TTOA

I guess I wasn't thrilled with the conditions

The TOA has been pretty good this year. I got my first stage win and I believe my first win ever in a road bike race of any kind in the Clarks Road hill climb. I attacked with 2km remaining and got a gap that I barely held to the line. I buried myself during those 5 minutes but it felt good to get a win.

The crit was nasty with the car thermometer reading 48 degrees and a steady rain coming down. Turn 3 had a crosswalk that was like an ice rink and several people crashed while everyone else had some near crashes. It was great because it was a very dangerous technical turn and the penalty for over cooking it or slipping out was to go into a lane of moving traffic! Most of the field was scared and got lapped quickly, taking a small time penalty and saving their legs for the TT.

I gave it several digs and with 2 to go I got away but got caught in the 2nd to last turn and had to settle for 3rd.

overshot it... again

While I was happy that they shortened the TT from 20 miles to 10, I also had a bad stomach all day after the crit and I wasn't able to eat enough between races. I had no energy at the TT and was racing through a pretty decent bonk. I cured that quickly on the way home with a DQP with cheese combo from McDondalds. I was 50 seconds behind my PR for the course and lost 2 places on GC, but Speedway still has a rider on the podium and 2 in the top 5. Today is the road race and I will be looking to move into 4th.

Thanks to Andy Pohl and Andy Romang for the sweet photos!