I raced Opus for the first time last night, but since my cat.4 upgrade hadn't gone through yet (it got processed while I was there) I had to race 5s.
The course is okay. The climb toward the end is just long enough that some of the 5s got strung out on it if you big-ringed it. I sat in 2nd for a few laps to see what was up, and soon discovered that they sprinted hard for a preem and then took it very easy for a few laps til they sprinted again.
This guy named Rob and I got to the top of the climb after preem 2, and Billy was screaming at me to go hard. I looked back and we had a gap, so I told Rob to punch it and we rode on our own for most of the race. He gave me a preem win, and we traded pulls.
The last time up the hill some guy in a slick Twin-6 jersey smoked past us and a few other guys were winding it up trying to catch up. I jumped and beat one of them, but one guy beat me.
I won points-wise. It was fun. Time for something faster.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
MN home road race, ITT, Crit
Ooooooh, buddy. The phrase "hardest day on the bike ever" isn't an understatement. Saturday at our home road race in Plainview SUCKED for me. I bonked big time. I'm going to chalk it up to not enough food, not enough sleep, and not enough riding, as I solod it in in the Cs RR for like 12th. I spun my legs out in the ITT and had a bacon cheeseburger at Friday's. The thought that maybe I wasn't worthy of racing C's popped into my head. Yeah, bad day.
Then came the crit. It was in a parking lot on MSU Mankato's campus, but the course rocked, none the less. There were good corners, and plenty of bitching cornering. Kari and Steph raced with the men's Cs, but Steph wasn't feelin it. Kari was, and she was a rockstar today.
I got the first preem lap, and then sat in, hoping to have another go for a preem lap. I knew I couldn't outsprint the fast kids for the finish, and fully expected Nebraska to just solo away (which he did). All in all, I felt way better in the crit, and I think it's going to be a good season once I can get on a regular riding schedule.
Big ups to Deidre for kickin ass in the crit (even though she crashed) and to Megan for owning the women's RR.
We have a young team at the U right now, but in a year I think we'll be back on top of the conference. Mitch and Caleb are really picking it up, and next year Megan and Deidre will be ridin with Steph and Kari.
Jameson is a rocket. He's gonna be an A next year. A few of us had a chat about "wanting to win" today. I want it now. Now that I'm just a mid-pack punk, I want to win big time.
Tink out
Then came the crit. It was in a parking lot on MSU Mankato's campus, but the course rocked, none the less. There were good corners, and plenty of bitching cornering. Kari and Steph raced with the men's Cs, but Steph wasn't feelin it. Kari was, and she was a rockstar today.
I got the first preem lap, and then sat in, hoping to have another go for a preem lap. I knew I couldn't outsprint the fast kids for the finish, and fully expected Nebraska to just solo away (which he did). All in all, I felt way better in the crit, and I think it's going to be a good season once I can get on a regular riding schedule.
Big ups to Deidre for kickin ass in the crit (even though she crashed) and to Megan for owning the women's RR.
We have a young team at the U right now, but in a year I think we'll be back on top of the conference. Mitch and Caleb are really picking it up, and next year Megan and Deidre will be ridin with Steph and Kari.
Jameson is a rocket. He's gonna be an A next year. A few of us had a chat about "wanting to win" today. I want it now. Now that I'm just a mid-pack punk, I want to win big time.
Tink out
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