If you know me then you know I'm kinda small.... I really don't feel that small, but in the last several years it's become obvious to me I'm less then average size. In the world of cycling that gives me little choice but to become a climber.. I mean at my size you really can't duke it out with the big boys in the sprint, they'll spank you down like a little school girl.
So I'm happy to say the last two races(Mt. Penn and Mt. Nebo) have been right up my alley and on my "A" priority list. As a team we spent the 2 weeks before these races doing extra hill work trying to push are workouts so that we climbed over 4000ft per hard workout. On to the races....
Mt Penn is the tune up race for Mt Nebo. Mt Penn is raced in Reading and the course is a 3 mile loop around the Pogoatta/Fire tower on top of Mt Penn. Race day was not very nice and the rain began as soon as we started. Let me tell you its no fun going down a pot hole filled road in the rain with 75+ other riders... The 3/4 race was 10 laps and the pace was pushed each time up the hill by some young guys on Tri-State Velo.. . Turns out that I should have raced the 4/5 as it was only 7 laps.. I fell off the pace on the 9th lap of the 3/4. As a team we all ended up with respectable finishes.
For Mt Nebo however I stuck with he 4/5 race as each of the 3 9 mile laps includes 1100ft of climbing. Nebo is considered one of the 10 hardest amateur racing courses in the country so its a race of prestige. Congrats to all the team he competed. For me it was my best finish of the year a 3rd place! We had 3 guys in the top 15 n the 4/5 race so once again we had a good day.
