This morning's informal training race (is there such a thing as a formal training race?) went pretty well. We had a nice-sized turnout on Lakeshore Drive for the 29-mile, 10-lap race, and it was quite fast and animated. From the start it seemed like there was a lot of nervousness in the bunch and the attacks came often. I was rather surprised, actually, as I would have expected most riders to be a little defensive until they were able to get a better handle on their early season fitness. As it turned out, there must have been six attacks within the first two laps, with Tim and Realdo separating themselves from the pack before the third lap started. I can't say that they were going super-fast, though, and in fact I think we still had a chance to catch them were it not for an odd crash. Brett and Brooks had opened a gap on the rest of the pack but were slowly getting reeled back in when Brooks touched wheels with Brett and went down. As we went by, he was sitting up in the middle of the right lane looking somewhat surprised and confused. A lap or so later he was back in the pack.
Anyway, that was pretty much the end of any concerted effort to catch the lead duo, but the rest of the race was still fairly fast (average speed was 25 mph) and fun. We should do this again.
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