21.6.13

R13.16: Kissena Twilight Series 6/5 - Cat 3/4

Like a fine wine or cheese, this race report has been aged to perfection.

I seem to remember the weather being very nice.  Either that, or there was a threat of rain.  I don't really remember.

A sudden rush of memory has hit me as I looked over the race results from this week.  This week Alan wasn't able to run the races, as he had a CX webinar to attend or something.  Joe B took over, with Karl helping him out officiating.  There was a little snafu with the container key, but I was able to get a copy and bring it over.  The weather was in fact nice.  There was a great turnout, too, with 54 riders if memory serve me correctly.  Some big names in the 3/4 field were Tony, Sean, and Al.  I don't remember JoshS or Andy being there, but I think Lucas was?  Anyhow, here's the warmup:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/324004565

The first race was a win and out.  I put in a hard attack and got a gap.  I then won and was out.  I spent a few more laps rolling around the top of the track to watch the rest of the racing.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/324004556

Next was supposed to be a Chariot, but due to waning daylight, Joe changed it to his specialty, a flying 500m.  I lead the group through the neutral start, keeping a good fast pace.  It was a t-town elimination style neutral start.  Joe blew the whistle, and I attacked.  I was able to stay away for the win again.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/324004544

The final race was a 10 lap scratch.  At this point, daylight was nearly non-existant, so I wanted to get done. My original plan going into the evening was to just go hard and try to make everybody hurt.  This is what I tried to do in this race.  I attacked, got caught, I think eugene countered, got caught, I attacked again, etc.  Eventually, I ran out of gas and just rolled through the finish.  No points for me.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/324004537

This concluded the omnium.  Fortunately, the omnium points were mixed enough in the other races that I was able to keep my lead overall.  Results here:
http://kissenavelodrome.info/results/2013/Kissena13TwilightSeriesWeek7.pdf

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