March 24 Cateye RR - Finished: 25th

I got a shot of humility this weekend. 40 Degrees, and constant heavy rain, a good ol New England soaking. To sum up the race in short it goes something like this:
No warm up= OFF THE BACK, and a little soreness to boot.
Colin my teammate however rocked an 11th place in the muck earning him the VC Mud Wrestling Champions Belt.

All in all not quite the results I hoped for, but the race itself was an absolute blast.

Here are some pic's:

This mud is a lot of work!!!

I did finally get it going, but it was a little to late.

All smiles before the race.

I'll tell you one thing I take more from of the "bad" results than the "good" results. Its all just experience, and this race went down just the way it was supposed to have, that is for certain.

March 11th, DU Crit 8th, 2nd race of the double dip weekend.
March 18th, Boulder Beer-CU Circut Race 3rd
Best result of the year, course worked for me, lots of climbing. I started a break after the 1st lap, 8 guys chased and the break stuck for the entire race. We had a little help in the peleton with some blocking from HART, their rider finished 1st, I was able to snag a 3rd in the sprint.

March 11, Season Opener

Double dipped today, a term being thrown around describing racing 2-races in a day. For Me being a SM4 it is a rarity to have the opportunity to get in 2 races in one day, so I had to take full advantage of this.
Race 1-Stazio (training race).
Stazio is a local training race in Boulder, put on by Denver Boulder Couriers, Chris G, a big race promoter in the region, and the Mens Open can attract some big names if they are in the area. Tyler Hamilton was warned by the UCI for hitting these races while his license was under suspension. Lately the Tour of California boys have been in town so the Open has been a drag race.
Luckily for me, I get to hang with peeps my speed, in the SM4's (the guys just getting into racing). We had a 60 person field to start. The course is a rectangular loop around an industrial park, with 2 real corners, a short power climb just after the 1st corner, and a long, long flat drag strip finish stretch. Race Time 40 min.
The race started with a mellow 1st lap, everyone easing into it, but after that it was on, with a flurry of attacks on and after the hill. I took a couple of runs at the field after the hill on the downhill stretch, to open things up a bit. After the fancy pants riding settled down, the remainder of the race was pretty uneventful. I spent more time trying to avoid the bomb craters in the road at the top of the hill, those potholes made for a rough ride a times. We finally hit 5 laps to go, and the fun began. Speed picked up, and a couple of people tried to get off the front. One dude from Team Einsteins soloed 3 laps, we let him dangle out there just in reach and reeled him in with 2 laps to go. Last lap and it was on, full steam ahead leaving just enough for the sprint at the finish. The stretch to the finish is about 300-400m by best guess, and its a drag race, straight and wide. Going into the final sweeping turn before to the finish I was about 8th wheel or so. The drag race was on and I pulled out the 11th spot. Not so bad for a 130 lb midget against these big strong sprinters.
Race 2-DU, at Investco Field
To be Continued......