Great Neck and beyond...

Saturday gave me a chance to help out with the Cam-Am challenge hosted by Skylands. A great event for the juniors...and I had a great time helping out. If anyone is interested in the results...you can check them out here.

Sunday was a crit in Great Neck, Long Island. I signed up for it last minute thinking it would be a good place to score some upgrade points. Beautiful day...and the course wasn't too bad...although not really suited for me. Altogether about .6 of a mile...4 corners...a slight downhill, and slight uphill. My race was about 40 guys or so...decent turnout.

It started off quickly right from the gun...with a front group including myself forming. The remaining 25+ riders got blown out the back. Like clockwork, about 5 laps into the race my left leg starts bothering me. I'm able to sort of shake it off...but it still persists for the remainder of the race. On about lap 10 three guys crash in front of me on turn 3. One rider's bike kicks up and breaks on of my back spokes (I didn't realize this till after the race). So, for the whole race I keep hearing a "clicking" noise coming from the rear...

The course was pretty tight to move ahead...and I was lacking a little on the agression that day. Final lap comes up and I'm about 12th in line...which is where I stayed. Tried to make a move on turn 2 and 3...but to no avail. A few of the riders were taking some sketchy turns...and I think subconsiously that kept me at bay. Oh well...no top 10 result.

Yesterday I fitted my new Fizik Arione saddle and went out for a nice 25 mile spin. Felt good...initially more comfortable than my Aspide. Weight is 243g vs 188 for the Aspide...so I gained a little weight, hehe. Not sure if this will help with my leg...but the overall color scheme looks better now :-)