getting on a team

so this past weekend i went on a ride with some guys from the cycling team up st vrain to peak to peak and down ward. it was a pretty brutal ride, mostly just because of the cold. i really want to do it again this weekend and maybe try to get 100 miles in on sunday morning. the more miles i can get in before winter sets in, the better shape i'll be in when i'm trying to get in race shape in the snow. my next step other than getting stronger faster and lighter this winter is to try to get on a team to race for next season for USCF. I'm planning on doubling up on every race i possibly can next season (racing collegiate and USCF), and i'll be a cat 3 shortly into the season hopefully and by the end of the summer upgrading to cat 2 if i can train enough next semester. i'm looking at Vitamin Cottage, Colavita/Cooking Light, and am going to ask around for what teams are good ones to race for. hopefully i can get some good racing and training advice from these guys. it's almost kinda sad that i'm not even thinking about graduation and instead am worried about bike racing and how fast i can get this winter/next spring. oh well! my new alternate life plan is that if racing doesn't work out or if i go broke trying to make it work out, i'm either going to move to denver, san fransisco, or new york city to be a bike courier for a few years. engineering can wait.