Evanston Illinois
Left milwaukee with teal, picked up jason (chowing down endless mcgriddles) at mcdonalds in kenosha.
Arrived in Evanston around 8:20 plenty of time. Headed down to registration, the line is long and moving at a snail's pace. Get out of registration around 9:15. No time to warm-up. Frustration rising.
Pinned up and slammed a monster. Luckily the course is open for pre-riding. Everyone started lining up. Sat on the start line for 10 minutes. The officials then told us to go take a lap. Came back and waiting for about 20 minutes. Frustration rising even higher (could have been from the monster).
Race starts and its fast. Stuck in the middle somewhere. Five guys go off the front, nothing I can do about it. Pace stays high around 26~27 mph. Kept moving up. Slowly working my way up. Sitting top 30 and only 7 laps in. There is a crash ahead of us on a corner. We are told to slow down and go wait at the start line. The race was delayed for 20 minutes and they took 2 laps off the race. Also at that point the front pack had dropped about 40 riders off the back which were allowed to catch up with us. (frustration peaked) Race restarted its fast again, but not as fast only 25 mph. A few laps go by and I thought there were 3 left to go so I start moving up.
I was passing about 3~4 riders on every corner and moving up nicely. Came by the start/finish line and hear 1 lap to go....shit I forgot they shortened the laps. Everyone starts pushing it. I kept up my pace and passed a few more. Did a sit-down sprint towards the finish, end up 25th out of 75. Not bad, but could have been much much better.
Average speed 26 mph
Top speed 34 mph
Apparently there was something interesting off to the right, also it looks as if Jason's eyes had rolled back into his head.
I did the best pinning job on Teal.
Andrew Utz being swarmed, Teal's ruby reds on the right.
Chris Padfield, 1 st place crusher.
Also on the way back we stopped for food, jason has an obsession with lil' smokies and crayfish.