well the 2009 season is here. My first race was last weekend. The race was a 3 stage race during two days. The race started off early on sat morning with a 3 mile tt. The tt had a slight downhill and was super fast i rocked a 53 x 11 in a time of 4:58, the legs felt pretty good. after the tt i went home to take a little cat nap and get ready for the afternoon race. the after noon race was redic. it was on a go cart with 13 turns in .79 mile of acourse. the course was super slick and not my style at all. coming in to the very first turn my rear wheel slide out and completely f'ed me mentally. i was even rocking the psi at 105 to make sure i wouldn't slip. after this slip i very quickly fell to the back and then seemed to not be able to turn my bike at all. i did stay up right and finished the race(a success in dominic's book).
The next day was a 63 mile road race. I made it over the hill with the lead group and stuck with them. the field shattered during this hill and there was 8 of us in the lead group. i hung tough and a teammate went off the front me and another teammate began to block and do our team duties. then my teammate in the break got a flat on the fourth of seven laps. i was the first one to him so i helped with the flat i was in mid wheel change with him when the wheel car pulled up we got him situated and i began to bridge him back up we got on to the wheel car and this guy was flying up hill going high 20's to 30s with my legs already blown up pulling him for a lil bit they were screaming next thing i knew boom off the back and i finished the race by keeping tempo and catching and then spitting out people. my teammate that i helped ended up getting second in the stage and wining the overall!! when it was said and done i came in 11th overall.
i sure could go for some Oberon and a pasty!!
The next day was a 63 mile road race. I made it over the hill with the lead group and stuck with them. the field shattered during this hill and there was 8 of us in the lead group. i hung tough and a teammate went off the front me and another teammate began to block and do our team duties. then my teammate in the break got a flat on the fourth of seven laps. i was the first one to him so i helped with the flat i was in mid wheel change with him when the wheel car pulled up we got him situated and i began to bridge him back up we got on to the wheel car and this guy was flying up hill going high 20's to 30s with my legs already blown up pulling him for a lil bit they were screaming next thing i knew boom off the back and i finished the race by keeping tempo and catching and then spitting out people. my teammate that i helped ended up getting second in the stage and wining the overall!! when it was said and done i came in 11th overall.
i sure could go for some Oberon and a pasty!!
2 comments:
The spring Oberon batch just came out.
Nice work racing.
good work toph! jealous im not still down there riding the mtns!!
Post a Comment