I'm Back

Well, it turns out that people actually read this thing, so I'd better keep going. A lot has happened since March. I got my SAT score, 2250. Woo-Hoo!! I've also been doing a lot of bike practice, mostly working on not crashing. So far I've had two this year, most recently flipping over a six-foot drop and landing flat on my back with my bike about five feet away. Probably my most exciting wreck yet. I landed in a nice squishy pile of leaves, so no big injuries.

Racing this weekend went pretty well at RATL #1. Tons of guys showed up since the weather was so nice, at least 30 for cat IV. Representing Rainbow Inks were Ted, Steve, Rich, Andrew, Doug, Nate, Ben, and myself. There were also a bunch of guys from Spin, Stark, and Snakebite. Drew was there too. We started off pretty easy but the pace picked up fast. Every lap, Spin sent a guy up the road. If he stayed there long enough, they would send another to work with him. If they stayed away for too long I would bridge up, but as soon as I got there, they would just let the field catch us. That happened about four times in the first six or seven laps. by then I was pretty much sick of bridging, so I just hung in the pack for a while. A few times I found myself way too far back and had to move up. At around four to go, Ben came up to me and asked if I was feeling good. I was, so we made a plan to shoot me off the front with about half a lap to go. Doug got in on it too, and with two to go we got together mid-pack. Doug took us to the front through the headwind and halfway up the hill. Ben finished off the hill and took me over the top. Four guys came around us goind down to the parking lot and I followed them. I took the lead coming out of the parking lot and got a gap. I rode as hard as I could and had a good gap going starting up the hill. Unfortunately, the pack sped up enough for me to get passed by one guy in the sprint. So yeah, good race and even better teamwork guys!