Georgia Tech Race Weekend (ITT, 2 RR's

REPORT FROM NEWNAN, GA

ITT

TODD 2ND PLACE- 16 SECONDS OFF THE TOP SPOT

SEAN 9TH PLACE

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH HORIZONTAL SNOW BEING BLOWN IN OUR FACES AND BLOWING POOR SEAN ALL OVER THE ROAD. ITS A GOOD THING THAT IM A FATTY, BUT I DID GET JERKED AROUND QUITE A BIT WITH THE 808'S ON FRONT. THE ROAD WERE SOAKING WET, SO THE 7.7 MILES WAS WET, SNOWING, COLD, AND I HAVE SOME SWEET PICS OF ICICLES FORMING OFF MY AERO TT SEAT POST AND SEAT STAYS. OUR START TIMES WERE AROUND 9:40 AM, AND AROUND 9:20 THE SUN WAS OUT, AND AROUND 10:10 AM THE SUN WAS BACK OUT. THE SNOW AND ICE WAS BASICALLY JUST FOR US. SO NICE.
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RR-SHORTENED TO 3 WUSSY LAPS BECAUSE OF COLDNESS
TODD-8TH I THINK, 2ND BY HALF WHEEL IN THE FIELD SPRINT UP A HILL

SEAN-DNF-MECHANICAL ISH WITH REAR DERAILEUR, HE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE BETTER, SUNNY, BUT STILL SUPER WINDY AND COLD. AN EARLY BREAK CONTAINING MYSELF AND FEW OTHER GUYS GOT AWAY, BUT PULLED BACK AFTER A BIT, THEN ANOTHER BREAK GOT AWAY, AND AFTER UGA, CLEMSON, AND UF ALL PUT THERE GUYS IN THE BREAK, THEY CAME TO THE FRONT AND BLOCKED FOR THE REST OF THE TIME.

I TRIED TO BRIDGE UP WHILE IT WAS STILL WITHIN REACH BUT THEN HIT THE HEAD WIND AND WITHOUT ANYONE IN THE PACK TO HELP ME I SURRENDERED TO THE PACK. NOONE WAS WILLING TO WORK TO BRING THEM BACK BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD TWO GUYS EACH IN THE BREAK. SO I RESIGNED MYSELF TO GETTING A GOOD WORKOUT ON THE FRONT FOR MOST OF THE TIME JUST PULLING AND PULLING AND PULLING.
IT WAS PRETTY FRUSTRATING. WITH A FEW MILES TO GO, I DUCKED OUT OF THE WIND, AFTER SEEING THAT THE BREAK WAS NOT GOING TO BE PULLED BACK, AND GOT IN A GOOD POSITION FOR THE UPHILL FINISH. I MANAGED TO AVOID SOME SKETCHY MOVES FROM SOME GUYS AND GRABBED A FEW GOOD WHEELS, THEN SPRINTED UP THE HILL FOR 2ND PLACE IN THE FIELD. I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY GUYS WERE IN THE BREAK, WE CAUGHT A FEW OF THE STRAGLERS AS WE SPED UP. SO I GOT TOP TEN, MAYBE 7,8? WHO KNOWS?...CAROL KNOWS! SHE'S BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER! BUT HER CAMERA STILL DOESNT WORK...GO FIGURE.
HOPE EVERYONE AT RIVER FALLS DID WELL. I KNOW ITS WINDY THERE ALSO. WE WILL HOPEFULLY SEE SOME OF YOU GUYS TONIGHT. WE NEED IT FOR THE ROAD RACE! LEES MCRAE IS NOT HERE! SO CHRIS AND SPENCER WILL TAKE ONE AND TWO NO DOUBT. THE MEN'S A FIELD LOOKED PRETTY WEAK WITH JUST A FEW OF THOSE AEROSPACE GUYS FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. (SORRY IF ANYONE FROM FLORIDA IS READING THIS ON THE BLOG)

ITS BEEN GREAT TO HAVE MY GIRL SALLY HERE, AND MY MOM, DAD, SISTER IN ATL AND HER BOYFRIEND AARON BE HERE TOO. SEAN'S MOM AND SISTER EMILY ARE HERE AS WELL. WE DIDNT NEED THEM FOR A FEED ON THE 3 LAP RACE (WUSSY AND PUNY I KNOW, NOT MY CHOICE) BUT THEY WERE GREAT SUPPORT AND SALLY GOT SOME GOOD PICS!

ADIOS FROM DAY 1.

TODD M.