Cowskin Classic Road Race

First of all today was fun.

At the start of the race I was aware of the talent that was lining up with us. The guys I had earlier marked were not even on my mind. The whole pack was marked as far as I was concerned. Early in the race I felt froggy, but hey its my first race this year and the first few laps feel NOTHING like the last 3. Nevertheless I did know that some guys here were in better form than myself and with that in mind I knew that I really needed to be efficient, but with efficiency you still have to be willing to blow up to the point of DNF covering counters and that is where I burned my matches. Fortunately, I was able to dig deep enough in the end to finish, not just finish but keep it within the top 20. Twice in the final 3 laps I fell off the back of what remained of the pack only to fight through the cramping of my legs and find myself with the group again. One thing about cramps, there are stages and the initial ones are just pain, you can fight through these, but when you get to the final stage it's over, legs won't operate. Fortunately, I didn't get to that point until the end, which with a downhill finish and a good pace I was able to remain in decent position while crossing the line.

My turn to be the fit one will be here soon enough.

RACE,

Zach