Putah Creek Smack Down

Craig and I went to the Davis Time Trial, aka Putah Creek Smack Down, aka PCSD on Wednesday. Due to traffic concerns the course has been moved from the course they have been using for over 20 years on, wait for it.... Putah Creek Road. They moved it to South Davis on a portion of the new Dunlap TT course. The new course is on Bulkey Road and goes straight south for 5 miles and then returns. Dead flat.

Anyway, since it was a new course I reminded Craig that whoever won would hold the course record. For two weeks at least... So, besides the traditional glory that goes with winning the PCSD we had the opportunity to go down in history as a course record holder. Truely a momentus afternoon.

I went off a few minutes before Craig. The outbound leg was into a head wind. I tried to walk that fine line between going to hard and blowing up and going too easy. Probably not terribly successfully as we'll soon see, but I was going pretty good. The return leg was glorious. I averaged over 30mph on the way back and finished in 21:42. The best time by far at that point. A few minutes later Craig finished and gave me the bad news. He rode 21:00. I swear to God that no matter how fast or slow I go out here I ALWAYS place 2nd. Anyway, that was a pretty ripping ride considering the wind, so hats off to Craig.

Afterwards we rode around for a bit to cool down. When I got back to my car and took off my helmet I felt a sharp pain in my forehead. Turns out a bee was inside my aero helmet. Don't ask how it got there I have no idea. When I took the helmet off he stung me. As you can see below, I'm alergic to bees... On the other hand it has taken away a few wrinkles. :-)