So, despite wind and dead legs, I decided to race yesterday. I drove the 10 miles because, well, I'm lazy and it was into the wind. Came into the course in the middle and a race was going on. First thought was that I had missed the start (it's happened before that they change the start time at the last minute). But wait, all these guys look like climbers - they are all 6 feet and rail thin. Oops, a junior race!
So, lined up with about 60 guys, including like 8 Geox-Fuji test team and a couple Omega Pharma Lottos who I'm guessing are on the development team? I last about the same as the day before, no big surprise, but I may have been the first to get dropped this time...
The pace was pretty reasonable, but the sustained effort of 33-34 I just can't do, especially on the long windy street uphill into the finish. Overall pace was a reasonable 27mph for 2.5 hours.
After the race I met a fellow american - it turns out we know some of the same people. He's doing Erondegem today, so I'll tag along on the ride out there for my recovery day.
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