Well..did my first race after being off the bike for 5 years... Since USA cycling says I still hold a cat 3 licence I decieded to get a one day licensce.
Prep was good..started riding again in November and have stayed pretty consisent.(spelling). Going in my motto was "just hang in the pack". Although that old racer in me says...yeah but if you hang in till the finish and feel good..who knows... Well after much wheel sucking I was sitting about 20 deep with 1km to go and feeling especially well. All the old instincts start taking over at this point. I know that at 200 meters we have the whole road...so I line up as far to the right as possible so that when the pack opens up I woluld have a hole on the right the break free for a good sprint. This all sounded good until the guy about two places ahead of me goes down and the whole pack shifts hard right...knocking me off the road. So much for the blaze of glory. However I had fun despite the bent handlebars and new grass stains on my new jersey. I can't wait for more.
Prep was good..started riding again in November and have stayed pretty consisent.(spelling). Going in my motto was "just hang in the pack". Although that old racer in me says...yeah but if you hang in till the finish and feel good..who knows... Well after much wheel sucking I was sitting about 20 deep with 1km to go and feeling especially well. All the old instincts start taking over at this point. I know that at 200 meters we have the whole road...so I line up as far to the right as possible so that when the pack opens up I woluld have a hole on the right the break free for a good sprint. This all sounded good until the guy about two places ahead of me goes down and the whole pack shifts hard right...knocking me off the road. So much for the blaze of glory. However I had fun despite the bent handlebars and new grass stains on my new jersey. I can't wait for more.