Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Crits Part 1
No one posted a report here about Hartford so...I did the 40+ with Matt and we went around the park very fast 25 times. Paul, Arlen, Matt, Gary, Ed, Wade and I did the 30+ where we went around the park very fast 25 more times. That's about all I can remember at this point. Except the fact that Peter Vollers won his 34,623rd (give or take a few) crit in the 30+ race.
Last night at EH was the first of 5 crits I will do this week. I guess my reputation is becoming quite notorious since Bill T. yelled across the parking lot "Hey, crit monkey!" when he saw me. Paul, Arlen and I lined up for the race last night, 45 minutes + 5 laps. The race was much different than 2 weeks ago: no wind, bigger field, no breaks stuck, the pace seemed a lot slower (maybe I'm in better shape?). Paul went to the front a few times to drive the pace as the occasional break would try to move clear but for the most part nothing was really happening. An Anthem duo got 10-15 sec. lead at one point and as we slowly started to reel them back in a third Anthem rider bridged to them. I actually attacked twice (gasp) after they came back but only managed to string out the field. We were all back together with about 15 laps left, and with 5 to go I decided I might as well try and sit on Dave Werling's wheel as long as I could. I figured it would be good practice and he'd certainly probably finish pretty far up in the sprint. With 2 to go I moved up the side with Arlen on my wheel and on the back side on the last lap he started yelling for me to "GO!" but I got slammed to the curb (by Werling) just before the last 90 degree turn and I was done. Arlen duked it out in the sprint and I think managed a top-10.
A fun night, a good workout and other than the ridiculous traffic going to and from (they close 2 lanes of I-84 west for evening bridge work about 8 PM) EH, it's a great value for $8.
Last night at EH was the first of 5 crits I will do this week. I guess my reputation is becoming quite notorious since Bill T. yelled across the parking lot "Hey, crit monkey!" when he saw me. Paul, Arlen and I lined up for the race last night, 45 minutes + 5 laps. The race was much different than 2 weeks ago: no wind, bigger field, no breaks stuck, the pace seemed a lot slower (maybe I'm in better shape?). Paul went to the front a few times to drive the pace as the occasional break would try to move clear but for the most part nothing was really happening. An Anthem duo got 10-15 sec. lead at one point and as we slowly started to reel them back in a third Anthem rider bridged to them. I actually attacked twice (gasp) after they came back but only managed to string out the field. We were all back together with about 15 laps left, and with 5 to go I decided I might as well try and sit on Dave Werling's wheel as long as I could. I figured it would be good practice and he'd certainly probably finish pretty far up in the sprint. With 2 to go I moved up the side with Arlen on my wheel and on the back side on the last lap he started yelling for me to "GO!" but I got slammed to the curb (by Werling) just before the last 90 degree turn and I was done. Arlen duked it out in the sprint and I think managed a top-10.
A fun night, a good workout and other than the ridiculous traffic going to and from (they close 2 lanes of I-84 west for evening bridge work about 8 PM) EH, it's a great value for $8.
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