Ulster Park, NY

Well the race this weekend didn’t exactly go as planned. The travel day was just about as good as they get. Mcduff and I actually had everything go smooth. Spent Friday night at an airport hotel and woke up on cloud nine. Headed out for an easy ride then ate breakfast at Bikcums. Our waitress wasn’t to sociable. The race was filled with bad luck for me. On the first lap going into the rideup/runup mark the shark bobbled and I got stuck behind him. The next 3 laps I was chasing to try to catch on with mcduff jpows white and Johnson. On the 4th or 5th lap I laid it down in a corner and the shark attacked the group I was in so instead of being patient and recharging I tried to close the gap by bunny hopping the barriers and ended up flipping over and almost taking out Jonathan McElvery. Between the two crashes I ended up messing my brake alignment and it was rubbing on my tires. After two laps I finally changed bikes and got Mcduff bike for a half a lap then got my bike back with a training wheel on it that I proceeded to flat at the beginning of the last lap. Rode the last lap on a flat. The power felt there, so at least I can go home with that. Drove back to NY last night after the race. Lyne Bessette sent us home with some amazing baked goods. Today Mcduff and I went for an easy hour spin then hit up bacon egg and cheese saw our grandmother and kicked it at the barnes and noble with the buck. Had an awesome dinner to night prepared by mom. Dad won his walking race today and almost set a new P.R. in the 5k. Tomorrow I fly home to d-town take a finial wed morning and then fly back to providence Thursday racking in the F.F. miles this week.