Monday July 17, 2006 Holy Hill Superweek Race # 6

Well today was a bit of a disaster. I arrived feeling great and ready for a heavy dose of Holy Hill suffering. Lap 1 was easier than I expected. I think everyone was taking their time getting used to the course. Lap 2 the pace was still crawling even with a three man break off the front at about 1/3 mile. Feeling strong I decided to bridge the gap and try to help the break. As always, bridging a gap is torturous. It took about two mile to catch the break and I was pretty fried by then. A couple of others Brandon K being one of them, also bridged just after me and we had what looked like the makings of a decent break. However, the pack turned up the heat and within a mile we were caught. At that point the air temp was over 90 and the heat index was pushing 108. Obviously way too hot for the amount of effort we were putting out. I hand on for a couple more laps and after feeling way overheated I decided to sit up and drop off the back. I am sure I could have hung on for another lap to the finish but why suffer. I think that I finished around 25th or so. Felt good to jump in Pike Lake afterwards.