CHERRY PIE 07

I just got back home about midnight from Mas O Menos, but I couldn’t resist getting up the next morning to race with the TEAM (www.capitolsubarucycling.com) at Cherry Pie. The CP is one of Oregon’s early road races and this year the course was right in my back yard. Running on caffeine and “what might have been” we rolled out into a cold but amazingly dry February afternoon. I race CAT 3 on the road and we had three other riders in the group. Unfortunately, about five minutes into the race a breakaway formed and while we worked hard, we could never bring it back. For me, it was a tough race. I had only one gear in my legs and whenever there was a jump, I was struggling. Then as we hit the finishing climb, I discovered that the chain I had hastily robbed from my TT bike that morning was too short for the ‘cross bike I was riding. Needless to say all I could do was finish mid-pack (26th) once I got going again. The other guys and gals on my team did great so I was just happy to get out and race with them!