Race Report 1/16/11

Another race today, but really not much to report. Super windy again so I thought things might end up split up, but for the most part it was business as usual, alot of hiding from the front, and a big sprint at the end. The one highlight, which strangely enough was the lowlight of the race my ill-fated attack, sounds like a broken record huh? This time I blame its failure, on the officials. Let me set the scene...they ran our race simultaneously with the women's 123 race, so we were lapping them throughout the race, but they were scheduled to go 10 minutes less than us. So with 7 to go I attack up the rise to the finish, and only 1 other is able to follow, as we roll through the finish line, with a good 50 meters already, all the officials yell 'race is neutralized don't catch the women'. I couldn't believe it, how bad of timing could you get! We sit for 2 laps while the women clear the course, and then get going again. And wouldn't you know it, two guys go up the road. The fear of the wind was like the plague, and they held 15 to 20 seconds till 1 to go. One of the guys got dropped leaving a lone rider out front. I came through with half a lap to go to see if anyone else wanted to give it a go, but no response. Soon the sprinters came by and ended up within 50 or so meters of the winner. Who turns out to be some 16 year old who races for the national team. Looks like someone missed their mark on that one. Super unlucky for me, but not that bad. Legs were heavy and tired from the wind and the constant attacks up the hill to the finish. 1 hr 23.5 mph. Going to Hog Hill next week for sure.