Monday, May 16, 2011

Day 3.

Day 3 of the grove racing had a new course this year. Lots of turns and a hill. At the whistle there had been no rain, the corners were pretty wide but the racing still seemed really slow. Like the first 2 races, the front riders were going through the corners really slow and the it left all the riders in the back with an easy way to move up quickly. With over a hundred riders racing, it made the race interesting until the rain came. Started pouring really quick, and in the next 3 corners, almost half the field went down, the race was neutralized. We all rolled through and restarted, everyone was letting air out of their tires. I already had them down to 78 at the start of the race so I thought I was good pressure wise. The official said go and we were off again, this time I tried making some moves, but nothing stuck for us. It was too easy to coast to the corner, then grab your brakes at the last second and catch a wheels for a move to get away but eventually, a 2 rider move went, and they had 40 seconds on us after a lap or 2. At this point the 100+ rider field was down to 35 probably, most everyone was in survival mode. With 2 to go I was at the back trying hard, with 1 to go I was still there, on the backside we slowed down a bit, the field got 3 or 4 wide, I had a chance to jump ahead and be in the front going into the last 2 turns before the climb to the finish but didn't have the gogo. So I sat at the back and rolled in to the finish, top 25 I believe.

I usually don't let anything bother me in bike races, I just say its racing and keep going, but when the rain starts, and people start crashing every corner, or bunny hopping curves since they couldn't turn, only to roll over to the pit, get a free lap, then sent into the front of the field the next time around, only to fall down again...well.

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