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This past weekend in San Antonio, FL I did the Cat. 3 road race which consisted of 68 miles.  It was a 17 miles loop with many hills.  I stayed in the pack the entire race.  There were attacks here and there and with 1 lap to go a break stuck, but I remained in the pack.  Coming down the final leg of the course I started feeling a twitching of a cramp coming on, but it never cramped up which made me real happy.  There was one crash with a couple of guys in front of me.  I was lucky that I found a path right through the center.  Then, the sprint opened up at the top of the last hill.  I starting sprinting down the far left side of the road.  I was moving up fast but unfortunately, there was a car which was sticking out and I had to move back in and finished where I was, 21st out of 60ish.

 Sunday was a technical criterium race in downtown Dade City.  In the morning I did the Jr. 17-18 race.  This race had about 30 racers and was very fast right from the gun, which is typical in a junior race.  I stayed near the front of the pack during which there were constant attacks.  There was one break that stuck with 2 of my teammates and 3 others.  Then Cody Johnson attacked and I covered.  We got half a lap on the field and were closing in on the break.  We never did catch the break and I finished 4th in the 17-18’s.

Then later in the day I did the cat. 3 race.  This race had a big field of 40ish racers.  I had one of my best races ever.  In a technical course, with crashes, I managed to stay in the top 10 of the pack the entire race.  With 2 laps to go about 5 people crashed right in front of me.  I managed not to go down and hopped onto the sidewalk, went around and got back on the road.  As there were no more free laps, I had to give it my all to catch back on.  I caught onto the pack with less than 1 lap to go and I was not able to move up.  I finished 24th, a little bummed out, but really happy that I had one of my best races position wise.

I’m looking forward to racing next weekend in Sanford and Lake Mary.
Until then,
Craig