paying dues

was the theme for today - as i ligned up and dealt with being 8 rows back and 80 riders were ahead of me at the start line.

i had went done in pre-riding and bashed up my right knee and went down on my hand that i injured a few weeks ago.

my start was horrible, made up a few spots here and there, and didn't really start marking up places until half way through. i started picking off riders and made it up to 32nd spot with 2 laps to go.

i made up one more spot by the end of the race, with a about 10 riders right in front of me. had it been 15 minutes longer, i think i would have had a better race.

definetely got to get uci points next year - your starting place is critical for this race.



if you are from ohio or ride for the ALAN team, i can beat i got a picture of you - we took over 1000 pictures just today.

here's jeff from team lake effect - he had a great race at ohio state championships and took his age group.

today, he placed well - top 15'ish. not sure of his exact placing.



rudy had a start position similar to mine, but i think he finished up a little better. around 25th place'ish.



and shawn - he paid some dues today too. a flat early on and a superman crash into the barriers put him back some places.


but - tomorrow is another day, and even though it is going to be a tougher race with the big guns, we have less riders.

course was fast today, but was a little tacky. not sure what the call is for tomorrow...

jimmy is in the junior race at 11am, shawn and myself are starting at 2pm. posts of the race probably not up until sunday.

if you are from cleveland and want the pics from the race, email/call.

that's it - gotta rest up.

sologoat out.