I’m pretty stoked about the BMW crit this thursday. During the last one, racing juniors, I got second which was pretty fun. Instead, this week i’m going to do the Cat 4/5s so i’m not totally sure how it will play out.
Last weekend was the ‘French Broad Cycling Classic’ up in the area surrounding Asheville NC. The first race was a Time Trial up in Marshall NC, which I found to be pretty fun. Before I left my dad had an old titanium Litespeed sitting around and an awesome pair of Spinergy wheels which put together would make a pretty sweet TT bike. My start time was 6:30:30, the course was an out and back 20K with a slight uphill there and a nice downhill on the way back. I finished 12th for juniors with a time of 33:12.. So I think i did good, somewhere in the middle of the group.
The day after was a criterium in downtown Brevard NC. The course was fast with 4 corners (one of which was rather iffy) with a nice uphill finish. My placing was 15th.
Sunday led to the Asheville NC criterium in downtown. Honestly, the course kept me a little anxious because one of the turns was a bad hairpin coming from a downhill leading into an uphill.. I thought it would be really dangerous, but ended up being really fun after I got used to it. I finished 14th, worked really well with another member of my team, Chris Calder, whom I led up the hill (toward the finish) and he led me back around the course. For the finish I led him around the course and let him go for the hill, leaving him at 13th. Very fun race.
Next week also starts the Crossroads Cycling Classic, which is a series of criteriums around Charlotte and Central NC. I’m not necessarily into 10 days in a row of crits, so I think I may just do the races in Statesville and Winston Salem NC.
