MSP intervals and races

Thursday 5/26 did three longish (~15min) intervals up in the hills of Pound Ridge. Kept a nice pace up and down the hills. Very hot. Saturday did NJ Menci Crit and got two top ten, in the money placings. The first race, raced it as a sprint, and got to the front for the last two laps. I was about fifth week coming around last turn. The second race, bridged to second group and squeeked into the money. Sunday was a fast Gimbels ride, pushing the pace with a lead group of about six.

Weekend races and Gimbels

Did the CRCA race on Saturday 5/21. Rode down with Mehi from Tarrytown for a nice hour warmup. Was vigilant in the race, in the front, going with attacks. Looked like it was winding down to sprint, but a group snuck away on the hill 1/2 lap to go. Sat up in sprint. Then Sunday did Gimbels. Monday did some soggy 3x9m MSP intervals after ride to work.

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Boston 400K and ride to work

Did the 400K on 5/14. Rode with Matt, Brad, and Steve. We had a pretty good pace, with almost perfect weather (cloudy, in 50's). There were a few flats, along with the required three checkpoints. Overall, felt pretty good. Did the ride a little faster than last year (15:10). Took off most of week for recovery, with an easy ride to work on Thursday.

Easy ride to work and fast WNR

Tuesday 5/10 rode to work and back in beautiful weather. Took it easy. Wednesday night Greenwich was pretty tough and fast. First week out to Rt. 35. There were lots of attacks and attempted breakaways, which were fun to chase down. We were down to a dozen or so riders at the sprint finish, which I somehow managed to get everyone, by keeping the pace up for like 500m. Boston 400K on Saturday, plan to jam it.

Weekend Race and Gimbel's

Saturday was my first Brooklyn race of the season. Rick, Mehi, Curtis, and Roger were teammates in attendance. We started out fast, then a smallish group started to dangle. I got to the front. Coming back around by the start I started to boil over and had to throttle back. Had to sit back to recover. The guys stayed away. Made a big pull down the hill then had to pull off again. Not my best race, not feeling it. Sunday did Gimblel's. Smallish group. Was up in the front with three other guys. Drifted back to main group on Rt. 22. Beatiful day out.

Third Block of SMSP intervals

Nice big four day block of intervals, starting with Sat, 4/30 Gimbels ride. Super aggressive, attacking off front. Made it up all the hills with the group, but flatted near descent off of Rt. 22 after climbs. Met up with Mehi and we rode back together to Tarrytown.




Next day Sunday did Gimbel's again. This time was a little less aggressive, hung in till near end, another flat! Sheesh. Hobbled home after some help from Diego, Greg, Kathleen, and others. Replaced tire and tube on Monday, then did hill climbs over to Tarrytown after work. Blistering pace. Tue 5/3 before work did 1.75hrs; then after work, some fast intervals with Kyle, down by the water in Darien. Tired! Taking well deserved few days off.

One other note - got the plane tickets to France!