Done and done!

Ok...here's how things went down.

Thursday night I raced the Driveway crits here in Austin. The first race was the 3/4 race that was 40 min. long. Early on there was a break of about 5 riders. We let them go thinking we would eventually reel them back in. Well, 10 min. went by and they weren't getting any closer and no one seemed to want to work to bring them back. I decided that I was going to bridge, but I didn't want anyone coming w/ me, so I waited for someone to take a really hard pull, sat about 3rd wheel until they got tired, then went...hard! I was off the front alone and the break was coming to me in a hurry. Within' 2 laps I bridged and we still had a good amount of time on the pelaton. Then I started motivating the group telling them about our gap and that we could make it.

The group worked together in fantastic unison. I pulled hard on my pulls and tried to make sure that we stayed away, and that the group's legs were getting heavy. Then with a lap and a half to go, I went hard and got a good gap. I crossed the lap to go sign, taking a prime, and then just held on for dear life. One guy tried to catch me coming off a lead out from a teammate, but I was gone. I took the win with enough time to sit up and celebrate a little bit.

Then in the 4/5 race, I did NO jumps or breaks until the last 100m, where I ended up finishing 2nd in the mass sprint. Nothing great or awful about that race, but it was a nice way to start things off to the racing mania that was going to be the next few days.

Ok...I'll have to post about Friday a little later. I apologize for the delay and I swear I'm not doing it to raise suspense...no really.

hasta

-Yorek