cycling classic. This was the first and only race I did during the
summer of 2006 as a cat 5 and took 11th place. The following year I
raced as a cat3 and won, so this year I was all for getting a good
result. Well I sucked big time and couldn't even finish on the same
lap of the tiny field of 20 riders. There are a few things that I
think accounted for my suckiness, but I'll spare you. This has got to
be one of the worst feelings I have had after a race, and I really did
not even want to think about racing my bike after. But you gotta get
back on the horse, sooo...
the next day I raced the Glencoe criterium. It was a good sized payout
so I was expecting a lot of riders with good competiton. The field
size was not anywhere near where I thought it would be, but there were
some strong riders present. The thunderstorms let up just before the
race started making for hot humid and wet conditions. I really didn't
know what to expect from myslef today so I just focused on my position
and not making any moves unless I felt good enough to make them (
yesterday I was attacking myslef into the ground). I tried for one of
the first $100 primes solo off the front but got reeled in just before
the last corner. I decided that I probably wasn't going to get any
mula for primes since my acceleration was just not there. I noticed
that everytime I got out of the saddle to sprint my tailbone area hurt
a lot and I could not produce the neccessary snap to bridge quickly or
establish a gap. The rest of the race went without incident and I
made a good effort to position myself in the top 10 before the final
sharp corner. I gave my best sprint which was pretty slow for my
normal finish speed, but i was able to hold on for 10th. I was glad I
raced and got back on track. I'm now sitting by a very nice lake in
northern Wisconsin with Kim and her family enjoying my days with great
rides, fishing, swimming and boating. Just gotta survive all the bears
I keep running into!
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