The race began in a big ol field of cat 5s. In the mix were a bunch of good folks; however new to the sport of road bike racing. I was a little concerned, as anyone in a cat 5 race should be, especially given the technical nature of the course. As we took off I was sure to jump into the top 5 just to be safe. In the mix were two racers from the Fat Frogs race team, who wins the award for stupidest and least appealing team name, and one of the VT/Rouges Racing racers. The FF guys kept going off the front and getting pulled back in. Im not really sure what their plan was but it became apparent that it didn't really matter as they were consistently easy to pull back into the pack and not really threatening since they were just two men.
This is where the fun begins. Someone (not mentioning names here) went down around the 1st corner and split the field up. Thats why I was hanging around in the top 5. So from there it was just Jared Wilburn and I, the FF guys, and the VT feller. At that point something magical happened and Jared and I were putting the hurt on the rest of the field.
We continued to push it a little by a little as we kept lapping the field time after time. I tried to get passersby to jump on but no one really hung on all that strong for very long.
And so Zippety doo da we went around and around Jared and I....
I wasn't very concerned with beating Jared just because I was having a great time zipping around putting in a really good effort with Jared. I put a little into thinking about getting him at the finish. I knew I couldn't take him on the line, given the size of his quads. SO my thought process is this: "It sure would be nice to get a gold medal, but whatev..." So my idea was to go two laps at the front and guilt Jared into taking two laps. On the second of his two laps he flicked out and I went...way to early. I got a little gap, but not as much of a gap as I thought, or as much as I needed. Jared sprint, and I didnt so there goes second place. heres a good pic of me crossing the line:
And heres one of "Tim's buddy" Jen getting ready to do some power sweeping (thats her sweep face you see there)
And here is a good photo of Dave "The Leprechaun" Tompkins and Bob "The Closer" Welsh shooting the breeze
1 comments:
Amazing how I wound up with a broom both Friday and Saturday. What's up with that? Perhaps I'd better switch from bikes to brooms. Some may tell you that would be the right move to make. HA!!! You're too funny!!!
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