the Bad ones lead to the Good ones..

Week 2 I raced Evanston, Whitnall Park RR, Whitnall Park Crit (Podium finish), Kenosha, Racine. All on no clearance from the Doc. (don't tell). I quickly tried to sling myself into the sprint competition.

Okay, short catch up from Superweek.
By the last day I race, with 2 races left in the series, I sat 5th in the sprint competition and only able to take over 4th at most. I opted out of the Humboldt Park Race and prepped my legs for Sundays Chicago Crit offering 7 Grand to the Ladies.
I enjoyed the race at Chicago and took a 5th place to some very talented elite and pro riders.

The race was kept active by scattered attempts to stay away by various riders and a pleasing amount of primes, of which I gave a go at the second one hundred dollars.

Oh....Joelle took it, skating my wheel for the last 275 meters and coming around me at 20 meters.

Sooo, I guess I have some explaining to do about my lack of performance the first day at Elk Grove(16th). The field was small, and we have some good primes. I went for the second, and looking between my legs to see Joelle(Team Kenda-Chicago Crit Winner) sitting pretty. I jumped hard at 200 and took a gamble....can you picture the outcome? Kuddos to her.
I gave it a go for the midrace prime, this time I had news for Joelle, I sat on her...tooo long. I was reactive racing.
At 200 meters I see Kristen Meshberg flying by, and Laura Van Gilder coming off my wheel madly screaming to the line. I say to myself "You bloomin' idiot, what opera song were you listening to in your head at 300 meters....what were you waiting on, your a sprinter, did you see 200 meters?!!"
I covered numerous gaps in the rain. My reluctancy to barrel through the corners in the wet conditions (still thinking of my collarbone crash),cost me precious gas. To top it off, I had changed my saddle for medical reasons and had fine tuned as much as possible yesterday without testing full on 30+min. efforts.

NO GO legs with low saddle. "I can't do it, Cappin'".

I felt great, strong, just not able to peg potential power, just lost contact after all the work.

Tomorrow!!! IS ON!!