Gateway Canyon Classic

This weekend was the State Road Race Championships, since they cancelled Carter Lake 2 weeks ago :-p. This course was an 85mi out and back through one of the prettier canyons that I have ridden through. Last year in the 3's I wished I had a camera, but this year was a little bit different. It started out pretty tame with a few attacks, but everyone settled in after 2 guys got away. The race didn't start till the turn around which began the second climb. A pretty stiff tempo was being set by the VC guys until the break was caught, then people started attacking. I was able to match most of them except for the last two...when the final selection was made. I was in a group of 5 after the climb and we tried to bridge up to the lead group of 7 for the entire way back. Finished decently on the day, and kinda rolled through the finish pretty bonked, but it was a good day.

The race on Sunday was a crit in "downtown" fruita. Pretty much a barbell course with a big roundabout on one end and a one block square on the other. The race was pretty sane and i took a little flyer about 20min into the race and stayed off for a few laps, but nobody wanted to go with me :-p. Ended up clipping a pedal with 2 corners to go and finished in the back of the group.