week in review.

time to do some recapping!

i've got 4 racedays in the legs since my last racin' write up last week!

thursday - co springs thursday night lights velodrome racing was cool, i guess the turn out was light due to impending rain that never came. racing was fast and fun. (and bumpy).
didn't die from the altitude like tuesday night so that was a plus!

saturday - mn old man track states. in the timed events i rode ok, all my times were good, but not as good as i would've liked.
i think if i did the events again next week i could go faster in all of them. still they were good enough to take the top spots in the 30+ group.
sweet.

the points and scratch races were a total cluster. all cats ran together, which caused alot of chaos in speeds and scoring. i managed 2nd in the 30+ in both with teammate extrodinaire fil taking the wins in both!

that was good enough for me to be crowned old man #1 in the state!
fil was #2!
joe j was there rocking too and won the open category.

medals all around for lgr!

sunday - mn state championship crit. our goal was a pack sprint. so some of us watched the front, some of us sat in, and some of us lead it out.
my job was laps 6-to-go to 2-to-go.

i hit the front at 6, and tried stringing it out, and the field didn't feel like going too fast so they let me roll of the front.
oh well, it accomplishs the same goal- letting my protected riders sit in.

got reeled in, sat at the back, finished. job done.

lg did the final leadout, but ran into traffic in the final turns. oh well, that's bike racing.
the team did a great job all around.

tuesday - dakota tech. made the break with teammate jake h., along with 3 others.
we got the bell a lap early, but hey, give us a bell and 1-to-go and we are gonna sprint it out even if we think you are wrong. raced myself to 4th place.

...and then they gave us the real bell for one to go.... ugh.

dug deep and raced some more, and actually finished 3rd that time. didn't try for 2nd, as 2nd place had already (in my book) gotten 2nd in the first finish.

again, that's bike racing.

stared the 1/2/3. that's all i have to say on that.


next up - thursday night lights!