Molly came to watch the races. She described my race style as a cat chasing a feather. A good analogy but not exactly a compliment to my cycling prowess. In the masters race I chased everything and was always at the front... but not in the winning break.
Cat 4 race, no breakaways. Contested the prime but otherwise I rode conservatively. Final result: 8th place (in the money!).
Masters 35+. There was a break early on. We were caught. Then a few small attacks followed by the successful break that started at around the midway point of the race. At first I let it go, thinking they'd get brought back, but when a few other riders bridged I decided I really wanted to be in it. I buried myself for 3 minutes trying to catch up but couldn't quite make it. I had waited too long. I saw a strung out field gaining ground on my solo effort so I sat up. A few more times I tried to go with other guys to catch the break but alas, unsuccessfully.
Overall a great weekend for Kissena.
early in the cat4 race
small break, goes nowhere
a few more laps to go...
Sprint sprint sprint sprint, coming around the Setanta rider on my right
It was a close one
...Master's 35+
Working hard to catch the breakaway group, it never happened.
credit: These are Skip Straub's photos that he posted at velocitynation.
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