Tuesday July 11, 2006 Burlington, WI Superweek Race #4 Lyons MGD Road Race

Well another day of road racing, not really my thing but I figured it was better than going to work so off I went for another dose of suffering. Lap one I thought we were on charity ride and was either going start collecting donations for Tony's Drive To Stop Lactate Intolerance or I was going to make a break. So I tried the latter. A couple of times in fact. But again the peloton is only willing to work when I want to go off the front. So I decided to sit in and hope for a field sprint. Which is what I got. Coming into the proving ground grounds with 50 bikes side by side was a blast, reminded me of the Metalica concerts I used to go to when I was a teenager. I had a great position and racing line to the finish except those 50 guys I mention all wanted the same line. So as we came to the point where I was getting up to sprint, everyone move over toward me and I was faced with the choice, do I push back and take out 30 guys, revel in a descent finish and hear about the disaster that took place in the Masters race or do I head for the dirt and try to sprint cyclocross style. I chose the latter. I went to the grass and even though I only dropped ten yards it cost me about 20 positions. Ended up 26th.