Today was the second MATTS/ROTY ABD 10K Indoor TT, the rolling course. I was much happier with my performances today than in those at the first race a month ago. I ended up with the second fastest time of the day, complete the rolling 10k in 14:22.19 minutes, with Will Nowak once again recording the fastest time at 14:16.46. Surprisingly, my fastest time was on the second ride of the day. On my first ride, racing in the 30+ division, I got stuck in the small chainring and found myself spinning out on the downhill portions of the course. I don’t know if I could have beaten Will for the fastest time had this not occurred, but I am certain I would have been able to record a better time than the 14:35.80 that I ended up with for the 30+. Mark Swartezendruber ended up edging me out for 1st in that age category with a 14:26.18.
Full results can be found here (caution, this link opens a PDF file).
Update: Once more, Doug Peterson provides an excellent wrap-up on his site. I think that I may be the person that he heard about when he mentions having heard about some rider having “dropped a chain in the middle of their battle against the machine.” Not quite a dropped chain in the normal sense, but annoying nevertheless. I need to adjust my derailleurs a bit before the next race:-)
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