Tour of Herman
by Pamela Hinton
Here’s race report from the weekend … I was second in the 10 mile TT on
Saturday. We went out into a stiff headwind and had a nice tailwind on the way back. I finished nearly 2 minutes behind Bri Kovak. Her time was good enough for a top 15 in the Pro1,2 Men!
Todays road race course was TOUGH. We did 3 x 20-mile laps with lots and lots of climbing. It was Bri, Carrie, and Chris from Team Revolution, Molly from Mesa and me. Molly and I formed an alliance against the Revolution Powerhouse. It was full throttle from the get go. Bri drilled the pace up the first climb out of town and then they started attacking Molly and I to get a break established. Molly got off with Bri, so I sat with Carrie and Chris. At the start of the third lap, we got word that Molly was alone and only 3 minutes ahead of us. Carrie and Chris tried to pick up the pace, but were fading. I knew I had to attack them well before the last KOM, which was followed by a long descent to the down-hill sprint finish. With about 10 miles to go, I surprised them and somehow managed to stay away for third.
I ended up with 2nd place overall. It was a long, hard day, but good to be back racing again (ed. Yes, It Is Great To Have You Back Racing Again, We Missed You!!).
No knitting today.
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