Bad race / good race

Another double cross weekend come and gone. And just like last time, I had one bad race and one good one. Saturday's race was at Kletsch Park in Milwaukee. I had hoped to do well here (it was my best race last year), but I didn't feel all that good right from the start. The big hill run-up kicked my butt each lap, and I ended up finishing in 11th place.

On Sunday it was back to Milwaukee for the race at Estabrook Park. I like this course with its mix of singletrack, long road sections to hammer/recover, and lots of switchbacks in the trees. I got a good start and settled into about 5th wheel for the first lap. Tim took off in that first lap and Dave gave chase (bunny-hopping the barrier for style points). I was in a group with Kevin and another rider for pretty much the rest of the race battling for 3rd. I think the long pavement sections took their toll on Kevin (on his singlespeed) and he dropped off with a few laps to go. I put in a big effort on the last lap and ended up crossing the line by myself for 3rd place.

I now sit in 3rd place in the standings with only two races remaining...7 points behind 2nd and 21 points in front of 4th. Tim in first place has more points than 2nd and 3rd place combined.

Team Blue got hosed on Sunday night. We ended up losing 10-8 to Team Red in a game that we should have won by multiple goals. Our goalie let in 4 goals from behind the blue line!! Pregnant Heather could have stopped those shots. Insane. Oh well, we'll get them next time. No goals for me, but I got two assists.

This weekend Heather and I are taking off for a relaxing weekend at a cabin near the Dells. We did that last year too in November. Should be a good time. It's on a lake, so little Vontoux can swim until he passes out.