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photo: dave

granite bay, folsom lake
2006/11/04
a men
13/17
'mates: roger

we decided to make the trip up to sacramento to visit the 'rents-in-law and do a sacramento series race, as we've done a couple times in the past. i cut out of work early on friday in time to get to gold river for dinner. mmmmm, homemade lasagna....

a small field and a flat, windy, open course left just about everyone isloated eventually it seemed. once i lost the last wheel i'd been able to hold on to for a couple laps, i kept a steady pace and time trialed most of the race on my own. i wasn't feeling very motivated to be racing this week after the double race weekend last week and a hard set of intervals with aron on wednesday.

the double sand pit at granite beach was brutal as always. i managed to clean the first section a couple times, but bobbled and lost time when i failed. i was riding alone and the next guy ahead of me was steadily extending his lead, so the time loss didn't really feel like it made much of a difference.

the top three lapped me with less than a half lap to go. jordi, rich, and jim were duking it out fast and furious. jordi and rich were banging handlebars for the lead as they entered the sand pits. rich lost the good line and bobbled, giving jordi the win and almost allowing jim to catch him. props to jordi, and to jim for hanging with those two to the finish. i wasn't too upset to not have to go out for another lap, as we were already over an hour.

thanks to dave, connie, and julie for coming out to cheer and take pictures. always good to see roger.

based on my mood and motivation level in this race i decided i needed a little break from racing, so i aborted my plan to come back to sf for the pilarcitos race at mclaren park on sunday. we stayed another night in sacramento to relax and visit. dave and i went for a nice spin on the american river bike path on sunday. a welcome change of scenery. i'm curious to hear how the first legit race at mclaren went.

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