weekend races
From: Dan Schueller
Date: Aug 27, 2007 3:32 PM
Saturday State Road Race, 68 miles (four 17mile loops), 26 Cat3 riders
Flatted 3 miles in on a nickel sized rock. Took 4 minutes to change
tube. Time trialed for about 40 miles getting to within 2 minutes of
the pack. Then started losing time and was 5 minutes behind with one
lap to go. Just rode the last lap easy (enjoyed the scenery, took a pee
break, said hi to the cows) and took last place. It really sucked
riding alone the whole way. I tried to ride with the 50+ group when
they caught me with one lap to go but an official in a car told me to
drop back, so even that didn’t work. This was one of the most
frustrating races I’ve done because it was a whole lot of work to just
get last place.
Sunday 1k and 4k State track time trials
Turnout wasn’t too good probably because of the prior day’s race.
It was very windy so I was happy with my 1K time of 1:16.9 which got me
2nd place in the Cat 3s (2nd to Tim Mulrooney who rode a 1:13.7). In
the 4k I was shooting for a 5:25 but fell short with a 5:33 which got me
the Cat 3 bronze medal. The 4k was done as a pursuit (2 riders on the
track at a time) and since I was second to Mulrooney in the 1k, I was
matched against him. Yes, it turned into a comedy as he passed me twice
and got the fastest time of the day (beating the fastest Cat 1-2 rider
by 8 seconds) of 4:59. It sure is demoralizing when he comes by so
fast.