#157: Bike Pedlar crit.
Another hot day on the blacktop. I think it was a bit cooler than than last years parking lot crit, but nevertheless, it was hot. I didn’t have the legs I wanted, but managed to stay towards the front most of the race and even jumped pretty hard one time (and not so hard a few other times). I thought there was more time left, but when I saw the 3-laps-to-go card, I knew I was doomed. I made it about 3/4 of a lap out there before getting caught (see photo below…why am I smiling?).
I plan to put up some more photos, but here are some random ones to get you started.
During the races, a guy scaled the Gateway Bridge (visible in the background of the photo above). Andrea blogged it well, so I will leave it alone.
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I have linked the photo library. These were taken with the B-camera, so they are less than great, but here they are….
[...] Ryan raced a couple of hours later with several of his teammates. They were all pretty tired from their 60 mile race the previous day, and a 3-man break (not including any of the Memphis Velo guys) stayed away, leaving Ryan in the pack to sprint (though he did make a couple of valiant efforts to get away from the group when it looked as though they were going to quit chasing). [...]
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