Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The desired affect is what you get

"The desired affect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship" - Parliament/ Funkadelic - P.Funk (Wants to get funked up), Mothership Connection (1975)

This 70's Funk song kept running through my head at the Wente Road Race on Saturday, April 24, 2010. Just like the junior squad our masters team targets the USA National Championships and UCI World Championships. The races that they do to prepare them for these important events is mostly their choice... except when we get the bright idea to coordinate an effort. So, we decided to line up for the 65 mile Wente Road race with a full 45+ team. Our intent was to leave our competitions with a "dang, I'm glad they don't race with us every weekend"

Our desired affect was what we planned! 1st (of 5) times up the climb we lit up the pace and our 90 rider field was down to 32 riders, including all 5 of us (Mick, Kevin, Rob, Craig and me). This early pressure was the springboard for Craig to launch an attack where only Jim Allen (VOS) could latch onto. They were gone!

We could have sat back and celebrated but on the 3rd climb we picked up the pace again and watched Kevin launch his attack at the top. Solo. Can he close a 1:42 gap to Craig? Rob, Mick and I loved what we were seeing. No organized chase behind. Kevin caught Craig and Jim, went through them and soloed in for the win. Craig was 3rd.

I love teamwork! Cheers, Larry

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