Sunday, May 18, 2008

turn left at the cilanto

The Modest RR was weird today. not enough horsepower to get away. Hollaway was marked from the beginning so he just single handedly brought everything for a sprint finish.

With two to go we had a group of seven, but efforts were uneven and Daniel caught that too. Mike Hardy was in it, his first real break in his new field. Maybe next time he'll be able to work.

Last lap I was solo for eight miles but was chased down by Mcguire. They should have used up DH instead. it helped set up John for Third anyway.

There was a strong smell of Cilantro at one of the turns. When I had my head down and suffering when going solo it reminded me to look up and look for that next turn.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice report for the 11 mile long crit circuit... :)

Anonymous said...

nice joel!

runjoelrun said...

Where you been Ryan? Did you do the other race? Panoche Valley?

runjoelrun said...

And yes, Robert, it is just a really long crit. With gravel on the corners and at the Finish to boot. Still, had a good time.

Anonymous said...

'The Furnace', ya not kidding!

That means you actually might have drank a full water bottle Joel :)

There's a reason the Australian road season goes from April to Nov...ugh...it's winter.

Nice job on 3rd for the Wilkster.

runjoelrun said...

Funny you bring up water, cause we went thru that f***ing feedzone at 30 mph almost everytime. Not a rise in sight, so it was just in the flat, and Randy kept drilling it through there until he flatted.

It hurts to grab a bottle at that speed believe me!

TimmyB. said...

Nice work Joel, I noticed you go cruising by out group (E4/5) on the last lap and I was hoping you would be able to make your break stick.
The last few k's were kinda chaotic for our two groups, hopefully we didn't disrupt the P1/2 finish too much.

runjoelrun said...

It was fine in the end Tim. Nice work on 4th! Are you almost in the 3's now? Looking forward to having you on the 35+ squad next year!