Well, I just got back home from New York. My team and I arrived at registration at 5:00 on friday afternoon and then we went to recon some of the course on our bikes. After the ride, we went to go get dinner at this cool old hotel in the downtown area of where the bike race was. After dinner we went to our hotel where all five of my teammates and I slept in one room. Lets just say that it was crazy.
We woke up early in the morning and I had two giant waffles and some bananas. My start was at 11:30 so John, Weston, and I arrived ten minutes early at the start line. The race started off very slow and picked up a little now and then. I am not a fan of junior races because of the fact that no one wants to keep the pace up. 40 miles in everyone was still together so I decided to change that. I attacked on a flat gravel section and broke away by myself. I gained at least a minute gap and charged ahead for 7 miles until I was caught by seven others. Besides the seven that caught me, the field was torn apart into shreds. I was happy to see that I did my job and that my teammate John Murdock had made the group of 7.
When I got caught the breakaway was going very fast and I did my best to try and stay on. The 7 sped up though and I got dropped. So for the last 15 miles I worked with another rider to stay away from everyone else. I dropped the other rider with 5 miles to go and then time trialed to the finish. I ended up eighth and John endud up sixth out of 43 riders. I am not happy with my result, but there are no excuses.
I am very thankful for my supportive team, parents, and family that let me do this race.
p.s. I threw up after the race. I guess that means I did my best and I should have no regrets.
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