just got back from tour de millersburg.
first off, the weekend as a whole wasnt bad. it was out in the middle of now where, and our hotel didnt allow dogs, so zoey was in ninja mode, and did relatively well compared to the last time she was in that situation. there was nice scenery and lots of fog every morning. sam and i got to chill out all evening after saturdays races, which was nice, but anyhow, to the race itself.
it was a very well community supported even. people sat on there porches and came out to watch. even all the local businesses closed down and came to watch. so on that aspect it was nice. lots of racers, but i only have 2 complaints. 1st of all... all the parking provided was inside the crit course. and they wouldnt let anyone out of them. so we had to sit and watch like 4 more races after we were ready to go. secondly, dont say the crit course is fast and flat when the entire backside is a huge long climb. it really should have been circuit race.
saturdays morning time trial was nice. i woke up sick and completely sleep deprived. i puked during my warm up, and just felt plain awful. i rode the TT pretty well for being on a road bike. i think my time in that aspect was respectable. but i can defiantly see the benefits of having a TT bike. i really think that i would have shaved a decent amount of time off.
the crit was brutal. i think i got shed off the back the 3rd trip up that insane climb. i just dont have the power at this late in the season to be attacking hills that hard. i chased off and on for a few laps with others that got blown up. but when it came to the end we were relegated with 6 laps to go. fine by me, i was hurting bad. only 16 people out of the 60 or so that started actually finished.
todays road race was more my flare, i felt strong and even bridged up to a break away and worked in it for a bit. we were off the front with a 40 or so gap for a while, but got caught eventually. the course was really fun. super fast with big rollers. the finishing straight was picture perfect with wide lanes and lots of fans. i came around the 2nd to last turn in about 16th wheel. felt strong but it was already too strung out for anything to happen, so i just grabbed a wheel and rode into the finish in the bunch. ending up placing 35th in the overall GC. which isnt anything special, but being that i road and road bike in the TT, got relegated in the Crit, and did some work as a solo represented team rider, and that it was my first real experience in a 3-4 category race, ill take it with pride and learn from what mistakes i made.
as of now im done racing. im burnt out from this summer. i dont feel like i have the energy to keep competing. we'll see about turkey hill.
im off to rest and get ready for another "exciting" week of work.
peace and love
dc
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