State Road Race Championships

Players: Aaron and Cory
Cat: 1/2

To say that today was a weird race is an understatement. (Did I spell weird right?) Cory and I probably could have had an entire conversation for most of the race, and frequently did. In fact, I couldn't believe how easy a state championship road race could be. Unfortunately, being active during this race was pointless. Everything was chased down because there was a 3 man breakaway that got established less than a mile into the race and the next thing you know it has a 3 minute lead. I wasn't worried in the least becaue it's a 93 mile race. Liquid Fitness controlled the race because they had a guy up in the break. And because it was just Cory and myself I was plenty happy just sitting in and watching people try to make a break for it only to get brought back a few seconds later. The climb was, well, not really a climb, nor was it made very hard by any of the riders. There was a split, which was expected, but the tailwind on the climb really helped the riders catch back on near the top, which made it a large field toward the end.
So we caught the break with about 5 miles to go in the race. A split occurred with about 2 or 3 miles to go. I decided to animate the race a little and jumped across the gap but didn't stop. I opened up a respectable gap but was soon chased down by a Mr. Chris Walker and when he goes, the whole peleton goes. So needless to say I was swallowed up, but was able to recover and was ready for the sprint. Now here's the funny part, if you can look at it this way. I'm in perfect position behind three of the best sprinters in the field, including the eventual winner of the race, when out of nowhere a rider literally gets thrown in front of me by another rider who grabbed his jersey and decided to give a good tug. Did I mention we were going about 33 miles an hour at this point? So that ended my run.
Jeremiah Wiscovitch ( I think that's how you spell it) won the race. Overall, it wasn't a very exciting race, however, I couldn't believe how nice the weather was for Bakersfield. It was perfect riding conditions.
Congratulations to Lufkin for her second place finish in the women's 3's race. And it was good seeing Julia and PC out there. Julia, who unfortunately flatted, was very supportive as we passed by her. Thanks Julia :)

Cheers,
Aaron