The Ohio state championship was this past weekend, and I made the drive down to Yellow Springs with the idea of being on the podium in my head.
The race started way way mellow, and I sat in and bid my time the first 2 laps. It started to gradually ramp up a bit, but nothing too out of this world.
Then I screwed myself.
The course was a bit slippery, but I knew where the problem spots were. For some reason I didn't keep this in mind as I washed out in a 180 and lost contact with the lead group.
I was still sitting in 3rd overall in Ohio, and maybe 5th or 6th in the race so I needed to stay on the gas if I wanted to stay there. As Ernie was hot on my tail.
Staying consistent is key in a cross race. Too many mistakes and you're toast. With that being said, I made the world's biggest cat 4 mistake you can. I ate shit on the double barrier.
I got a little ahead of myself and was thinking about what I needed to do to make contact with the lead group.
One thing leads to another, and I don't unclip in time. Wham! Front wheel into the barrier, me over the bars. I was fine, but 3 people got by me and were long gone.
I had to go into the big as my stem had twisted on the fork steerer, and that was pretty much all she wrote.
I duked it out with 2 Bob's Red Mill dudes for 9th place. Which I was able to get.
That left me 4th overall in the Ohio ranks.
2 more cap city races on the horizon, but after that, a few weeks off, then it's Georgia time for the first >Snake Creek Gap TT.
3 comments:
This is what happens when you wuss out of your intervals. Ha, just kidding, but next year less is more with the huge base of LT you have built this year. Plus I'll need to teach you how to outsprint kids my age.
It sounds like a Cat 1 crash to me.
I don't buy your fizzle, my legs thought you were sizzling all season long.
Il semble que vous soyez un expert dans ce domaine, vos remarques sont tres interessantes, merci.
- Daniel
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