SW Day 13 – We avoided the rain!

AM and PM radar the same. Band of rain and thunder through our area.

Racine Crit Course 0.7 mi hourglass shaped crit, clockwise. No I wasn't all over the road today, guess the Garmin was experiencing the "atmospherics" as Phil Liggett might say.

My data. You can see I made a couple of digs mid race and 3 lap break with 5 to go.

Not exactly "The Look" but I thought the 2 of us had a chance the last 5 laps.

Drove to Geneva, IL to B-H Geneva after the race. Here is Ara behind the counter.

Waco tends the shop when Ara is out.

I'll be happy to be back on the S3 for the last 3 days of Superweek. Thank you Ara and Cervelo!!

Heavy rain today this am.  Turk went for a run in it, at least no thunder.  The rain cleared an hour before my race and the course was dry so we gave ‘er a go.  I did put on my Tubeless Dura Ace wheelset as grip insurance in case the rain returned.

This was the hardest 3 crit I’ve done at Superweek, in my opinion.  We started about 50 riders today.  It was hard from the stop.  I felt better mid race and attacked twice, there was a break of 3 up the road.  I couldn’t get the usual separation and neither of these efforts lasted a lap.  I recovered well and went with 5 to go, 1 guy went with me.  We spent 3 laps off the front and I really thought we would stay away, but it was not to be.

I felt like we were at the point of a Versus cycling video where Paul Sherwin exclaims “Bridge to engine room, send more power!” Except in my case it was “send more talent!!” We were caught with 2 to go and although I gave it my best, 16th was all I could muster.  True B-H, 1 placing out of the money.  At least I avoided the hip surfing MSU racer in the last corner!!

After the race we drove to Geneva, IL to see Ara B-H Geneva.  The shop looks great, the staff is friendly and committed, they are doing a great job.  Terri was impressed.  I cleaned my Felt and put it back in the car as my spare bike, and picked up the S3 with new fork installed.  It will be interesting to see how it feels again, after racing the Felt for a few days!

Today will be really cool, the race is in Kenosha, 5 blocks from out hotel.  My plan is to do the 3 race, but if I get motivated I may do the earlier Masters race too. Time will tell.

Thanx for reading, Hilary!