albORbust09

we did our annual memorial day weekend ride to albany last weekend. shaun joined this year which was fun and caitlin drove us all our crap in shauns car and met us at the hotel for dinner which was amazing. so much more enjoyable not having the pack on the back of the bike unless your actually doing some touring. friday was very hott, but saturday was fast and cool with a nice tailwind. we made good time, ie arrived when we expected to, it was like 10:45 total at about 16mph. pics are on my flickr but below are a few choice flicks for ya (in reverse chronological order)

firstRACE

so i did my first race today. wells ave crit, 12 miles, .8 mi loop, cat 4 and 5 riders i believe. we averaged probably about 24 mph or so, but i forgot to reset my comp cause i was all nervous and not having a clue as to what was happening. all in all it went pretty well considering i had no clue what i was doing other than just trying not to get dropped from the first pack of riders. great success in that respect. definitely learned a lot and it was nice to just dive in and get my feet wet. i was doing pretty well and trying to move up on the last lap when i hit a sewer cover pretty good and my bars slipped in the stem and tilted forward which threw me for a loop and killed the momentum i was trying to build up. unfortunate but not the end of the world obvs. it wasnt like i was going to win or anything heh. cant wait to race again.