Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Victory

You have to race your bike and take chances if you want to win.
At the Folsom Circuit Race I put it all together. All the hard work and all the lessons I have learned in my racing came into play.

With only 2 laps to go in the race, I was in the pack but no one was going to pull a breakaway of 7 guys back so.....................

First I did a solo flyer and attacked up the bridge climb to make it across to the breakaway. It was a serious effort to get across, and I had to dig very deep, but I made it happen.

With one lap to go I was in the break with a fighting chance for a special win.



After catching the breakaway group, I drove the front and pulled the breakaway the final time up the bridge climb. I wanted to keep the speed high and make sure the field did not catch back on. I had amazingly good legs in this moment and simply drove the front of the group and let all the guys have a free ride up the hill.




While the rest of the breakaway was not wanting to risk a move before the sprint for the finish, I made a huge move up the final hill, got a gap, and had a go from so far out solo to the line. It was a risky move but I was determined to make it to the finish for an amazing win.






Getting to the finish line first was a result of hard work and some major determination and fighting like a wild animal all the way to the line.



VICTORY!!!!

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