Sorry for the lack of updates, but we had no internet access at the team house for a whole week! Finally we are up and running. Here is the down and dirty on the road events:
Time Trial: I was a bundle of nerves and just plain blew up. Up the first climb I started hyperventilating and pulled just after the first climb.
Criterium: I got to the front at the start and managed to stay there for the whole race. The field got whittled down to about 30 guys down from 58. The final lap was crazy fast and at the 300 meter card I decided to let it go. John Funk was at the other side and nipped me at the line. After the officials looked at the film I got the bronze medal.
Time Trial: I was a bundle of nerves and just plain blew up. Up the first climb I started hyperventilating and pulled just after the first climb.
Criterium: I got to the front at the start and managed to stay there for the whole race. The field got whittled down to about 30 guys down from 58. The final lap was crazy fast and at the 300 meter card I decided to let it go. John Funk was at the other side and nipped me at the line. After the officials looked at the film I got the bronze medal.
Road Race: HOT AND DRY AND HILLY. Perfect conditions for the road race. The field stayed together for the first lap and then the attacks came non stop. James Anderson's team mate Alexy almost got away for a solo win but was brought back. Up the last climb to the finish I faded a little and finished a few seconds behind the peloton. The winner of this race was a guy I was lucky to meet at Red River Gorge this year. Scott Mcleary is the new National Road Champion. CONGRATS TO SCOTT !!
Today was the first track event, the 500 meter time trial. Lots of surprises. I took a solid 8th place finish with a time of 39.525 seconds. Tomorrow is the 4000 meter scratch race.
Check back tomorrow.
Ride On
Drew
8 comments:
GOOD LUCK DREWMAN! Do yourself proud.
Hey there Drew! It was so great to get to know you + your family more at Nationals. We put a link from my photography BLOG to your BLOG when we wrote about our time at Nationals. You can check it out at www.tinawronaphotography.blogspot.com
Check out this race near Detroit on Aug 30th:
https://www.sportsbaseonline.com/Item.aspx?item_id=2631
http://midwestcyclinggroup.com/2008RaceFlyers/2008_Trophee_des_Grimpeurs.pdf
You racing the Trophee on Saturday?
www.mbra.org
You should do the Debaets-Devos crit on Labor Day.
https://www.sportsbaseonline.com/Item.aspx?id=2665
What's up Drew? I haven't heard from you in almost three months.
your blog is feel good......
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