.
We cant however forget those Aussie's and Kiwi's who also ride for American teams like Trek Livestrong, Bissell and Garmin-Chipotle, and with Greg Henderson in town and Hayden Roulston due in here soon our own micro community population is starting to sky rocket.

Us Anzac creatures are normally found around our local watering holes at around 10 as we emerged half awake for the morning coffee and scone. So far there is peace amongst the crowd, however once the test rugby season gets going and the Rugby World Cup gets closer I am sure it may get a bit amusing loud and rowdy at these cafes.

It has been a real bonus having so many of us characters in town as there is always someone to ride with, everyone gets along and we all look out for one another. For me it is really helping me as you enjoy your days so much so you feel as if you are home and enjoy the company you ride with.

Enough of my Blabbing.

Noddy.