take the day off work, well if you can call what i do work....did some stuff around the house, basically played catchup (still not caught up).
3pm hits and i roll out the door to ride to orem and the uvu crit. nice ride, had a slight side or tailwind just about the whole trip there. get about 3miles away and notice my bike is feeling a little odd....finally figure out i've got a front flat, strange.. i rode it the rest of the way as it was still holding enough air as to not have the rim on the pavement.
got to the course, bummed a tube, made the swap, rode the course a couple times, hung out until it was go time only to find out mike and i were the only ones there wanting to race the A flite....shiz, so we shot the shit for a little bit and then went on a nice little ride over to vineyard and back...
B crit: game on..........jason and i had talked about him wanting to win it, and i was down to help make that happen. first lap was neutral, as we crossed the line i dropped the hammer to thin the field, and after about 2 laps of pulling hard it was thinned out....a couple others took over at the front, jason was sitting in waiting for something to happen and when it did it was 3 strong: jason, uvu and yellow.. there was a chase with 2 guys trying to bridge so i sat on and after they both pooped out i bridged the gap on my own, well mike was on my wheel but he wasn't racing so essentially i was on my own.. it took me a little less than 2 laps to catch them, but it felt good to bridge solo. after i was on, i sat for a couple laps then took a turn at the front. after i pulled for a lap yellow took over and it seemed as if he was trying to get away on his own, so i just let him sit ahead....after a lap he kept looking back like WTF, who's gonna relieve me. after another lap he said something to me like you gonna help out??, i said well you didn't really help us with that little move so i'm happy just letting you sit up there by yourself, and i did for another lap. when i pulled by him i drilled it in hopes of leaving him behind, no luck but left the uvu guy in the dust. jason took a pull, then me again, then all hell broke loose jackass yellow attacked after sitting in for a good long while and jason and i were pooped and didn't have much left to try and pull him back....we tried but ended up taking 2nd(me) and 3rd(jason). i will say we controlled that race and worked harder than any other rider, so it pissed us both off that yellow got the glory......oh well, yellow only gets to play that card once, so next time he'll be the workhorse and we'll take the glory.
cirt sidenotes: we lapped the field, yeah i did say it was game on. there were lots of supporters: lacy, erin's sis & dad, kristen...other's i'm sure i missed....thanks.....cooled down with kristen, then chatted with our fav official holly....
after crit festivities: mike, lacy and i went to a little hole in the wall sushi joint for $16 all you can eat sushi, we devoured it......and it was great getting to know mike...
now photos:
one of the first couple laps where i was drilling it
recovering
timp in the background
this was the chase to jason and the other 2 ahead, after green and the coug pooped i went solo
waiting for them to poop out
go time
keep goin
almost there
any day now
this is where yellow went to the front
and where yellow sat in and recovered, t-ussy
jason and i chasing hard
think i dropped jason on the way up the hill, oops
still chasing, tried to get lance to give us a hard pull as we lapped him
still chasing
gettin a good start
recovering
timp in the background
this was the chase to jason and the other 2 ahead, after green and the coug pooped i went solo
waiting for them to poop out
go time
keep goin
almost there
any day now
this is where yellow went to the front
and where yellow sat in and recovered, t-ussy
jason and i chasing hard
think i dropped jason on the way up the hill, oops
still chasing, tried to get lance to give us a hard pull as we lapped him
still chasing
gettin a good start
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