Mar 20, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Great job this weekend John, two more 2nd places and extending your huge lead in the overall!!! Tactics for both days were as usual; stay well represented up front, shut anything down that looked dangerous and try to get a good lead out for John. Had four guys line up for Sat. Not much happened the first two laps with no more than 1-2 guys attacking at one time and they never got far up the road. Organic rider attacked on HH the last lap and I put in a big effort to chase it down and subsequently slipped back to mid pack on the rollers. Was making my way back to the front on the straight section before Tavern when a reckless velocity rider ran into me locking handlebars. Did a little wobble wobble, dropped a load in my trousers but managed to stay upright and get untangled. However, lost a lot of momentum and started to fall off the back. Got back at the front of the race by the boathouse but it was too late to help John in the sprint. Mitch was in good position and did a great a lead out, and John did the rest from there.
Had 5 guys for today’s race. Brian we missed you, but not your vomit. Don’t think my kit could handle it after crappin in them the day before. The Ks raced a great race today and another 2nd for John. That guy has huge engine and is so consistent week after week. Really makes racing that much more enjoyable knowing we have a guy like that for the sprint. Kissena was well represented up front the whole race. Nothing got up the road without a K in it. Third lap I came to front on the left turn just off the downhill. There was a moderate headwind so put my head down to tried to keep a steady pace. I was peeling off after my turn and the rider behind burns past and said lets go, we have a gap. I tried jumpin on, but was too dam slow to bridge back up. Was surprised we had a gap, but later found out they were blocking for me. Sorry guys, blew that one. I forgot to charge the battery to my race radio and too stupid to turn around. Took the fourth lap off to recover. 5th lap went to the front again on flat part after the hill to pick up a dreadfully slow pace. The front was 3-4 guys across and were about to have their morning tea and scone. Really tried to hammer it from there, through the downhill to potholes at which point I dropped back again to recover for the final lap. This ended up being a mistake as I had a difficult time moving back up. Got locked in on the inside on the flat part above the hill and couldn’t make much headway on the downhill. On the left turn at the bottom, a rider 2-3 spots in front nailed a cone and hit the deck. Thankfully for the pack he flew off to the left into the runners lane. Unthankfully for me, the cone went to the right and conveniently came to rest right in my path. Luckily I hit it head on which just popped me in the air a bit and not off my bike. But, just like the day before I found myself losing momentum, falling off the back and of course, an now had extra load in my trousers. I got back to the pack just in time for a group of 10+ riders to hit the deck. I was far enough to the outside not get caught up in it, but had to swerve and slow down. Had no energy to chase at this point and I would not have been able to help John, so I sat up. I believe he got a nice lead out from Dan, I think, but I'll let John tell you how the sprint unfolded.
All in all it was a fun wknd of racing (my trousers might disagree) and John again really delivered for the team. A huge congrats again to you and rest of the guys for working so hard.
Had 5 guys for today’s race. Brian we missed you, but not your vomit. Don’t think my kit could handle it after crappin in them the day before. The Ks raced a great race today and another 2nd for John. That guy has huge engine and is so consistent week after week. Really makes racing that much more enjoyable knowing we have a guy like that for the sprint. Kissena was well represented up front the whole race. Nothing got up the road without a K in it. Third lap I came to front on the left turn just off the downhill. There was a moderate headwind so put my head down to tried to keep a steady pace. I was peeling off after my turn and the rider behind burns past and said lets go, we have a gap. I tried jumpin on, but was too dam slow to bridge back up. Was surprised we had a gap, but later found out they were blocking for me. Sorry guys, blew that one. I forgot to charge the battery to my race radio and too stupid to turn around. Took the fourth lap off to recover. 5th lap went to the front again on flat part after the hill to pick up a dreadfully slow pace. The front was 3-4 guys across and were about to have their morning tea and scone. Really tried to hammer it from there, through the downhill to potholes at which point I dropped back again to recover for the final lap. This ended up being a mistake as I had a difficult time moving back up. Got locked in on the inside on the flat part above the hill and couldn’t make much headway on the downhill. On the left turn at the bottom, a rider 2-3 spots in front nailed a cone and hit the deck. Thankfully for the pack he flew off to the left into the runners lane. Unthankfully for me, the cone went to the right and conveniently came to rest right in my path. Luckily I hit it head on which just popped me in the air a bit and not off my bike. But, just like the day before I found myself losing momentum, falling off the back and of course, an now had extra load in my trousers. I got back to the pack just in time for a group of 10+ riders to hit the deck. I was far enough to the outside not get caught up in it, but had to swerve and slow down. Had no energy to chase at this point and I would not have been able to help John, so I sat up. I believe he got a nice lead out from Dan, I think, but I'll let John tell you how the sprint unfolded.
All in all it was a fun wknd of racing (my trousers might disagree) and John again really delivered for the team. A huge congrats again to you and rest of the guys for working so hard.