Season in Review

Wolfpack: DNF didn't dress warm enough

Vint Hill: 25th I rode aggressive but the race finished in a downhill sprint and I didn't do that well

Jeff Cup: 51st I got the stomach flu the week before the race and lost 8 lbs but I suffered through this one and got 51 out of 125

Battenkill: DNF My chain went in spokes 50 km in and then I chased for 20 km then my chain broke

Carl Dolan: Pack Finish I rode aggressive but got spun out in the downhill and didn't get position for the sprint

Jason Gundel: DNS I got a cold the week before the race from riding in the rain and getting chilled.

Bunny Hop Jrs: 15th I felt bad from not getting to ride the day before since I took the SAT so I finished at the back of the first group after just sitting in the race

Bunny Hop Cat 4: Pack Finish I felt a lot better than in the morning race and attacked a lot, definitely too much though and lost positioning when the pack got wide with the pace getting so slow in the last few laps

Fort Ritchie: DNF I rode a great race in this really hard crit, but there was a crash that happened right in front of me that I couldn't avoid with 10 laps to go and it wrecked my bike.

Deep Blue Time Trial: 2nd They messed up the course by sending half the 15-18s to do a 6mile course and half of the 15-18s to do the 12mile. I didn't feel that good from my crash the day before and got 2nd by like 10 seconds

Poolesville RR: 33rd The first 15 riders missed a hard right turn and since I was on the left I couldn't turn through them so I burnt all my matches chasing on for a lap, but I caught back on after a hard chase and rode well the last two laps but had nothing left when it blew apart in the last couple miles. 33 out of 75

Fawn Grove Roubaix: 17th I flatted on the first gravel section 2 miles into the race but the wheel van was already a minute behind from having to change a couple wheels already, then it took a while to change the wheel and I lost a total of 1.5 minutes before I got rolling. Giving up isn't what I do so I just rode the whole race all out alone but passed a ton of people and finished 17th out of 35.

By the rules of probability that don't seem to apply to cycling having all these bad races clumped together would lower the probability of having further bad luck for the rest of the season. Oh well. My break will come soon.

All this bad luck has made me tough though. For example today after flatting 5 minutes into the race I rode all out for an hour and a half to finish the race. I sprinted up every hill and never eased off. If nothing else it was a good training day. I deserve a better result and it is coming soon.