weekend races
From: Lee Penn
Date: Aug 27, 2007 3:55 PM
Saturday State Road Race, 51 miles (three 17mile loops), 9 cat 123 riders
I had a great time at this race despite carelessly crashing five minutes
before the start - doh! Quite the pretty knee I have in addition to bruises
up and down my right side. My own gosh darn fault - I get onto my bike by
clipping in my left and then swinging over my right…just as I do several
times EVERY DAY….only this time, my left wasn’t really clipped in, you
see. Yeah - I went down right in front of the other women - very
embarressing and painful, as it turns out. Actually, what’s kind of
annoying is that I don’t get visible bruises so much, so I’m not even
getting very much sympathy for my pain!
Anyway, a first for me was the cooperative bathroom stop AT THE SCHOOL upon
completion of the first lap…. Second and third laps were full of feisty
surges and so on - super fun and pretty hard. Break of two got away with
about five miles to go. Then, remaining birchies and flanders totally shut
down, very effectively, I must add — thus leaving it to me and two
hollywood to attempt chase. Linda S. was cramping, and my knee hurt. Bunch
sprint - I just was kind of distracted and hurting - semi-satisfied to
finish fifth in the bunch.
Overall, it was a fun race, but I do wish I hadn’t bitten it on the concrete
right before the start!
All in all, I’ve had a great road season - I’ve enjoyed nearly every race
I’ve managed to race, and I have even had a handful of good results! I am
looking forward to some cross racing this fall, but I do need help as I’ve
never done this before…..
Thanks for reading!
lee