All I can say is that I without the woodland cycling club I wouldn't have been able to race, for they were the ones that got me a place to sleep and stay over for the 2 days of racing and I owe thanks to one of my best friends Patrick Davis or as I would say BSD and his parents for schlepping me to and fro
Day 1
the first day of lago was a 50 mile RR that consisted of 9 loops. when the race started I was near the front like your suppose to and was in a good position to cover any attacks that would have went. after about 15 mins the attacks started to go and the race finally got harder. after several laps on the famous lago Climb and the even or famous decent Scott attacked and I bridged up to him with one other person. together the three of us started to pull away from the group and after about a lap and a half 2 more people bridged up including Jr racer Ian Sewalt. by this time the entire break was really hurting and we slowly become less efficient and then became sloppy. after about 2 laps the pack finally caught us and we all reintegrated. I then moved bake to the front to recover for the final couple laps. the pack was pretty calm till the final mile uf the uphill. then out of the blue Ian Sewalt attacked the Peloton and started to pull away. I saw this and really though the pack would react, but nothing happened. as the group started to go down the decent then the pace really picked up, which meant 50+mph down the hill. towards the end of the decent Tucker Gerald (fellow Jr from Lubbock camp) surged and caught Ian who was still solo off the front. they both go 1, 2 tucker then Ian. meanwhile I'm in the middle of the crazy cat 3 field trying to sprint for whatever position I can get. I ended up 14th for the day.
still day one but after the race (also a little before)
Before my race went on the way Patrick was racing the Jr 4/5 and was going for his first win of the year. from what I saw... Patty attacked early in the race and got a 2 man break with Shelby Redding. after Pulling the entire race Pat surged with 400m to go and held it off for the win. Congratulations.
After all the races were done me Patrick and Travis Burandt all hung out at the condo and watched survivor man till we went to bed. The next mourning Travis' Mom made all of us probably the best breakfast burritos ever and then just hung around waiting for the races. While waiting me and Travis just gave Patrick some Paranoia about his new bike.
Day 2
This race was another 50 mile RR but on a little smaller circuit. which meant more laps. I got to breakout my White shorts for this race which meant I was ready to win. At the start of the race about 5-15 mins into the race there where several attacks but nothing got more then 30 seconds. About half way through the race I bridged up to a solo rider and a strong San jose guy followed me. the 3 of us started working together really good and started to put some time from us and the pack. at the most we probably had 45 seconds maybe... well after 2.5 laps of just pain and tears the pack finally closed down on us and the San jose squad put in some hard counter attacks. but still nothing got away from the pack. meanwhile I'm in the front trying to conserve energy for the almost inevitable sprint coming up. with only 1 lap to go the pack was still together and waiting for the down hill that is coming up.coming up the final hill there was a huge surge by the stronger riders to try to open a gap before the decent. going down the down hill I found myself too far on the front which is not where I wanted to be doing 50+ mph. half way down the hill there was an attacked from the front and I was already at my capacity to even think about going with him. about 3 seconds later the pack surged after him and I started to go backwards through the center of the pack. heading into the final K I was mid pack and just trying to hang on as the strong men left in the pack where revving up their sprints. Josh Brown took it for the win I came in with the rest of the pack.
After the races
I came home with Patty and his parents which was fun. the drive went by really fast.
Recap
I had fun I raced both smart and dumb so I can't reall say much here.
Special thanks
I have to give a special thanks to
-Woodlands cyling club for giving me a place to stay
-Patrick's parents for also giving me place to stay and a ride to and back from the races
-also Travis Burandt's mom for the best dinner and breakfast ever
