Sunapee Road Race - 5/16/09
BHCC had 3 members racing this weekend; Brian Murphy & Anthony Oliva in the Master 45+ group, and yours truly in the Master 35+ category.
The weather was perfect for racing. Cool and partially sunny. The only negative was a pretty steady wind that was blowing @ 10mph w/gusts up to 20.
The M45 group had 75 strong at the start. Murph and AO where looking to get into the pack and get settled in early. Brian did just that, but Anthony began cramping shortly into the race. Anthony pulled out after the first lap. Murph soldiered on and managed to stay with the main group for another 1/2 lap. At this point he shot "OTB"... Not optimal but not the end of the world either. He placed 52nd-ish...
The M35 group had 61 off the line. Being my first race of the season, I was hoping to stick with the group and see where the fitness was YTD. My question was duly answered after 1 1/2 laps when I shot "OTB"! I argued with myself around the rest of the course and finished in 42 plc which helped me achieve my secondary goal of not falling so far off the back that I would be able to give Murph a leadout in the 45 race...
Funniest line from the demoralized BHCC'ers was "Isn't there some flat crits in CT next weekend?"
Kind of funny we have the word "Hill" in our club name... Surely not indicative of any hill climbing ability... Thinking of changing the name to OTB Racing...
Seriously though, we all had a good time, loved the course, and really enjoyed hanging out after the race with some of our buds from some of the other South Shore teams.
Look out CT here we come!
2 comments:
OTB = On To (the) Beer. Great work guys; showing up is 90% of life, and 99% of riding. Great post Diesel.
Doug Jansen won the 45s, and that guy is an absolute horse. No shame in getting spit out the back when he punches it. Here's his blog entry on the race. And the 35s were significantly faster...wow. That's some serious racing, guys! Good on ya for getting out there!
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