LA Circuit Race Elite 3-2nd PLace

What: LA Circuit Race Elite 3
Who: Dan and Jenn from UCSB, and Abigail?
Result: 2nd place

This was my first time at the LA Circuit Race; it looked and felt like a slow-motion Pier Ride. Dan and I bridged to a couple of breaks with guys that were too weak and unorganized to cope with the wind, I missed a prime by a meter, and Jenn put in one massive attack that whipped the pack into a frenzy, but otherwise nothing happened. With one to go I wove my way to the front and followed the move of a Cal Poly wheel that I trust, but came into the last turn a bit farther back (10th?) and bit slower than I would have liked. I hit the gas and passed all but the guy who first came around the turn (for my datageek brethren, the sprint was weak: 31 seconds at 764 W with a pathetic 940 max). Now - NOW? - I'm stoked for the summer crits.


Huge thanks to Dan for letting me borrow and destroy a tire, and congrats to Julie, Lousie, Lawrence, and all of the monsters out at Redlands.

Joe Patterson