Tour de Gaslight
The main purpose for doing this race was to get Sushi in GR
at Mikado, because they make this roll that is to die for! The CAT3 race was moved to the end of the
day, so after sleeping in, Mary Ann and I headed to the race. After sitting at Starbucks, talking and
watching racing, it was time to warm up.
At this point, I wasn’t as excited to race and the weather was not
looking as good as it did earlier. As we
lined up, it started to rain. Most guys
let air out of their tires, but due to my extenders, this wasn’t an
option. Right from the start, we were
hitting it hard and caused a separation.
After about 20mins and a few close calls sliding on the painted lines
and a guy going down in front of me, I had to back off a bit. I was now riding on my own just trying to
hold my ground. A few laps later, I was
joined by a small group and we rode together.
As the main pack caught and went by us, I jumped on the back and rode the
final 2 laps out. There were a lot of
wrecks and people that DNF’d. I was
lucky to keep the rubber side down and ended up 16th out of 24 that
finished.
Birmingham Bikefest
I had a lot of fun at this race last year and was looking
forward to it. We got there early to
cheer on some friends in the CAT4 and CAT5 races. There were a lot of top guys at the race and
I quickly realized, it was going to be fast.
There were attacks from the gun and the group was strung out for a lot
of the race. I found myself no in the
race mentally… my head was thinking about CX and Crank the Shield. I moved around a bit during the race, but was
never a factor. I sat up for the sprint
and rolled across for 22nd out of the 35 starters.
This concludes my road racing for the year. I am happy with my performance overall and I
made it to CAT3, which was my primary goal.
I am still learning at every race and will be looking forward to testing
myself next year and hope to be more of a factor in CAT3.
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