Sea Otter

Sea Otter went pretty well. The Thur crit was hard. I placed 24th out of 41, 2:43 behind the leader. It was on part of the Laguna Seca Raceway track; hilly, chilly, and hard.

I was originally planning on racing the road race on Fri at Sea Otter but changed my mind and raced in the MTB XC (cross-country) race instead; It was #4 in the Kenda Cup/US Cup West series. I had the intention of just going out and riding, not too worried about placing/racing hard. And I did that for the most part but still placed pretty well for not trying too hard; 18th out of 84, 16:23 behind. Not too bad for a half-assed effort :o

My most recent race was in Los Olivos, Santa Ynez Valley Classic, MTB race. It was #5 in the Kenda Cup/US Cup West series and #4 in the So Cal Cup series. Placed 4th, my first podium placement and trophy. I'm pretty pleased with this performance. Less than 4 minutes behind the leader. That bastard better watch out :)

Not racing this weekend. The race I was planning on doing was full. So, I'll take a weekend off and train. Next race is possibly May 10th, a crit in Brea. Wish me luck. I'll post more information soon in case anyone is interested in coming out and seeing the race.

Mike