Tuesday KC Crit Overall Points as of 4/29/08
Time to line up for another Tuesday KC Crit. Pretty good turnout for the races tonight and it felt pretty quick. Constant attacks from the gun kept it rolling until a break of 6 got off. Cam and I made the break with Shadd, Adam, David, Phil Gronniger (Ithink), and one other Epic dude. The one Epic dude dropped off and then it was 5. Shadd and Adam were nice and didn't attack the group until the end.
On a somewhat sad note, Cam and Amber have decided to move on from the the Trek Store to another shop in town. As they say, the offer was just too good to pass up. Can't blame them for doing what they felt was best for their future. Oh well, it's not like they are moving away so we'll see them around. Gonna miss ya at the shop guys.
Go Noah!
Poppa Kevin had a good weekend as well with a 4th overall in the Pro 1-2 race. Could of rode the 40+ race but he still likes to mix it up with Brian Jensen and the rest of the fast guys in the Pro 1-2 races.
I know a lot of you raced this weekend somewhere, and a few more were planning on racing but got rained out at the last moment. I was actually going to go out to Perry for the MTB race but I'm sort of glad it rained out after riding today. More on that later.
Eli had his 1st T-ball game and I got roped into coaching the kids in batting. Pretty scary considering I never made it beyond 3rd grade ball. IT was fun and I know most of the kids anyway. Game 2 was Jonas's B-ball game. His team has some players and they ended up crushing the other team 17-0. Fun to watch and they want nothing to do with my coaching skills, even better.
This game was followed 15 min later by soccer games for both Jonas and Eli with the same start times.
Sweet soccer fields for Jonas's team. His team is not the best but he loves it and tries hard. Tough sport so he gaining fitness every week.
So after finding out the MTB race was rained out Scott and I decided to ride up to Leavenworth. I felt like someone stuffed a sock down my throat most of the ride. Got to love antibiotics. That's why I said I was glad I ended up not racing earlier. Good 4 hour ride so I can't complain.
Cam's new 29'er Team Issue Superfly finally arrived today at the shop. Don't start looking for one of these on the showroom floor anytime soon. There's only three of them made for the 29'er wrecking crew and as you can see it's a little different than your regular Superfly. Check out those slider dropouts and custom Bontrager rear hub! The special graphics are pretty cool as well. Can't wait for the parts to arrive so we can get it rolling.
Cam's going to be flying with this rig!
So another Tuesday nit crit is in the books. Beautiful weather greeted us for the first time this year. I was a little leery of how I would feel due to the fact that I finally found out why I was struggling with my fitness. More on that later.
so I punched it with Joe and Cam on my wheel. I took 2 long hard pulls to help get us away but unfortunately I couldn't recover and mentally blew. Cam and Joe were way out there and just waited for Shadd to shake loose from the field and join them. Once that was done deal the pack just waited for the field sprint. I ended up 3rd in the field sprint, 6th overall. Not too shabby for being one sick dog.
KC Crit Overall Points as of 4/22/08
Here we go!!!! Into the headwind! Tonight we had a much bigger group with a few big hitters to spice things up. The TREK regional team was there as well as Matt and Bill from the Mercy team. Add in Brian Jensen and you end up with one hard race. It didn't take long for the race to blow apart .
And away they go, the break forms and it's over for the rest of us. The chase kept it respectable and we brought back the guys that got shelled in the break.
Where's Shadd?
So it ended up like this. Steve, Brian, and Shadd.
Then the field sprint. Pretty ugly one as it's uphill and into the wind. Those that went early died and most were just too tired to care. I actually rode a bit better than I thought I would. I guess the crappy riding in Lincoln last weekend was better training than I thought.Overall Points as of 4/15/08
Yep, Sunday was pretty much the same as Saturday. Cold and windy, this picture was from Saturday at start time. The masters race Sunday started with the temp at 28 degrees. Take that Shadd, you guys were a bunch of sissies in Tulsa with 65 degrees!
Scott and I did the Masters Race and it was pretty mellow. We were both tired from Saturday's road race so the pace was good. That is until a few laps to go when some guys crashed fighting for the draft and took Scott down. Slow speed crash, lot's of bike damage, DNF for Scott. I ended up 5th. The legs are tired and I'm doing the 123 race in a few hours. Can I last 75 minutes?
So Scott was sitting in the van 15 minutes before the 123 race and bummed he couldn't race when Kevin Limpach from Omaha pokes his head in the wan and askes in Scott wants to race his bike. A quick fire drill later Scott's on the line. He then went on to have a awsome race, driving the pace most of the race while everybody else tried to hide from the wind.
covered a few moves and finished 10th. Good training day.
More rain today means no TT and now it's not going to happen until May. Oh well....I'm not riding too hot right now anyway.
That's as far as I got tonight when I got home from the Hill ride. I got absolutely drenched on the way home so I had to strip at the door and head for a warm shower. Since I left from the shop I had my camera, phone, and my I-pod in my jersey pockets so I had to make a quick stop at a gas station for a plastic bag. Hope everybody else made it back ok as it got dark, cold and really wet in a hurry.
Man it was cold last night for the crit. Just look at Scott! Man was I unmotivated to race last night. I guess the cold, rain , and too much going on last night with the family had me at the end of my rope. Cam and Shadd were rippin it up as usual. I was close but again just not close enough to make the break. Oh well, maybe next week.
Pretty confusing finish this week with the break lapping the field at the end. If you were paying attention the field ended up doing an extra lap. Bill and I knew and went with Shadd and Cam when they went around the field. If we went by the rule book the placings would of been different but we will use the final lap raced for points.
The debate over when to ride ended early when I got up at 6am to find that it looked like rain was in the forcast. A quick Sunday paper read and some chow and I was out the door and headed to Minor park. Got out there and did a few laps on the east side before I ran into Andy, Josh, and a 2 other guys. (I know, I should know names but I can barely remember my kids names)
Sure was nice working in the yard this afternoon.
Yep, that's me, overdressed as usual. When I rode into the shop in the morning it was 35 degrees and it was 60 by time I went riding. I just didn't have any more room in my pockets to take any more off. Oh well....... the summer can't come soon enough.
Saturday it was a double header with both boys having soccer games in the AM. Got out on the road with Scott for a few hours. Pretty tired from the week so it's probably good that I passed on racing.
Back out tomorrow with a noon game for Jonas. Hmmmm... MTB ride before the game or road ride after?
The TT bike was done and ready to rip. It looks good....I really should ride it before I race it but that just wouldn't be right. Too bad it's raining.
So far it's been a busy training week. The Tuesday KC Crit was as fast as ususal. I got away with Andy C, Bill, Adam, and Shadd early but the field was not tired yet and chaised us down. Soon after we got caught a group of 20 or so rolled off the front of the field. Shadd jumped up to the break and that was it. Shadd blew the group apart and all that was left was Adam, Joe S., and Cameron.
Bill and I tried to jump up to the break but just missed. Oh well....3 bike lenghts may as well be three miles.
KC Crit Points as of 4-1-08