One of the great things about living in a bike friendly area is that we have local "races" every week once daylight savings extends the sunset past 7PM. Our local race is lovingly known as "Hammerfest" and it happens every Thursday evening on Mt. Diablo. This Thursday was the first of the year and I was very much looking forward to it as I thought I was starting to get fast enough to hang with the bunch. The weather has been pretty poor all week in NorCal and the rain seemed to have scared away the majority of the locals as only 6 showed up for the first Hammerfest of the year. I thought this would be a good opportunity to show my increased level of fitness but as fate would have it I was definitely the slowest of the group to show up. The main group moved quickly up Diablo and they were definitely waiting for me to catch up at most points.
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| Pulled this little wonder out of my rear tire today. Surprisingly, I don't think it actually punctured the tire. |
I spent the earlier part of today warming up for my race tomorrow (50 miles). My warmup was on Diablo and I felt pretty good about my fitness level. I pulled the above staple out of my tire at the end of my ride, I don't think it actually caused a puncture. I am expecting tomorrow to be a pretty brutal day. My first Cat. 4 race, rain, wind, and hills await me. I have concluded that I will finish the race even if I get dropped by the field but the goal is really to hang around for as long as I can. Wish me luck, a race report will follow tomorrow.
P.S. The pros just finished the longest race of the year (Milan - San Remo) just shy of 300 km's. The race was finished in just short of 7 hours. Also, the Daytona 200 was today and 2 NorCal kids finished 1st and 3rd. I have been on the racetrack with both of them and can affirm that they are both very fast on a motorcycle.
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