Albany Crit & RR

Crit - OUCH!  Well, I learned from last weekends' racing and was more aggressive.  Maybe a little too aggressive considering the rain.  6 women for the 1/2/3 race start.  2 team-mates from the LG Elite team counter attacked until 2 riders got dropped and we went pretty steady for the 40 minute race.  I attacked the next to the last lap just to give it a go since I felt good, but the group caught me after a short bit.  I settled back in to recover and gunned it around 2 of the girls going into the next to the last turn.  Kept my speed up into the last corner and SCHWAM! my wheels went out from under me.  Maybe the wet road had something to do with it, I'll never really know, but it wasn't an awful crash, although apparently I knocked down a barrier.  Got up & finished 4th so the 2 riders we dropped didn't have time to catch up.  Got doctored up...won $55, spent $33 on first aid supplies at Walgreen's, just enough left over for dinner!  I've had worse and I was mad about missing out on my sprint finish, so I was ready for the RR!

Road Race - Had about 20 or so girls at the start, with the 3/4 race & the 1/2/3 race combined.  We had to wait close to an hour in the cold wind for the pro 1/2s to come in (go jake & john!!) before we could go, but finally got rolling and got warm fast!!  The same 2 team mates from the crit kept attacking, I & some other women bridged several times & nothing stuck, partly because of the weird wind.  I focused on keeping a quick cadence when I thought someone was going to attack so that I could go with them & it worked much better than when I was bogged down in Greenville.  Also worked on staying more towards the front of the pack.  Group mainly stayed together & with 1K to go it got hot.  I marked a girl's wheel who I know is strong and moved up to the front with her.  When she went just out from 200m I went.  Slight uphill finish and I held on for 3rd (2nd 1/2/3, 3rd overall).  Legs felt good & ready to race some more!!  Perry TT then Union City up next!

LC