march 29, 2009

did the crca hill climb time trial today. this was a race i wanted to do last year but decided to run into a parked car instead. anyway. i did very well and am happy with how i did. second place by only 4 seconds! long hill rd i was 3 seconds behind. montgomery rd i was 7 seconds behind. if i wanted to blame me coming in second on anything it would have to be the second climb half way up. trying to get into the big ring the chain wouldnt go so i had to switch back to the small ring and go up gears in the back. definitley cost a few seconds. on the last hill though i was first by 6 seconds. awesome. after passing the rider in front of me he stayed on my wheel for 30 seconds or so. after giving him numerous looks i brought the pain. clicked up a few gears and took off!

felt good though. this was a great warm up to the season. a reminder of the wonderful pain of racing.