I got in a full weekend of race action. ADT Event Center Velodrome on Saturday – 3rd in the cat5 omnium. Not too bad. There were only 6 racers which was kinda weak but it was fun. One of my old teammates from NorCal, John Simmons, made it down. It was great to see him still doing it.
On Sunday I went down to Santa Clarita for the Chuck Pontius Memorial Criterium. The cat3/4 40+ field was huge – in fact all of the races had big numbers. I checked the peloton before hand and I saw numbers in the 690’s. Dang!!! Almost 100 showed up. I managed a 20th place finish. I tried to stay on the wheel of a fast sprinter but he accelerated and I couldn’t go with him between turns 3 and 4 and a slower rider jumped into the gap and couldn’t keep the wheel. Next time I will try to get closer to the head of the peloton as we get closer to the finale.
We went to Disneyland. If you have been there in the last 10 years you know, you really know, how out of control the park is. So many people, long lines, overwhelming to say the least. My kids loved it plus my wife got to meet up with her BFF from high school and her family. A comped room (thanks Maryanne!) rounded out a very busy weekend. I also got in two TT’s at the Encino Velodrome on Saturday morning before we headed down to Anaheim.