Last Races for a bit...
I woke up last Saturday thinking I'd go for a nice stroll up Couser Canyon and have a relaxing afternoon of rest prior to toein' the line at the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix on Sunday.
Well, I did give it a go up the Couser climb (this is where I do all my 20 mp type efforts) in the morning and began to enjoy the afternoon. As I was checkin' things out on socalcycling.com, I remember that the Green Trolley Crit was happening that afternoon - and my addiction to racing and wanting to support the local racing scene kicked in. So, I hopped in the truck and b-lined it down to the start.
Super small field, maybe 35 guys at the start of the M35+ race? Not more than 10 minutes into the thing I worked my way backwards from where I was and noticed that there was only 8 of us left... WTF? Not quite sure how that happened... Karl Bordine put in a couple of attacks and everyone jumped on his wheel... Then he dropped out -> maybe just getting some openers in???
Anyway, here's the SRM screenshot:
started to feel it near the end, and pretty much spent all my fun tickets jumping on Peter Anderson's wheel with a lap to go... Dude, I'm totally awesome, I picked up a 7th place finish...
...out of a group of 8!!! LOL! :-)
Loaded up the camry and made the long haul on Sunday morning bright and early to hit the MBGP.com.
I sucked wheel for pretty much the whole thing and was never pressed. A break darn near stayed away on that sucker! But they got swallowed up on the last lap or so. Coming into the last corner I had to punch it across a big ol' gap that opened up for some reason - latched onto what was probably 10th wheel coming out of the corner, but really didn't have anything left to drive it to the line. So, I just went as hard as I could and got passed by a half dozen or so guys and wound up 16th...
Funny, that's the same spot I was last year, but I definitely had a different way of getting it! Last year, I think I went from 25th wheel to 16th out of the last corner.
and the screenshot:
Maybe next year, I'll manage to come out of the last corner in the top 3 and still have something left in the tank. Yeah, that's the ticket. ;-)
Well, I did give it a go up the Couser climb (this is where I do all my 20 mp type efforts) in the morning and began to enjoy the afternoon. As I was checkin' things out on socalcycling.com, I remember that the Green Trolley Crit was happening that afternoon - and my addiction to racing and wanting to support the local racing scene kicked in. So, I hopped in the truck and b-lined it down to the start.
Super small field, maybe 35 guys at the start of the M35+ race? Not more than 10 minutes into the thing I worked my way backwards from where I was and noticed that there was only 8 of us left... WTF? Not quite sure how that happened... Karl Bordine put in a couple of attacks and everyone jumped on his wheel... Then he dropped out -> maybe just getting some openers in???
Anyway, here's the SRM screenshot:
started to feel it near the end, and pretty much spent all my fun tickets jumping on Peter Anderson's wheel with a lap to go... Dude, I'm totally awesome, I picked up a 7th place finish...
...out of a group of 8!!! LOL! :-)
Loaded up the camry and made the long haul on Sunday morning bright and early to hit the MBGP.com.
I sucked wheel for pretty much the whole thing and was never pressed. A break darn near stayed away on that sucker! But they got swallowed up on the last lap or so. Coming into the last corner I had to punch it across a big ol' gap that opened up for some reason - latched onto what was probably 10th wheel coming out of the corner, but really didn't have anything left to drive it to the line. So, I just went as hard as I could and got passed by a half dozen or so guys and wound up 16th...
Funny, that's the same spot I was last year, but I definitely had a different way of getting it! Last year, I think I went from 25th wheel to 16th out of the last corner.
and the screenshot:
Maybe next year, I'll manage to come out of the last corner in the top 3 and still have something left in the tank. Yeah, that's the ticket. ;-)
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