LWC Race Recap - Ian Carr

Post date: Feb 27, 2012 2:9:8 PM

So we set off pretty late. There was a 7.5 hour drive ahead and we left at something like 7pm Friday night. Things came together kind of all at once, the bike rack and the borrowed car showed in within 20 minutes of each other. Having installed the new rack and ensured that the bike stayed put with old tubes, we set off. The drive was long, dark, cold and sometimes through some uncomfortable Kentucky roads. We settled in as quickly as we could upon arrival as to try to tack on as many extra minutes of sleep to the 3 hours we would inevitably get before the TTT the next morning. As always the TTT served as a nerve calmer before the other races. This being our first TTT together and in a category high for half the team I didn’t expect much. Apparently this was underestimating our team. Later that day at race registration for the RR I got a look at the results to see that we took 1^st in our first race!

The field for the road race was decently sized, something like 50 riders. Waiting nervous at the start line I was comforted seeing some familiar faces and good wheels from last year. The race went decently well, staying with the front group up until the last climb. In retrospect, I took a few too many pulls to reel back the break which likely lead to my getting dropped. Either way I got 19^th, which will hopefully be the lowest collegiate placing of the year. The crit was similarly unexceptional finishing something like 14^th and narrowly avoiding a crash.

As the first race weekend of the year and the first race for a couple of the guys, I would deem this a success. No crashes, no sour attitudes, and lots of bikes.

Ian