Will have to blog more about p12 later cause that was a bizarre race.
I continued to feel like absolute shit...
I did in the masters race too. Got to the final five laps and Tim laid
out a nice attack w McCook, Derdenger, and PPenn. When they were
caught w three to go I went off with Scott and had a nice gap that
would have held but he couldnt/wouldnt work. Caught with one to go.
Got back in line tenth and found enough sprint for 6th.
Special thanks to TomC for the needed encouragement every lap! Heard
it every time...
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Still feeling like sh!t, huh? Do the following: 1-review your training log (it means nothing, but all coaches say it, usually for a fee), 2- cut your beer consumption by 1/3rd and replace with whole milk (add chocolate immediately after riding), 3- grow some facial hair (none of that well trimmed hip-hop peach fuzz either, we're talking 70s raunch), 4- get out there and attack like crazy. Give it two weeks and you'll be back to your legendary self!
Joel, I missed part of the P1/2 race where the peleton was stopped on the s/f line. What happened there? I heard some riders were less than pleased with the officials decision regarding neutralizing the pack. Also, what's up with not having a finish line camera (supposedly, the race promoter forgot to request one?). At least that's what the offical told us at the start of the E3 race. It doesn't seem hard to find somebody that has a camcorder at home once you discover that you don't have a camera at the first race at 7 am. Heck, I even took a finish line video with my camera phone and you could easily pick out finishers.....
James
No problemo cheering. Felt like a real wanker not being out there racing though.
Really nice job w/ the finish too, you've clearly got a little sprint thang goin' on.
P1/2 race was a CF...feel bad for the officials though...they really tried to do the right thing when the promoter failed to bring a camera for the finish line.
So the officials stopped us at the s/f line because they said that if the break of seven caught us and then finished mixed in with peloton, they wouldn't have been able to pick us out. They only wanted to pick out top ten over the finish line and not pick through all 70-80.
Problem is a) they lapped us again because we were STOPPED b) that changed all equations which we use to race by. The equation changed because now Tim (our SP rider in the break) couldn't use our firepower in the peloton against the other riders in the break. It simply came down to a sprint between seven.
People have pointed out there were 100 cameras in the crowd available. Probably could have sorted it out. At least it would have been a real race.
And yes, Tom, my sprint wasn't too bad I guess. I realize that going off the front with three laps really isn't a bad gamble. Reason being, even if you're caught with one to go (which is what keeps happening) AND the group is going really fast, you can usually thread yourself back in the top group of riders.
I kick myself for Burlingame. I completely sat up with Larry with one to go, but I know I could have gotten a top ten for the same reason.
Here's the view from the break at Lafayette: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/AltoVelo/message/18332
James
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