Mill Creek Park Race

Recently I have been not feeling my mojo or game face and thus not really wanting to race. So it was only yesterday that I finally decided to do the Mill Creek Race.

Got overserved yesterday; I was kinda following David's pre-race advise except mine was ribs, chips with jalapeños and cheese and about 100 beers with friends.

Needless to say I wasn't feel'n the love this morning when Matt O, JV and (finally) Gary B showed up to drive there. After a slight Tom-Tom gps (GARY-GARY) mistake we showed up with 15 -20 minutes to spare. Got the stuff on, pin our numbers on and straight to the start/finish nine. We don't need no stink'n warm up! :-(

The race was tough....Gary & Peter S were doing great and I was moving around trying not to lose my lunch. I actually felt OK and despite my helmet having a malfunction, I did pretty well on the climb, but I was counting down after 8 times up, OK, 7 more, 6 more, 5 more freak'n times........JV and Matt battled on but fell off and Matt T finished. Gary got 3rd, Peter was 5th and I managed a 9th I think.
Thanks to Matt for the photo and can you see the helmet thingy sticking out on the left side of my helmet? Gary is on my left, getting ready to lay down the law on the climb.

We stayed around to watch (and take photos) of the rest of the team Tom "Killer", Chris "Gater"and "look at my race wheels" David S. of the 2-3s. Tom D & "Death" Ray formed a break and were able to stay away. Huge kutos to Chis B for making the break...he fell off later but a fantastic job just to get in on it. Even saw Brent E.

Speaking of Chris B....congrats on your soon to be move to Gainesville, FL. Team SBR will miss riding with you; you've been a great guy to represent us.

Gotta go pack for vacation this week....enjoy and I've uploaded more photos on my FLICKR site.

Caio,
Rick