Hero of the Week
Il Marco is the hero of the week, for encouraging me to grab his wheel on the final lap of the crit today during the San Dimas Stage Race.
The guys at the front were drillin' it hard, and I was pegged pretty good with four corners to go, when all of a sudden I here my name from someone on my left. yeah, it was Il Marco and all of his Platinum Performance makin' a go of it up the left hand side of the long, thin, angry line of the field.
Ouch! I grabbed his wheel, but damn, put on some weight Mark, I can't get much of a draft of you climber doodz! :-)
Thanks for the tow! Though, sorry to disappoint, as it was going so fast I couldn't make up much ground from where you dropped me off. Those "first tier" sprinter guys just reinforce how "second tier" guys like me are...
One of these days, though, guys like us might sneak one past 'em eh? ;-)
I was never really comfortable in today's race - I almost felt like I could make a go of it a time or two, but dang, it was pretty fast out there for anything to stay away.
Anyway, FWIW, that circuit race yesterday was one of my season objectives, and although I didn't make the winning move, I was pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Definitely a hard day with lots of selection happening, and I was there at the end. I'm happy with that.
So, I'm rewarding myself with a week off from racing and a bit of a vacation to the mountains of Mexico before trying to get back into the swing of things during May/June.
Keep it real out there, folks!
-kraig
The guys at the front were drillin' it hard, and I was pegged pretty good with four corners to go, when all of a sudden I here my name from someone on my left. yeah, it was Il Marco and all of his Platinum Performance makin' a go of it up the left hand side of the long, thin, angry line of the field.
Ouch! I grabbed his wheel, but damn, put on some weight Mark, I can't get much of a draft of you climber doodz! :-)
Thanks for the tow! Though, sorry to disappoint, as it was going so fast I couldn't make up much ground from where you dropped me off. Those "first tier" sprinter guys just reinforce how "second tier" guys like me are...
One of these days, though, guys like us might sneak one past 'em eh? ;-)
I was never really comfortable in today's race - I almost felt like I could make a go of it a time or two, but dang, it was pretty fast out there for anything to stay away.
Anyway, FWIW, that circuit race yesterday was one of my season objectives, and although I didn't make the winning move, I was pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Definitely a hard day with lots of selection happening, and I was there at the end. I'm happy with that.
So, I'm rewarding myself with a week off from racing and a bit of a vacation to the mountains of Mexico before trying to get back into the swing of things during May/June.
Keep it real out there, folks!
-kraig
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posted by kraig at
8:30 PM
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Have a fun vacation K-Dub! And sorry I couldn't bring you all the way to the front... I was hoping at least to get you to that 2nd-to-last corner at the top. Oh well, that first tier of sprinters are probably the fastest 35+'ers in the country!
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