The lesson from yesterday’s race: Teamwork and patience (plus a touch of luck) lead to good things…

Max and I were the only ones out for the men’s 4-5 races yesterday at Cargas, but no matter, we were going to put on a show. For those who have never been there, this course starts out with an easy left then a long sweeping downhill left that delivers you to the last corner, a challenging 90 degree, fast downhill left that puts you on the final straight which is a 500 meter, uphill drag to the finish. This hill is similar, but longer to the finishing straight at the Lemon Hill crit. There was no 200m “To Go” sign on the course so before the race I paced out the course with my cycling computer to see where it was. I knew people would begin the sprint as soon as we came off the last turn which was way too early given that it was 500m uphill. Making mental note of the 200m mark (a driveway just past a parked Subaru STI) I headed to the line. (more…)