He laughed and said “and now you’re here!” and we talked a little about Lance, Trek, and his new (at the time) sponsor Felt. The guy is so focused and I didn’t want to be overbearing. We ended up sitting at the same table at the awards banquet and he and his wife invited my girlfriend and I to the house he was staying at (RedBull) for a party but I didn’t go. Stupid I know, but I preferred to keep him on the pedestal.
We exchanged a few emails after the race and that was it. I can’t wait to see what he does in Kona, I’m predicting that you’ll have to run sub-2:46 just to get on the podium.