My Own Stage Race: Stage 1 Opus Finale
So I didn't race last weekend. I skipped
Nebraska, 10,000 lakes was cancelled, and I didn't want to go to Iowa. So with
Anne gone, I need something to do, right? So I created my own little stage race
this week. We are lucky to have so many events going on, and rather than pick
and choose, I'm going to do them all! Tonight (Tuesday) was Opus, Tomorrow is
the Black Dog TT, Thursday is a Buck Hill mountain bike race, Friday is a rest
day, Saturday is the State Championship 40k TT, and Sunday is the Capitol Crit.
I decided to skip the MTB race on Sunday since I can't do both the crit and the
MTB race due to a scheduling conflict and I need to keep racing the road through
NVGP for training.
Tonight at
Opus went great! I won a whole bunch of points and the final sprint. I was off
the front in breaks all day. Some by myself, some with a small group. For the
last 7 or 8 laps it was Dale, Timmer, and Adam F. I was feeling better by the
lap and managed to hold off a hard charging Timmer at the end. The points I
scored secured the individual and team overall wins for us so all in all,
mission accomplished.
I'm not
sure what to expect from tomorrow's Black Dog. I've been riding the E11 a few
days now, but I am yet to put in solid efforts on it. I figure the best way to
do that is to give 'er. We'll see how it goes.
Posted: Tue - May 30, 2006 at 10:59 PM
