Myley Standish Road Race
Or is this Myles Standish?
When he landed at Plymouth he was singing, "Party in the USA."
This guy was impressive, he managed to wage war with all of the Native Americans in the South Shore, and star in "Mean Girls." I think.
I had decent legs for this race -- meaning I had been riding for maybe two weeks after coming back from an injury, and Marblehead did not really prepare me. I constantly found myself drifting from the front to the back, even struggling on the slight incline. As the old saying goes, "all your base are belong to us." Forgetting to remove my 500lb thorn proof tubes prior to the race did not help.
Josh Friedman also attacked every 5 seconds or so.
I still managed to sneak a good finish in the sprint, though.
Fat Tire Classic
I love this race, even if it is not very technical, it's super FAST. I actually had a good start, only to have Kevin Sweeney tell me I was going to fast. I was, but it's cool.
Like all good mountain bike races, nothing interesting happens in the middle, but I did finish under 2 hours in 7th place in the Pro/1, a marked improvement from last year.
Sterling Road Race
A little skittish from my last road race where teeth had been kicked in, I was a riding more conservative and didn't even see the break go. Which didn't stop me from spending a whole lap TTing with either Synjen Maracco or Tim Mitchell at 2 to go, I didn't want to go down without feeling a little tired. In the uphill sprint, I was sandwiched between New Englands favorite freakish power riders, Anthony Clark and Brian Wilichoski.
Wayne Elliot Circuit Race
Ugh. That is all.
Killington Stage Race
I had a pretty solid finish in the GC. Just for future reference, beware of the Canadians and their riding "style."
Nick Mashburn cleaned his bike with pool water. Then we snuck into the nice pool at the host resort.
The next day, I finished the road race by suckling on Dylan McNicholas's wheel-teat as he towed Tim Mitchell up the climb to help preserve his GC standing somewhat.
Exeter Hospital Criterium
Looking back, I think I took a bit of a break from bicycle riding in June. How about that.
This was another first for me, and I had a bunch of FUN. At one point Adam Myerson didn't want to pull through as fast, and I may have been pedalling too hard, but then Ryan Kelly attacked and we got to pedal hard at a dumb point together. I was off the front once in a foolish attack to give back to the sponsors a bit, you know?
Attleboro Criterium
I think this race has turns, I'm not sure. In any case, I witnessed the most interesting non-crash I've yet to encounter.
A Farm Team rider was on my outside in a right hand turn and struck a pedal. He instantly fell sideways in the opposite direction, but was still pedalling. His left foot struck the ground and he went bolt upright again, but on the sidewalk. What the fuck.
Also, Ward Solar mentioned he wasn't that fit and still beat me in the sprint, but he does have huge leg things.
Norwell Circuit Race
Not much to report, other than some guy went off the front solo and won and no one was expecting that. I also was in the wind too much at the very end.
Fidelity Investments Gran Prix of Beverly
This race qualifies as "super awesome," and is definitely the first real technical crit I've raced since collegiate in 2007. Corners man, you have to commit. But I didn't so much, so I just sort of sat in the middle breathing hard for most of the race.
Hodges Village Dam MTB State Championships
So, mud, yeah. A lot of it was in my eye's, and this is bad when you wear contacts. I dropped out after two hours with Colin, and my bike was still pretty trashed.
24 Hours of Great Glen
I will just refer you to Colin's reference material on the subject, thanks.
But we were the WINNARS.
Now the cycle-o-cross season is starting, and I am extremely excited. Updates will hopefully follow in turn.
If you care, here are the results.
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