Yesterday was my 1st race of the year in Napa. It was a great day for the team! In the juniors race I sat in the whole race, moved up to the front in the closing laps and started my sprint, but when I started my sprint my chain fell off! I got it back on right away, but by that time it was too late. I eneded up finishing 5th. Specialized went 1-2-3-5!! :)
My next race of the day was the pro/1/2 race. There was a good 70 guys or so, and it was pretty fast with the wind picking up in the later part of the day. A break of about 10 got up the road and with about 12 laps left in the race, I followed an attack and only one other guy followed me. So, it was a group of 3 of us trying to get away from the pack, but chasing the group of about 10 up the road. We got halfway across the gap and I was dead...my heart rate was up to 195 bpm! One of the guys in my break sat on because he had a teammate up the road. Just after that, I blew up, got caught, and went to the back of the field. As I was getting reeled back in from the pack, I started getting some really bad cramps. I could only think of to drink drink drink (water) and it paid off. I got better as the race continued on, and was ready for the sprint (the break of 10 or so stayed away). I was sitting a little too far back, but started my sprint and finished about 5th in the field sprint; about 15-20th overall.
After the race, I found out one of my breakaway companions was Tim Farnham (Adageo Energy Pro Cycling), and a Yahoo! cycling team guy...both are pros. In the end, it was a good day and I'm looking forward to next weekend down in Arizona for Valley of the Sun Stage Race!!
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