Track Racing

Went to Marymoor for my first track race. Concerns about going back to cat5 racing were offset with the upshot of some victories. The chance to work on my sprint is great; but Thursday night Marymoor comes at the cost of missing Thursday night Seward Park. The latter is a much better workout given the right opportunity. Hopefully I won't miss too many more Seward races.

Within the cat5 group, we get seeded into five more groups based on a one lap time trial effort. Despite having one of the faster times I get seeded in the middle: group 3. That didn't last too long.

First race: a 6(?) lap points race with 8 riders starting. I hang near the front for the first two laps to warmup. Get in position and pop points at the line for the next couple laps and take the final lap for 3 points. A pretty hard effort, but another 10 laps would of made it more interesting. Phil, the ref, has a word with me about getting out of the saddle for sprinting. Doh!


Second race was a scratch race, 7 laps. Movin' up in the world with group two now. I sit in for the first 5 laps, sit second or third wheel and manage only get in the wind briefly. Marc from Byrne jumps, nobody follow, and he's looking pretty good. With a lap left another rider jumps hard, I'm on his wheel. I jump past him before the speed drops and nearly catch Marc. Another couple meters and I would of had him.

But that's all she wrote. Heavy wind and storm clouds were looking pretty menacing. The third race was canceled so I didn't get another chance. Yup, Seward would of been a better workout!