Thursday, February 28, 2008

Pace Bend

YIKES!
Going into this race with Closure strips holding My Bum together. A sore shoulder from Walburgs crash.
Not even sure If I am capable of pedaling my bike, so I am prepared not to race. (yeah right) Get on the rollers and okay, not bad, so Tammy and I are warming up for the race, as Justin (tammy's hubby) informs us of the scary crash he just witnessed. Okay, so If the race gets to sketchy I will just pull out.
A couple laps in, and someone makes a Stupid mistake and wipes out half the field, including myself. I am Super Upset now, I get up and can't even find my bike, as I look up and notice Catherine (kenda) has my bike, which is all tangled with hers, I carefully untagle the mess, put my chain back on and turn back to team mate Tracie, she is okay, so Lets Go!!!! I put it in my Big Ring and hammer. It took us about 3/4 a lap to catch back up to the group. I am glad we did all of that work as the race later came to a complete Halt, later learned some pro 1-2 guy made a dumb move and took out some of the cat 4 women. Boy would this have been a different finish if the promoters would not have Shortened our Lap. ??? I mean, these races are not even 50 miles. Oh Well.
Though, not very happy how I just needed a bit more patience . I didn't want to slow down for the final turn, I decided to take it fast and about 15 or so feet from the line I get swallowed up by the field. Bad Move. But , team mate Tracie took a third place. Way to go Tracie.

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