Saturday, August 05, 2006
Team Trek Volkwagen Number 1 in America!
Hey peeps.
Good news.
With 5 riders in the top 14 today, Trek/VW is taking over the USA Norba Team competion!
I was 3rd Ross Schnel was 6th Nick Martin was 9th Nick Ranno was 12th and Jeff Shalk was 14th! Sue had a tough race today but yester with Ross took the top honors in the Super D!
The cross country today was really cross country. The course was 1 big lap and took us into the frigen stratosphere, 11,000 ft was the top of the course and the very bottom was still a lung splitting 9400!!
I wasn't handling the elevation so well and suffered to make the front group. This front group was sprinting to follow a blitzkrieg attack by JHK at the foot of the first trail to the top of the mountain. I fought back on by riding like an idiot on the first downhill. There were brick size rocks flying every where but if I didn't push it I woulda been blown away in the ensuing fire road section. So I clawed my way back on and even took a few pulls so we could keep working together some. Jungle Jay Henry who is an altitude freak like JHK was riding really well. We hit the trail again and Wells up the pace. I got dropped again buy Wells Henry and Geoff Kabush. I fought like the Irish even though I was in indescribable agony! I couldn't breath!!
We started the big down hill off the mountain and I made quick work of the 12 second gap and passed Jay to make contact.
On the Trails home I got a lucky break when Wells had a stick in his wheel and had to stop. I took off thru the trail like a rabbit. The Climb up from the boyscout camp was too much and Wells caught me I was cooked. I baaarlleeeey hung on and after a brief decent fired a counter attack for the last techi single track . It worked. Though I put some pressure on the two I lost the gap on the second to last climb as we got back on the fire road. Travis was screaming at me and I was to the Maximum but as I said I was Huuurting! Geoff caught me and I sat up and Wells was closing fast. I pushed the pace so the acceleration that was sure to come didn't blow me out the water but Zoom. There goes Geoff and I jumped but was soggy.
I battled in the sprint with Wells to barely hold my lead to the line. Too close for comfort!
Man I felt ragged after that hacking and weasing.
The Marathon is tomorrow at 7 am OUCH. I doubt I am going for the triple. That was a nail in the coffin. Last year's
2nd, 1st and 7th will have to stand for the record for now.
Race clean!
Ciao. JB
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