The Solano Trophy is our way of showing them that we appreciate what they do. The 146th Airlift Wing from the Channel Island Air National Guard Station in Southern California took the third piece of the Solano Trophy, topping the National Guard category. The real competition doesn't start until today, but the action was already heating up during Thursday's time trials of the second annual Solano Bicycle Classic at Travis Air Force Base. Cycling's Eric Wohlberg, the defending champion, turned in the day's fastest time of 25 minutes, 30.506 seconds. I'm happy with our results.
People think bicycling is an individual sport, but it's really a team event.
We'll race as a team the next three stages. That's the great thing about this event, we'll all lay it on the line for each other. Riders started from a C-5 cargo plane on a runway at Travis. The 12.2-mile course looped around the air base before finishing back at the cargo plane. We have the No. 1 women's team in the nation, No. 4 in the world.