Well, two more races under the belt at Superweek and some tired pins!
We raced in Arlington Heights Tuesday which was long course with 8 corners to keep us on our toes. There were many riders keen to breakaway so the race was very active – I attacked numerous times, and as a result there wasn’t much fuel left in the tank for the last 5 laps (read – hanging on for dear life!). The stronger and bigger teams wanted a bunch sprint and that is exactly how it ended up. Jenette rocked up for 10th which is was a great effort considering she had no form of lead out as I dangled on the back!
We talked to many friendly spectators after the race and Jenette supported the local economy by downing several cups of home made lemonade from the stand on the corner after the race (the wee girls admitted that they made it from a powder mix, but Jenette reassured them that this still counts as homemade since they had to put some kind of effort in their homes. Hee hee, I was giggling in the background).
Hosts Duane and Shaun cooked us a splendid meal of steak, salad and potatoes as we rounded out the evening solving the worlds problems on the patio. Magic!
Wednesday was a lazy start, we watched the Tour in the morning and headed out to Bensenville after lunch where it was a hot and windy day. As a result, the racing was negative – no one wanted to face the wind and it was too hard for a break to stay away. I think everyone was just really tired and that made the whole race a bit of a non-event to be honest. I tried to rark it up a couple of times to make the sprinters work, but to no avail since no one else was too interested in doing anything much.
Jenette got boxed in through the twisty finish but still came 12th so that bought our dinner as we hit the road for Wisconsin. The State of Cheese.
We are planning a visit to the ‘Mars Cheese Castle’ at some stage in the next few days…… which, by the way, is not a castle at all. The first time I visited there in 2007, I had heard so much about this amazing destination that I had let my imagination run wild and was dreaming of some kind of cheese version of Charlie and the Chocolate factory. I was bitterly disappointed when we rocked up to a perfectly normal building which merely stocked a variety of cheese, candy and trinkets. There were no ompalompahs, no edible furniture or plants and not even a tour of any kind of factory. However, now I have worked through the disappointment I am ready to revisit the ‘castle’ and perhaps sample some cheese curds and buy a cow magnet.
Tommorrow we race in Shorewood, Wisconsin which is a fun crit through a vibrant wee town where the locals always come out en-masse. Should be fun!
Ciao
DT
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