Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Adventures of a junior cyclist

Hello all,

Just set up this blog because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Some randominfo/background on me: Im a junior cyclist on team abrt, I am still in the dreaded cat 5 ranks, this is my second season riding, i hate the trainer yet find myself on it all too often, my favorite part of a given ride would have to be the hardest climbs. Well thats about it on me.

Jeff cup:

This last weekend I took the trip down to charlottesvile Virginia for what for me was the first race of the season. I came to the race thinking that i would just be able to hold onto the back of the junior field and man was i wrong. Well i was semi wrong. The neutral start rolled out at 9:00. The weather was in the low 40's but dry, but that was soon to change. About halfway through the 1st lap the skies opened and then it got pretty rough. on every descent i would fall back to"get a feel" for it little did i know this would be the end of me. On the second lap i came into the turn before the hill in the very back of the field slowed it down a bit much and took the turn realllllly slow here was my mistake i couldnt bring meyself back up to speed fast enough. There started my journey otb. I hate being otb but to be honest at races now im kinda used to it even though this was only my 4th mass start. i was otb for about a lap and a half which sucked and then i got pulled going into my 4 th lap which sucked more. I ended the race pretty disappointed but i now know what i have to work on. Jeff cup was not a complete failure for me.