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The post season fun races for the man who really should be resting…

Race 71, CAT123, Miss N Out, got trapped low, 13th
Race 72, CAT123, 40 Lap Scratch, 10th Place
Race 73, CAT3, Danish Win n Out, 6th Place

Everyone is healing just fine. This is a great video by Jerry Engwis of the whole thing. I think these things are good to watch as you learn something from it.

We shall see. I got my legs back and I feel great and did pretty well tonight helping Brian Ellison out and actually racing with team mates.

There was an accident and I hope all my teammates are well. Erika was pretty banged up and Josh ended up on the top of turn two while Chris Jensen and I were making a jump. It was pretty scary. I hope all the riders are ok, especially Alu from (Beans & Barley) who was taken to the hospital after hitting his head on the track.

Anyway, Kenosha Velodrome, August 24, 2010

Race #67, CAT4, Unknown Distance, 6th Place
Race #68, CAT4, Unknown Distance, 2nd Place
Race #69, CAT4, Miss n Out, 7th Place
Race #70, CAT4, Points, didn’t finish because wreck then I had a beer.

Summary for 2010:
70 races
15 podiums
1 medal
Rider The Year – 3rd at Kensoha CAT4 (still waiting on the points)
6 Velodromes
1 Accident

I accomplished way more than I thought I would have this year. Last year I had many top fives but only five podiums. It’s time to reflect and decide on what to do next year.

I might do some Northbrook races regardless of my previous post to keep the legs up, then rest. I will cross that bridge on Thursday at 3 p.m.

Kind of in a bad place at the moment; mentally and physically. Legs hurt…knees hurt…head hurts (for a Number of reasons July kind of sucked)…burn out on the bike.

Do I race like this next year? If at all? Maybe a nice safe bike polo team? Whatever happens if I race track again next year a whole lot of weights need to be lifted, that is for sure.

Anyway, Kenosha tomorrow, Major Taylor on Friday (possibly). I don’t, frankly, ever want to race at Northbrook again. It’s not just one thing or another. It’s just not a comfortable environment, in my opinion, for me. Training there is one thing, racing is quite another.

Frankly, what I think they (Northbrook) should do is split the CAT4s off Thursday and make them all race on Fridays. Instead of dangling a carrot out for the CAT5s to race Thursdays, they should do that to the CAT4s. All the other tracks I race on do it in the same way. I end up getting more racing and bang or my buck that way. The CAT4s would get more sessions too and more chances to get upgrade points.

Whatever, the last four weeks have kind of sucked…need to shake it off and chill out for a while.

Awesome day out today!! Been all over and trying to get the lead out of my legs for the next week of racing.

Havent decided on 200m stuff tomorrow…we shall see what happens….

39 miles…

Northbrook Velodrome, August 19, 2010

Race #64, CAT3, Belgian, No Place
Race #65, CAT3, Keirin, 7th Place
Race #66, CAT3, 3 Lap Scratch Race, 6th Place

Kenosha Velodrome, August 17, 2010

Race #60, CAT4, Scratch Race, 4th Place
Race #61, CAT4, Scratch Race, 2nd Place
Race #62, CAT4, Tempo, 4th Place
Race #63, CAT4, 30 Lap Points, 4th Place

2010 National Track Championships, Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 14 & 15, 2010

Race #58 Team Sprint, 1:19:265, 5th Place
Race #59 60 Lap Points Race, No Place, but got Omni Points for lapping the person in my cat twice.

Photo by C.S. Werner

2010 National Track Championships, Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 14 & 15, 2010

Race #55 200m Sprint, 13.765
Race #56 Match Sprint, Lost
Race #57 Match Sprint, Lost, Got 4th place for Nationals

More to come….

The healing ribs racing series…

Northbrook Velodrome, August 12, 2010

Race 52, CAT3, Miss N Out, 6th Place
Race 53, CAT1,2,3, Points Race, No Place
Race 54, CAT1,2,3, 30 Lap Scratch Race, 19th

By Brian Ellison

The healing ribs racing series…

Kenosha Velodrome, August 10. 2010

Race 48, CAT 4, Danish, 4th Place
Race 49, CAT 4, Danish, 3rd Place
Race 50, CAT 4, Tempo, 5th Place
Race 51, CAT 4, Points, 7th Place

By Tim Harrison

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