I quit racing in 1999. I had just come back from the Tour of South China Sea. I had to retire from that race because of illness. In hindsight, I think I had a nasty Asian stomach bug that needed attention from my doctor (but I was 26 so I didn't get it seen to). I also had some recurrent bouts of bronchitis and...my new career as a teacher was starting to take off. Combine all those reasons, and I thought it was time to hang it up.
In September of 2011, for some unknown reason, I thought I would start riding again. I started on my mountain bike, moved to a road bike (I have a lovely new Giant TCR 0) and now it's February 2012 and I'm training four days a week and have had three races so far. I'm racing in Masters B!
So far, I'm loving it, losing weight, getting fit and wondering what the hell I am doing!
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