Friday Night 60 Minute Crit:
Fast! Fast! Fast! Like I said, the pace was fast. I think I speak for everyone from Precision Bikes when I say we were hanging on for dear life. The officials were pulling lapped riders to get them out of the way to make keeping track of riders easier. When they pulled a racer, they just gave them a slower time that the leaders. Glenn Richard and Jed Darby got pulled somewhere in the mix. Jeb Falgout got lapped but managed to slip by the officials and luckily ended up getting pack time. I (Brian Rizk) was able to hang on with all my might and energy I possible had to finish the crit with the pack. The experience was awesome. It was tough to judge the corners when it got dark but was that much more fun. We were racing with Master’s World Champions, National Champions, and riders that used to be professional. It was a tough field.
Saturday Morning 77 Mile Road Race:
Once again fast, fast, fast. It was damp and humid the whole race but we never got rained on luckily. We were all kind of just chilling in the 80 or so rider peleton. Glenn caught a cramp at about mile 50 and couldn’t shake it and got dropped from the pack. Jed Darby hung with the big boys. I was feeling pretty good so I moved up to the front and attacked a couple time but could never get a decent gap. I then resorted to working with Herring Gas to chase down a breakaway that got away after my attacks. This really wore me out. I was hanging on for dear life after that. At about mile 60, while I was hanging in the back, I got a flat. Jed Darby waited for me and we changed it out with the wheel truck. By this point in the race, the peleton was rolling pretty fast. We chased as hard as we possibly could but couldn’t catch the peleton. We decided to just take it easy and save some energy for the time trial that evening. Jeb hung with the big dogs and got pack time finished alongside Bain Foote (he’s really fast). This was turning out to be an unlucky race for Precision.
Saturday Evening 4 Mile Time Trial:
Just any other 4 mile time trial. We were all sore and feeling pretty crappy from the road race in the morning. We were all so discouraged that none of us really did a warm up. We just kind of coasted around pretending to warm up to make us feel better. I had a decent time trial, 8:08 for 13th, Jeb pulled out a 8:37, Glenn a 8:38, and Jed 8:59 (and that’s minutes, not hours).
Sunday 80 Minute Crit:
I think we all woke up in a little better mood than the night before, at least I did. My legs weren’t too sore after a good nights sleep. I think all of us 1,2,3’s enjoyed being able to watch everybody else race and suffer before we had to race. That kind of lightened up our mood. We were looking around and we saw hardly any other 1,2,3’s warming up so we decided we weren’t going to do much of a warm up either. While calling role for our race, it started raining. The roads were wet but everybody was nice and cautious. Just like Friday, they were pulling lapped riders. My plan for the crit was to work my way to the front, and as soon as I got there attack attack attack. After about 45 minutes of working my way to the front I finally got there and carried out my plan. I never could get the gap that I wanted, they just weren’t going to let me go. So I retired to the back. At this point, there was only about 25 riders left in the field, including myself and Jeb. With 3 laps to go I was sitting in the back and a rider attacked and there was a wreck and I got caught in it. Luckily I watched it happen and was able to slow down but I was headed right for the pile of bikes. I luckily came out with only some pretty deep chainring cuts on my leg and no road rash whatsoever. Landing on top of bikes is better than landing on the road any day. Jeb finished with the pack and was able to pull out and awesome 15th.
This race wasn’t just Precision’s race. Thanks for all your support!
Fast! Fast! Fast! Like I said, the pace was fast. I think I speak for everyone from Precision Bikes when I say we were hanging on for dear life. The officials were pulling lapped riders to get them out of the way to make keeping track of riders easier. When they pulled a racer, they just gave them a slower time that the leaders. Glenn Richard and Jed Darby got pulled somewhere in the mix. Jeb Falgout got lapped but managed to slip by the officials and luckily ended up getting pack time. I (Brian Rizk) was able to hang on with all my might and energy I possible had to finish the crit with the pack. The experience was awesome. It was tough to judge the corners when it got dark but was that much more fun. We were racing with Master’s World Champions, National Champions, and riders that used to be professional. It was a tough field.
Saturday Morning 77 Mile Road Race:
Once again fast, fast, fast. It was damp and humid the whole race but we never got rained on luckily. We were all kind of just chilling in the 80 or so rider peleton. Glenn caught a cramp at about mile 50 and couldn’t shake it and got dropped from the pack. Jed Darby hung with the big boys. I was feeling pretty good so I moved up to the front and attacked a couple time but could never get a decent gap. I then resorted to working with Herring Gas to chase down a breakaway that got away after my attacks. This really wore me out. I was hanging on for dear life after that. At about mile 60, while I was hanging in the back, I got a flat. Jed Darby waited for me and we changed it out with the wheel truck. By this point in the race, the peleton was rolling pretty fast. We chased as hard as we possibly could but couldn’t catch the peleton. We decided to just take it easy and save some energy for the time trial that evening. Jeb hung with the big dogs and got pack time finished alongside Bain Foote (he’s really fast). This was turning out to be an unlucky race for Precision.
Saturday Evening 4 Mile Time Trial:
Just any other 4 mile time trial. We were all sore and feeling pretty crappy from the road race in the morning. We were all so discouraged that none of us really did a warm up. We just kind of coasted around pretending to warm up to make us feel better. I had a decent time trial, 8:08 for 13th, Jeb pulled out a 8:37, Glenn a 8:38, and Jed 8:59 (and that’s minutes, not hours).
Sunday 80 Minute Crit:
I think we all woke up in a little better mood than the night before, at least I did. My legs weren’t too sore after a good nights sleep. I think all of us 1,2,3’s enjoyed being able to watch everybody else race and suffer before we had to race. That kind of lightened up our mood. We were looking around and we saw hardly any other 1,2,3’s warming up so we decided we weren’t going to do much of a warm up either. While calling role for our race, it started raining. The roads were wet but everybody was nice and cautious. Just like Friday, they were pulling lapped riders. My plan for the crit was to work my way to the front, and as soon as I got there attack attack attack. After about 45 minutes of working my way to the front I finally got there and carried out my plan. I never could get the gap that I wanted, they just weren’t going to let me go. So I retired to the back. At this point, there was only about 25 riders left in the field, including myself and Jeb. With 3 laps to go I was sitting in the back and a rider attacked and there was a wreck and I got caught in it. Luckily I watched it happen and was able to slow down but I was headed right for the pile of bikes. I luckily came out with only some pretty deep chainring cuts on my leg and no road rash whatsoever. Landing on top of bikes is better than landing on the road any day. Jeb finished with the pack and was able to pull out and awesome 15th.
This race wasn’t just Precision’s race. Thanks for all your support!
Hopefully we’ll have better luck next time.
Brian Rizk
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