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Jim Matson: 3rd, Cat 5 | ||||
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The word for the day: deceptive. Today started off very brisk (about 49 when packing the car). We got down to Presque Isle and found it becoming a very sunny day with what appeared to be little wind (a rareity down there). Without much wind I put on the tri-spoke on the front and disc back. As I pull up to the start line I had Tim and Sam from Stark Velo immediately in front of me. I knew I'd pass Sam quickly but I had no idea what to expect out of Tim. A few hundred yards into the race there's a parking lot on the right and you get your first look into the bay. Without the shelter of the woods I learned very quickly this was not going to be an easy day as a gust catches me by surprise. Going in and out of wooded areas proved entertaining to say the least. I had a lot of difficulty controlling the front end. Starting down the backside of the course after a couple of brief periods into the wind, the tailwind took over for most of the ride back. As I picked up speed coming back I was just hoping to keep it together. I managed to keep things going long enough to better my time from the June race. I was certainly disappointed though because my 20k splits in the last 2 40k TTs were below 29 minutes, today I could only muster a 29:50. I retrospect, Wendy needed to use her race wheel on the front and I should have used my race wheel, oh well. Paul, once again thanks allowing us to borrow your wheels. Oh, as for Sam, well I passed her in the first mile. Tim, I caught in the second mile. Although Sam could only match her previous times on the course, she took some solice in that fact that she didn't need a $5k TT bike to win her group much to Tim's relief. |
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