I can't blame pros and crosswinds this time. This week I am blaming a stupid "everyday life" injury on hampering my abilities. I was doing some re-con on my sailboat on Saturday to make sure we could motor it over to Longbranch on Sunday and I hurt my left low-back pulling the cord on the motor. I jacked it pretty good and did the usual recovery routine (ooops, should have iced) but there was less than 24 hours to race time. I didn't think it was too bad, and the legs themselves felt good from an easy week.
I felt good and progressively felt worse and the back was to blame. The "wall" at Longbranch is enough to wreck your back, let alone having an injury to start with. Oh well. I just tried to enjoy being in a race and not doing something horrible while I knew I probably wouldn't be contending.
After getting gapped pretty badly the 2nd to last time up the hill I decided to go "all-in" on the last lap and instigated some good attacks and hit the wall with a tiny gap. Once caught I was done. I didn't think I'd be contact if I tried be cautious anyway so I went down in flames.
Crash!
There was a terrible crash involving a Garage guy overlapping his teammate and hitting the pavement hard with the side of his face. I heard his arm was broken and at a 90 degree angle where it shouldn't have been. Not good to see that stuff.
Now it is "get the back fixed" mode and getting set for Wentachee. That road race will not be kind to a weak back, so I hope I heal fast. It will be nice to be riding for/with some teammates over there. I hope they are not too blown from Tour of the Gila.
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Yeah, you looked pretty bad when we passed you on the steep hill on the last lap, that explains it!
I was feeling sick for about 5 laps, but snapped out of it. Had some shifting issues (stretched front derailleur cable) over the top of the wall too!
Chris surprised us too, It was the first time he raced with us!
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