And the rain came
Saturdays Carondelet Park race left me demoralized and quit empty of the spite I am usually full of. Along with other things of course. We just got it handed to us. No question about it.
On sunday I was excited to be on a course that suits me when the pace is high. So I was as eager an instigator as Woody Woodpecker after a seond bowl of Captain Crunch. Chomping on the bit to get going after another run in with an official at this race I quickly got in some early moves. Finally with the run combination I managed to break loose. As I struggled to get comfortable we established a solid gap for this course, we never managed to get a comfortable lead out of sight. And then the rain came. With a little caution we tested the wrong corners, the concrete ones. I was sure at this point the gap would go striaght out giving us an opportunity to sprint for the win. But we were loosing a ton of time in and after the corners. We just couldn't get on the same page after the rain dampened the spirit of the move.
Here is the catch.
Somebody please pat me on the back. I am given' everything I got. It seems that my only consolation is that I left everything on the road.
On sunday I was excited to be on a course that suits me when the pace is high. So I was as eager an instigator as Woody Woodpecker after a seond bowl of Captain Crunch. Chomping on the bit to get going after another run in with an official at this race I quickly got in some early moves. Finally with the run combination I managed to break loose. As I struggled to get comfortable we established a solid gap for this course, we never managed to get a comfortable lead out of sight. And then the rain came. With a little caution we tested the wrong corners, the concrete ones. I was sure at this point the gap would go striaght out giving us an opportunity to sprint for the win. But we were loosing a ton of time in and after the corners. We just couldn't get on the same page after the rain dampened the spirit of the move.
Here is the catch.
Somebody please pat me on the back. I am given' everything I got. It seems that my only consolation is that I left everything on the road.
posted by Dent Wizard Cycling Team at 8:18 PM
6 Comments:
We got caught because Jensen decided to come and get us. Look at the field behind him.
I thought it was a magnificent display of heroism Karl. Now sit on your left hand for 5 minutes, pat yourself on the back and pretend it was from me... Maybe if you guys all had visors on you'd a been able see better and ride faster when the rain came.
That's a cool picture.
You should have no after thoughts if you gave it all you had out there. I know it's never that simple though. Bike racing is a swift kick in the nuts.
I didn't stay long for the P/1/2 Forest Park crit, but you looked like you were handing out the pain those first few laps...
Jensen was next to unstoppable from my perspective.
I thought when the rain came it was our opportunity to put the real time into the group. But, at that point I felt like Adam help left us mentally. I think you scared him Josh when you said to relax on the first few corners.
If you had ridden with Mills in a CX race you would understand why I told him to take it easy in the corners. Between you looking back and Cagle running over the metal grade in the 2nd corner each lap.......I was convinced we were all going to die!
Did you not see why I was looking back. Cagle kept overlapping on the left side, so I was trying to pull right (everythough the wind was coming from the left there). I was looking him through left, but he just went right with me. Thats when I looked back. It happened three times, twice before the turn and once after. After that I just slowed up and let him go which way he wanted. I was never nervous with the course, just bummed when the pace slowed in the rain. I waws hoping to take some risks at that point, but....
Anyway, it was good fun.
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