Millport 4/5 Race Report

This is my imitation of an Andy Munas race report.

Myself, Jeff Schutt, Adam Snoke and Shawn Limbert were representing the blue and white (in and out of actual blue and white) at Millport this Saturday in the 4/5.

The race started off relatively easy, with a single rider establishing about a 15-20 second lead that lasted about the first 2 of 8 laps. It was a bit windy, and there were not enough technical sections to really get an advantage on a field today, unless you were really heads and shoulders above the rest. I managed to stay in the first 10 or so places for the first few laps and found it humorous that people were yelling to get riders to come through and work hard to bring the single rider back. I never pulled, and would have bitch smacked anyone who yelled at me. The wind did the trick, and the rider was back in the field relatively shortly. About halfway through I was suffering a bit more and the rest of the PSU contingent was moving to the front as I was sliding towards the back. Coming through to see 2 laps to go, the officials sprung a prime on us, for what I'm not exactly sure. Mr. Snoke, not being too mathematically inclined, thought it was the end of the race and worked hard to get a 4th place in the 1 deep prime. Not sure exactly what happened to him on the actual last lap, but he didn't quite have it to sprint again. Meanwhile Limbert and Schutt moved up very strongly. Jeff took a top 10 spot, while Shawn took the perfect leadout from I believe some Iron Hill riders to take the win. I got caught up behind a stupid crash on the only "uphill" on the last lap. I didn't go down but got slowed juuuust enough to not be able to fight back on. Generally though, I was happy with my efforts, and am looking forward to being able to mix it up in a finale shortly.

Melissa Wills also did I believe a 3/4 Woman's race, while Erica Allar, who got her cat 2 upgrade, was forced to do the Men's 1,2,3! I wasn't able to hang around, so I don't know how they fared. Hopefully Erica's "Sarah Uhl" type move didn't prove too short and she was able to hang in there.

Next Saturday: Rapho Road Race. Possibly a 4/5 3/4 double? We'll see how the legs feel this week...maybe a bit too soon to be thinking that, let's finish one first eh?