Date:
09 October 2005
Category: C
Distance: 40 minutes
Field: 19 finished
Conditions: chilly then perfect
Teammates: none
I was the 1st person to arrive at the East Garrison
gate of Fort Ord so I parked and drank my Starbucks
and ate my Power Bar and waited for the registration
table to open. I heard the registration guy talking
about how the course was a road course with alot
of paved roads and hard pack single track so I
was excited with that news. Did 3 warm up laps
and scoped out the sand and barriers.
9am race starts this time the C group started
3rd which was nice. Last week all 3 races started
at the same time pretty much. The start was a
fast paved road to the 1st set of barriers so
I went hard off the line and was towards the front
after the barriers and then kept up the speed
to pass alot of other peeps. I fell behind a group
of 3 riders after the 1st lap and then 2 of them
fell back so it was me following a Pen Velo guy
for the rest of the race. I would pass him on
the roads but then I would get squirly in the
soft stuff so not wanting to get in his way I
just followed his line. On the last lap with about
a 1/4 mile to go he sprinted down the hill and
had a perfect line where I didn't do so well and
he pulled away. I wasn't to bummed I was thinking
we were mid group. I stuck around for the results
and sure enough I grabbed a 3rd place. 3rd place
was a engraved bronze medal so I was pleased with
my results being my 2nd CX race.
Next CX race: Velo Bella Surf City Race #1 10/16/2005
Travis Tonn
San Jose Bicycle Club
Racing since 1939
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