It was a great weekend of racing! Both races were held at Lake Sammamish state park in Issaquah Wa. this year. I missed the old Marymoor Velodrome venue but the promoters did a outstanding job with the Venue they had.
Starcrosssed , My favorite race of the year. The course is pancake flat with a hard beach section and lots of fast wide turns. I had a good start. Fought hard for 6th place with some fella from the Embrocation Cycling journal team. As soon as a gapped him some other guy comes out of no where and pips me for 6th. He actually beat me by 10 seconds so that is not really getting pipped but it’s close. Finished 7th. Pretty happy with that. Strava stuff here Starcrossed Strava. Suffer score 67. Damn you Strava
MFG-Rapha Focus GP, Exactly the same course as Starcrossed. It rained some before the race so it was a little muddy and just a litttle slick in areas. I had a Front row call up . I Got the hole shot into the first corner. I was leading the race! I never lead a race. It’s fun. But I knew it would not last. And it didn’t. But for 3 laps I was hitting it hard riding in 2nd or 3rd position. When things settled down I ended up battling with Sean Kelsey (Pop Cap Cycle-U) Rainer Leuschke (Blue Rooster) Andy Rigel(Mafia) and a Vertical Earth guy who I’m sure has a name. It was the closest, hardest fought race I have ridden in a long time. I wound up finishing in 8th place and was perfectly happy with that. We where fighting for every corner and it never went past the “rubbin is racing” level. Great guys who race like gentlemen. Good times. Next week is the first Seattle cyclocross race. Its at marymoor. YaHoo
Cheers,TMT
