Racing in April

Well it has been about a month since my last post and I am sorry for that. But here is what has been going on in the racing scene. At the beginning of April there was the Kings Valley RR. It was 60 miles of rolling hills till you got to the 1.5K finishing hill, which we got to do 3 times,FUN. I got dropped every lap going up but was able to catch back on. The thing that sucked most about the hill was the road leading to it, it was false flat, which makes you feel as thought you are riding with your breaks on, and trust me I checked every lap. This really gassed you before the actual climb itself. But all in all I finished with the group and was happy with that.

Next was the Eugene Roubaix. This was a race I was really targeting and I was riding well going into it. The race was 4, 13 mile loops for 52 miles. The course had a little over a mile gravel section in it and I loved it. The only problem was it was right before the finish and made for an extremely hard sprint. If the gravel wasn't bad enough about a kilo after the gravel was the 3 stair step climbs. These little climbs were not bad in length, maybe a couple hundred meters, but they were steep, I would say at least 10% grade, and we got to do them 4 times. This is where the field broke up and I fought really hard to make sure I was in the front going into them. I survived the last time up the climbs and made the selection of about 24 guys. I was really happy with that. All in all 4 guys got off the front so the group was sprinting for 5th. I felt good going into the sprint but chose the wrong line through the gravel and lost my position and my motivation to suffer. I ended up getting 20th, but again finishing with the field, that is kind of my goal this year.

I am doing a mountain bike race this weekend so that should be fun.