It was great day for a race in Marietta Georgia today. There was a good turnout and the course was mostly fast but challenging and fun. Well, the steep run-up hurt and in the end it was more of a walk-up for me.
The race started into a headwind on fairly level pavement and those are good conditions for me, so I went to the front right away. The guys behind me really had the heat turned up today so I had to concentrate and keep pedaling hard, picking my way through the Masters 35+ riders who start a minute before our Masters 45+ group.
In the end the gap back to Torre, the 52-year-old rider who has been chasing me all season, was about a minute or less. He keeps getting closer each week!
A couple of the 35-year-olds get their pride bruised a little bit when us 50-something guys start catching and passing them, but most of them don't try to "race us" or impede our progress.
Trish's photos
Jim's photos
Carl's photos
Pride bruised hell, I was just happy to have someone to draft for a few minutes!!
Posted by: Theron at November 13, 2006 09:41 PMNot you! TC is the perfect teammate, but there are some other riders who are not as evolved.
Posted by: dan at November 14, 2006 08:46 AM