Back in the Saddle

After nearly two years of not racing, I decided to drag the old racing wheels out and give the Age Based State Crit a try. It was a good race for me to start with because most of the fast guys are either traveling or doing the older category races.

I did a little better than I expected and finished 8th place. This result means that I have a lot of work to do if I want to play with the big boys at HHH. My parents made it up for the race and it was just like old times. They busted out the easy up, cooler and lounge chairs so that I would be the only one suffering in the heat, but well taken care of at the end of the race!

During the race, I felt mentally as if I never quit racing, but physically felt like I just started riding. All in all it was a fun day, and hopefully I will get to do a couple more races before the year is done. Here are a couple of pics, complements of my personal photo-phographer...