New Sponsors and Riding and Racing This Past Week

I am glad to announce three new sponsors for the 2010 Season:

Competitive Edge- Glad to say that the best bike shop in New England will be helping me rip it up. From bikes to skis, its the the place to go!

PowerBar- Everything in the realm of nutrition will be provided by PowerBar, from gels to bars and recovery drinks, they make the best products on the market!

Defeet- My favorite socks and knee warmers will now be a sponsor, all right for aireators and wool!

Links to their websites can always be found on the side of the blog, check it out! I am really looking forward to their support in the coming year.

This past week has been a fantastic week for riding, with great weather and good legs I really enjoyed the riding. After racing last weekend in New York in the rain and cold temperatures it was a relief when the sun came out and temperatures warmed up. To celebrate I just rode and rode, in fact I rode over 300 miles on the road, which is the most to date. This was helped out by actually riding two centuries (100 miles rides) one on Wednesday and another on Sunday. Both rides were a lot of fun, with Wednesday being a bit more difficult, and Sunday I was riding with the Wheelhouse Racing team, which allowed lots of drafting in the pack and lots of good socializing. The ride actually took us up to Brattloboro, VT and with a cool new cycling computer that has a GPS, I can show you the map!(those numbers are the miles)

I also went to a road race on Saturday in New York state. It was a race that took us around a 6 mile loop seven times, and on the last lap we were to turn off the race loop and then finish on a straight road. I raced really well throughout the race and was feeling great, and with one lap to go I was ready to go for it! I had stayed out of the wind for most of the race, so I was feeling pretty fresh, and with about 0.5 miles to go I started to get into position to make the left turn into the finishing straight and put myself in a good position for what would end up being a sprint. I got towards the front of the pack and was sitting about 5th position on the right side of the road getting ready to dive into the left hand turn with full speed, and then right when I was about to start making my turn, no body else was..... The racers ahead of me and to my left just kept going straight, putting an uncrossable barrier between me and the finish line. As I was looking back I saw a group of riders get into a crash, and at then finally some riders made the turn, so in the end someone who was in about 30th place most likely won the race. Well, this is how it goes some days, but I got a great workout in and made it home in one piece.

Overall a great week on the bike, lots of good miles and a good race under my belt, I will leave you with this popular road sign, which apparently also applies to road bike racing.