Dahlonega Races

Did some road racing in Dahlonega, Ga this past weekend. Saturday morning was the "Time Trial," which was actually a 7 mile point to point mass-start stupidest-ass race i've ever done with about a 1.5 mile climb at the end. The first 15 minutes were easy, until we hit the climb and everyone started blasting. I saw 1k to go, and thinking it would be over quickly, tryed to attack, but ended up blowing up after barely opening a gap and getting dropped by the front group. Ended up 9th still.

Then the circuit race was a few hours later. 2 laps of a 10 mile course of rolling hills with an uphill finish. Good course for me. The race stayed together with only a couple of attacks (people seemed to race much smarter than in florida). Came down to a sprint finish, which i was not in the ideal position for, but ended up pulling off a 2nd place finish to the same guy who won the "Time Trial."

Sunday was the road race. One 43 mile lap with a couple short, steep climbs and a nice 3 mile climb up to the finish. The thing stayed together until the climb when the race shattered. I lasted until about halfway up the climb, ending up somewhere around 10th place.

This was my first and very possibly my last Georgia Cup race. It was the most terribly run cycling race I've ever participated in, save for a few collegiate races, but that's expected. I paid a ton of entry fees for what I expected to be a stage race with some sort of payout. What I got was an omnium (didn't find out until after the circuit race) and no payout. There were multiple commitments made on the flyer that were not kept by the promoters. I thought Florida races were bad, but this was just total rubish.

Looks like everything is falling in to place for our Team Florida mtb race we're hosting down at Santos this weekend. Hopefully people show up so we don't end up losing a bunch of money. You should come out and watch/race/volunteer/whatever you want to do.

SeeYa

mind games

I started doing yoga over the summer. It really exercises your whole body as well as mind. Try it. Anyway, the past couple times I've been trying to count my breaths without actually saying the numbers to myself in thought. Unsuccessful so far. I have hope though, and will persevere until I accomplish this feat. I know it's going to be completely bliss when I finally can do this.

I'm also considering deleting my facebook. That'd free up so much time to waste on other things.

Racing this weekend in Dahlonega, Ga. A lot of climbing. Should be fun. I'll try an' post one up next week.

How bad ass is this?