Audi 1000
Starting the day in the dark and ending the day in the dark is never fun. We do it all the time but when never see the light of the day and only the unnatural lights of the newstands and Starbucks at airports, you feel like you missed something. Friday, I took an early morning flight from Denver to get to Boston. I had some vacation hours I needed to use up before the end of the year so I decided on the Eastcoast cross Nationals warm up instead of the CO State Championships.
I'm traveling with Half Wheel Mike since he was headed this way and his parents live on Cape Cod----Nice place overlooking the sea from 200 feet up.
Anyway, it's cool to see his double bike bag come out on the conveyor belt and all the people become amazed at how huge a bag the airlines will allow you.
So we arrive and sleep---always good at sea level.
After getting up and eating some eggs and toast, we drive the rental 2 hours south to the southernmost part of Rhode Island. Mike shows me the sights as we drive by---theres the Maritime Museum. Theres the top of a battleship. I wasn't too worried. We're here for a week and Plymouth Rock is sure to have their own micro brew.
We find the course after all the twists and turns in the roads. Just about everyone's here incuding T Wells, A Craig, T Johnson, etc... The course is awesome with tons of grass and a few run ups. Crowds are abound with cow bells, coffee, and beer. The weather is a crip 30 with lots of wind taking the temp down to 25. At least the sun is shining.
The call up---I travelled all the way to North Carolina in hope of some UCI points. I got 6. Not much but something. They don't call me up. Apparently, the points are not official until the UCI posts the points which happens after a World Cup. No worries. I am used to starting in the back.
The gun goes off. I start pretty well and get into the 30s on the first lap. It's fast and furious with no bad crashes that I saw. I hear about the leaders but never see them. Apparently T Wells took off after a barrier bunny hop and never looked back. In the meantime, I working and get up to a group of 4. We're 12-16. I can see a couple more guys up the course but we're not gaining ground.
With nothing left in my legs, I take 2nd in our group for 13th. Not great but a good starting point.
You ever feel like you had a just a little more and didn't use it. This is how I felt like I got into a rhythm and just stayed there.
The bike rode well and from the looks of the weather channel, I'll get to test out the Wazoo in the snow tomorrow.
Looking for an out of rhythm experience.
I'm traveling with Half Wheel Mike since he was headed this way and his parents live on Cape Cod----Nice place overlooking the sea from 200 feet up.
Anyway, it's cool to see his double bike bag come out on the conveyor belt and all the people become amazed at how huge a bag the airlines will allow you.
So we arrive and sleep---always good at sea level.
After getting up and eating some eggs and toast, we drive the rental 2 hours south to the southernmost part of Rhode Island. Mike shows me the sights as we drive by---theres the Maritime Museum. Theres the top of a battleship. I wasn't too worried. We're here for a week and Plymouth Rock is sure to have their own micro brew.
We find the course after all the twists and turns in the roads. Just about everyone's here incuding T Wells, A Craig, T Johnson, etc... The course is awesome with tons of grass and a few run ups. Crowds are abound with cow bells, coffee, and beer. The weather is a crip 30 with lots of wind taking the temp down to 25. At least the sun is shining.
The call up---I travelled all the way to North Carolina in hope of some UCI points. I got 6. Not much but something. They don't call me up. Apparently, the points are not official until the UCI posts the points which happens after a World Cup. No worries. I am used to starting in the back.
The gun goes off. I start pretty well and get into the 30s on the first lap. It's fast and furious with no bad crashes that I saw. I hear about the leaders but never see them. Apparently T Wells took off after a barrier bunny hop and never looked back. In the meantime, I working and get up to a group of 4. We're 12-16. I can see a couple more guys up the course but we're not gaining ground.
With nothing left in my legs, I take 2nd in our group for 13th. Not great but a good starting point.
You ever feel like you had a just a little more and didn't use it. This is how I felt like I got into a rhythm and just stayed there.
The bike rode well and from the looks of the weather channel, I'll get to test out the Wazoo in the snow tomorrow.
Looking for an out of rhythm experience.
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