Why do I always go too hard at Seward, no matter how tired I am, or how good my intention is to take it easy. Last night the Thursday night criterium series had it’s kick of, and with great weather that we are starting to get used to, maybe a bit too much.
I got of work hurried home, had something to eat and rode the 20 miles down there, a bit too fast as I didn’t realize that my watch was 15min too fast.
Tuesday and Wednesday had been pretty hard training and my legs were tired, and the weekend racing is going to be hard, so in the back of my mind I had decided not to kill myself. Well those thoughts pretty much stayed at the back. Lap two I decide to pick the pace up and the following few laps, I’m doing my best to wear some people out. Pretty soon a group of 6 riders have a gap, by now I’m a bit tired and have to struggle to stay on the split I created… yeah that wasn’t so smart..
A lap or so later it’s all back together… now my common sense kicks in and I decide to chill out for a few laps, as we still have at least 25 to go. At the first preem 3 riders get of, and quickly have 30sec on us… one by one though they come back as the new local pro Todd Herriot relentlessly pushes the pace.
I ended up in a chase group of four, that just barley stayed away to the finish. My teammate rolled of the front with just a few hundred meters to go, while the other rides were watching me, just perfect.
As we got to the final sprint, I tried to jump a bit early and take 3ed, but got passed just before the line. Still 2nd and 4th, pretty good team result. Now what ever happened to taking it easy…
I rode the 20 miles back home in the dark…slow.
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