Long Beach Crit "So my gut says to Attack"

So this is one of the races I do well in. I've take top 10, 3 times in the last 3 years. So I was pretty excited to do this race. There was a good size field 70 to 80 riders. The 1st 4 or 5 laps I stayed in the very front. But nothing went immediately. So I sat securely at the back for the 1st 20min that is usually when the next opportunity to get away is. So at 20min I moved back up pretty easily and stayed in the top 20 riders and watched for the move. There was a really good headwind on the back stretch and every thing that started to form at the front and looked good was pulled back quickly so with 16 min to go it was going to be a field sprint. This is something I have not worked on much this year so I wasn't quite sure what my plan was. So I sat near the back trying to decide what I was going to do. Then the lap count down started and right at 2 to go I saw my train heading for the front so I latched on and within 30 seconds and 2 corners I was 10th, then a surge came which I judged correctly and I was 5th. So the set up is looking perfect but riders 1 and 2 are running out of steam and were crossing the start/finish line with 1 to go. So my gut says Attack, but I hesitated and did not commit and the next surge comes from both sides and the 2 guys in front of me sit up. So I can't go with the surge cause I am boxed in and the in 30 seconds and 2 corners I'm 70th. So I went up the outside hard and got boxed in at about 50th and then into the last corner I passed 20 25 guys. So I ended up somewhere between 25th and 30th.... Next time listen to your gut!


J

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Feeling Fast

Well I am Starting to feel fast. I have been rppin it up at the local practice race. I took 3rd last night after a very hard race that 30 of the starting 50 shelled off the back. I made one of the big moves the week before which got caught but only because the pros chased us down . So above is a picture of how I feel all 6'1" , 155 lbs (2lbs of hair included) of me.

Barrio Logan Gran Prix

Well this is one of the fastest and hardest Criteriums of the year. I have only finished one time in the last four years. It is a figure eight course with potholes in all the corners. The frontside of the course is uphill all the way to the start/finish line. So I sat in top 30 for the 1st 15 minutes of the race it was really scary. The field was all over the rode and running into eachother I was fight for position and loosing a lot of places (they were also crashing "Hooray Crashing!!") so I was yoyoing up and back. This started to weigh on me so I went to the back and sat in. The pace was really fast on the climb and every lap I was sure I was gonna come off, but every lap as we neared the top I was still there and passing people. There were 2 more crashes both I was behind and the 1st of these 2 brought me to a screeching halt and I missed the curb. They gave me a free lap and I was thrown back into the field. With 3 laps to go they crashed again and I chased back on. With 1 to go I was toast so I sat up and rolled it in. Overall this Race was amazing. I finished and my form is realy coming around. I wish I had been more aggressive but my legs and mind did not have it in them toda. Tommarrow is another day and another race so praise the Lord.


Jesse Joy Boy