After a week of little, to no recovery I thought it would be a great idea to throw a race in!! So, on Sunday, Jay, Stu (Norco), and myself headed to Pontiac, Michigan for the Michigan USAC race promoted by Tailwind Promotions. Pontiac is a great place to ride. The course is fast, flowing, rough, and after 3 laps hurts the body all over!! It was hot and humid!! Each lap is approx. 10 miles. I took in a quick warm up with Karey Collins (MPI-Main Street Racing), and did some chatty catch up! To the line for the 10:00 am start. At 'go' I missed my pedal twice before finally clipping in and then jumping in front of Karey who had grabbed the holeshot. I set into a steady pace, knowing what my legs could handle and hold. I have to say the legs were not fresh at all! There was 3 of us (myself, Karey and Katerina Machacova (Team Fraser) who stayed together for about the first 15 minutes and then I slowly began to pull away. With lap 1 down and about a 2 minute lead over 2nd place, Katerina, I just stayed steady. Lap 2 and I had about a 4 minute lead. I plugged away at lap 3. In the end I took the win. I need to thank Joe and Erin (Bell's Brewery) for the recovery drink ;)! A shout out to Robert Linden (Tailwind Promotions) and his crew for another fine race, and for looking into the hornet situation!! Michigan has a great/welcoming race scene and it's always so much fun to go over there!
Today..................off the bike and not even feeling guilty about it!!
Cheers,
Sue
Wow!! Great times!! Congrats on the race win!
ReplyDeleteYou would have smoked me!