#30DaysOfContent Day 6

#30DaysOfContent
Day 6
<two days late!>
Saturday was definately a bike day.  Morining with the family.  Then load the Big Dummy up with the race bike and a change of clothes.
Ride down to Pioneer Park, register and race the State Circuit Race.
I got shelled.
It was my first crit of the year.  May 8th and my first crit of the year.  Not that I haven’t tried mind you.  I did the stage race in St. George, but the crit was cancelled due to winds.  I tried to go to a RMR, but it was cancelled due to winds.
So while my real and only goal was to finish, I was unable to do that.  I missed the start by a bit and went too far backwards in the pack.  After the first two laps I looked back and thought “man I am way to back.”  Only 5-10 people behind me and that is not where I wanted to be.
But the tempo.  The tempo was so fast it was damn near impossible for me to move up.  I knew what I wanted to do, but was unable to do it.  But I didn’t give up.  I kept going when gapped out.  Then they pulled me.
So I changed, loaded the dummy back up, and headed to the Tour De Brewtah to meet the last half.
It was great.  I hope they do it again next year and let more folks in.
On the way home from that, I rode past a friends house and he was sitting on the porch with his new pup.  I stopped and was offered another beer.
We sat together and chatted and I got to unload a bit of a burden.  It was nice to have a friendly ear.
Then I loaded up again and rolled home.
7 hours out of the house, three stops and not a car in sight.
-g
p.s. the coffee mug handlebar holders they sell work excellent for pint glasses as well!

#30DaysOfContent

Day 6

<two days late!>

Saturday was definately a bike day.  Morining with the family.  Then load the Big Dummy up with the race bike and a change of clothes.

Ride down to Pioneer Park, register and race the State Circuit Race.

I got shelled.

It was my first crit of the year.  May 8th and my first crit of the year.  Not that I haven’t tried mind you.  I did the stage race in St. George, but the crit was cancelled due to winds.  I tried to go to a RMR, but it was cancelled due to winds.

So while my real and only goal was to finish, I was unable to do that.  I missed the start by a bit and went too far backwards in the pack.  After the first two laps I looked back and thought “man I am way to back.”  Only 5-10 people behind me and that is not where I wanted to be.

But the tempo.  The tempo was so fast it was damn near impossible for me to move up.  I knew what I wanted to do, but was unable to do it.  But I didn’t give up.  I kept going when gapped out.  Then they pulled me.

So I changed, loaded the dummy back up, and headed to the Tour De Brewtah to meet the last half.

It was great.  I hope they do it again next year and let more folks in.

On the way home from that, I rode past a friends house and he was sitting on the porch with his new pup.  I stopped and was offered another beer.

We sat together and chatted and I got to unload a bit of a burden.  It was nice to have a friendly ear.

Then I loaded up again and rolled home.

7 hours out of the house, three stops and not a car in sight.

-g

p.s. the coffee mug handlebar holders they sell work excellent for pint glasses as well!

| May 8th, 2010 | Posted in 30DaysOfContent |

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