I know every community in the world has one of these rides. You know the ride..the one where all of the top local racers gather and have a nice leisurely ride [err race] over a well known course. Well this year is my first time riding the local weekly "Worlds" and all I have to say is WOW is it a fun time, Fast, furious, lots of ridiculous surges and breaks and chases.
My current goal is to ride and stay with the main pack from start to finish on this ride. Last night I didn't accomplish this as I found myself in a chase off the front on River Road and burned up my matches early. While we did eventually catch the break but I snuck to the back for a few miles then dropped off to recover and picked the group back up as it turned around on Witherspoon to head back up the other way. I ended up in another chase on the return leg (stupid, stupid, stupid) and burned up again by the climb at Mockingbird.
Ended up finishing with some team mates a few minutes behind the leaders and sprinted to the end in a respectible place. I can't believe those 1,2,3 guys can ride that fast!
Next week my goal is to sit in more and get a pack finish. Lesson learned...don't work that hard when you don't have the heart and lungs for it yet. All in all a great ride. Can't wait until next week.