I had dreams last night about bike racing. Some good, some not so good, but here’s the schedule of races in the area (though I’m not going to all of them). The purple, bold ones are NRC races. The tentative plan is to start the season off in April with the Smith & Nephew Omnium, which is held in the Memphis area.

March

• 3/8-3/9: Spring Forward TT / Maryville Crit (Knox/Maryville, TN) TBRA
• 3/9: Rouge-Roubaix RR (St. Francisville, LA) LAMBRA
• 3/22: Live Strong Race (Birmingham, AL)
• 3/29-3/30: Tour de Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa, AL)

April

• 4/5-4/6: Smith & Nephew GP Ominum (Memphis, TN) TBRA
• 4/6: Cuba RR (Cuba, AL) LAMBRA
• 4/12-4/13: GA Cup Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) TBRA/GA
• 4/18-4/20: Mississippi Gran Prix (Brookhaven, MS) LAMBRA
• 4/19-4/20: So. Knoxville RR/TT & Dogwood Crit (Knoxville, TN) TBRA
• 4/26-4/27: Tour le Fleur (Jackson, MS) LAMBRA

May

• 5/3-5/4: Giro d’ Rankin Stage Race (Brandon, MS) LAMBRA
• 5/3: Sunny King Crit (Anniston, AL)
• 5/4: Nalley Historic Roswell Crit (Roswell, GA)
• 5/8-5/11: Joe Martin Stage Race (Fayetteville, AR)
• 5/10-5/11: Highland Rim Cycling Classic (McMinnville, TN) TBRA
• 5/15-5/18: Tour of Arkansas (Russellville, AR)
• 5/17: Sumner Co. Classic Road Race (White House, TN) TBRA
• 5/17: Raising Cain’s Omnium (Baton Rouge, LA) LAMBRA
• 5/24-5/26: Knoxville Ominum (Knoxville, TN) TBRA

June

• 5/31-6/1: Racing Rapides Omnium (Alexandria, LA) LAMBRA
• 5/31-6/1: Tulsa Tough Ominum (Tulsa, OK)
• 6/7-6/8: Settlers Life Ominum (Elizabethton / JC / Bristol, TN) TBRA
• 6/13-6/15: Edgar Soto Memorial Crits (Nashville, TN) TBRA
• 6/21-6/22: Avery Trace / Cookeville Crit (Gainesboro / Cookeville, TN) TBRA
• 6/21-6/22: Tour de Louisiane Stage Race (Covington, LA) LAMBRA

July

• 7/5-7/6: Prologue TT & RR (Shreveport, LA) LAMBRA
• 7/13: Kingsport Crit (Kingsport, TN) TBRA
• 7/19-7/20 Spring City Cycling Weekend (Huntsville, AL)
  
• 7/20: LAMBRA USCF Crit Championships (New Orleans, LA) LAMBRA
• 7/26-7/27: Jeff Roth Memorial TT/Crit (Townsend/Maryville, TN) TBRA
• 7/26-7/27: Le Vuelta de Acadiana Stage Race (Lafayette, LA) LAMBRA

August

• 8/2-8/3: Allanti Classic RR/TT/Crit (Nashville, TN) TBRA
• 8/16-8/17: Meridian-Cuba Challenge (Meridian, MS/Cuba, AL) LAMBRA
• 8/16: Louisville Metro Police Found. Crit (Louisville, KY)
• 8/23-8/24: BMW Ominum / River Gorge (Chattanooga, TN) TBRA
• 8/24: Alexandria Criterium (Alexandria, LA) LAMBRA
• 9/1: US 100K classic (Atlanta, GA)