Todd, Greg, and I rode over to Wells Ave for a little hot April day training. They had combined the A and B races, so we missed the first 4 laps, but the officials let us pay and pin up, so we figured we might as well race our bikes, and race we did.

After a lap and a half, I bridged to a group of three up the road. A lap later, one of those 4 was dropped, and a lap after that, Todd and Greg bridged up with 2 others. It took a while to get a good consistent organization, but we managed to keep the speed high enough most of the time, dodging cars several laps (yay Wells Ave). With 11 laps to go we lapped the field and rode straight to the front. I tried to tow the break off the front again, but the field wanted to come along, so I waited a lap and attacked again. Todd bridged to me and we rode away while Greg dutifully slowed the field down. Todd and I took 1^st and 2^nd, Greg sprinted for 5^th. Great success.

Post race we swung by a packed IBC Newton, said hi to Craig and Adam, and helped a nice woman install her new bike rack. Good training… check. Karma points… check. All in all a good day, and a nice way to follow up Saturday’s well played day at Turtle Pond. Two dogs in a bathtub.

# posted by Kevin : 12:35 PM