sherman park and mt pleasant

yoyo everybody

hope summer is off to a good start for everyone. this weekend I raced the xXx sherman park crit on saturday afternoon. it was a field of ~50 with many riders from xxx and the vitaminwater team. the sensations were good from the gun, and i was active trying to get away. eventually, ~20 mins into the race i initiated a move and it just so happened that NU alum seth meyer was on my wheel. with the help of his xxx teammates blocking, we rolled away. i was feeling good and confident that we could take a lap, especially once our gap reached a minute. but, unfortunately we started to tire and were gobbled up after about 45 minutes out there. i was toasted from the effort and rolled in in the bunch

check out seth-meyer.com for his recap. add it to your favorites, along with nucycling.blogspot

saturday was the tour of mt pleasant, michigan. it was a 105 mile rr that i decided to do with 2 of my alderfer bergen teammates on a whim. by this time, i was pretty tired, as i also did a hard 3.5 hr tempo ride friday afternoon. the field was strong with some kenda and bissel pros, as well as a full panther and priority health elite teams. my legs didn't feel good, and i was happy when my teammate brett stewart got in the breakaway that established around mile 10. so then it was slow for a while, then fast, then slow then fast. after brett's breakaway got 6 minutes up on the field, i tried hard to get in a second move around mile 80, but the field wasn't letting us go. again, i was tired, and rolled in in the field.

so two mediocre finishes, but hopefully a lot of fitness gained for the upcoming tour of america's dairyland which starts on thursday, and then the fitchburg stage race in MA on the 4th of july weekend. wish me luck!