Plan for week of 5/9

Fantastic race yesterday at Profile! We had Brendan winning the Mens A in an excellent display of tactics. He had feined weakness by dropping back from his breakaway group on the last climb, but then he shot past his break companions leaving them no chance to join him on his solo victory ride to the line. What's even nicer is that he gave much of the credit for the win to his teammate, Ansel, who had covered many of the earlier attacks from Deerfield so B could save his energy for the victory attack. Ansel then finished a strong 5th.




But that's not all. Our own Kenny McNeill, who has all of two weeks of riding in his legs, came up with the goods to win the Mens B division, again in a powerful solo bid on the final hill. Also finishing in the top 5 was John Ramsay, our ace mt. biker, who took the sandy technical course like a fish in water.



Oh, but wait, as if two wins were not enough, Erin Donohue simply rode away from her field on the first big climb of the Womens A race to win by several minutes.



But, at the end of day, I think I'm most proud of our Mens and Womens C racers, all of whom completed the extremely difficult 25 mile, sandy, bumpy and very hilly course without mishap. Way to go Salisbury, Alden, Mika, Jess, Spencer and Allison!



Plan for the week:



Monday: Kids ride from the SH at 5 pm. Dirt roads. Should be beautiful weather. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS.



Tuesday: Twin-State Speedway training race at 5 pm. Van will leave SH at 4 pm. Just like last week, there will be a Cubs/Kids criterium on the infield go-cart track followed by a B/A combined 60 lap points race on the main track. Bring some money for the Windsor Pizza Chef stop on the way home. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS.



Wednesday: New Hampton Road Race, Bristol, NH (prep school race). We'll plan to leave the SH at 12:00 noon to give us plenty of time to get to the race and check out the course and new finish stretch. Bring some snacks to eat on the way to the race and some money for subway on the way home. I'll enter all of the kids who have raced a previous prep school race, so only the kids who have not raced yet need contact me to let me know if they're racing.



Thursday: Mt. Bike night. Yes, that's right, we'll be starting our Thurs night mt. biking night with an easy ride from Pine Hill Park in Rutland. Great way to warm up your mt. biking skills for the season. We'll leave the SH at 4 pm, ride from 5-6 and then hit the Ginger Chicken on the way home. Mt. bikes only. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS



Friday: rest day



Saturday and Sunday: Right now, we have no races scheduled, but there's a chance the Gould RR may be re-scheduled for Sunday, so I'll keep you posted. If we don't do Gould, we may do a longer team training ride locally on Sunday.



Also, please don't forget to reg for Sunapee, Barre and KSR. For those that may not want to do the long Monday road race at KSR, it's fine to enter the Citizens 4/5 Sat road race and Sun time trial.



Thanks!

Plan for week of 5/9

Fantastic race yesterday at Profile! We had Brendan winning the Mens A in an excellent display of tactics. He had feined weakness by dropping back from his breakaway group on the last climb, but then he shot past his break companions leaving them no chance to join him on his solo victory ride to the line. What's even nicer is that he gave much of the credit for the win to his teammate, Ansel, who had covered many of the earlier attacks from Deerfield so B could save his energy for the victory attack. Ansel then finished a strong 5th.




But that's not all. Our own Kenny McNeill, who has all of two weeks of riding in his legs, came up with the goods to win the Mens B division, again in a powerful solo bid on the final hill. Also finishing in the top 5 was John Ramsay, our ace mt. biker, who took the sandy technical course like a fish in water.



Oh, but wait, as if two wins were not enough, Erin Donohue simply rode away from her field on the first big climb of the Womens A race to win by several minutes.



But, at the end of day, I think I'm most proud of our Mens and Womens C racers, all of whom completed the extremely difficult 25 mile, sandy, bumpy and very hilly course without mishap. Way to go Salisbury, Alden, Mika, Jess, Spencer and Allison!



Plan for the week:



Monday: Kids ride from the SH at 5 pm. Dirt roads. Should be beautiful weather. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS.



Tuesday: Twin-State Speedway training race at 5 pm. Van will leave SH at 4 pm. Just like last week, there will be a Cubs/Kids criterium on the infield go-cart track followed by a B/A combined 60 lap points race on the main track. Bring some money for the Windsor Pizza Chef stop on the way home. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS.



Wednesday: New Hampton Road Race, Bristol, NH (prep school race). We'll plan to leave the SH at 12:00 noon to give us plenty of time to get to the race and check out the course and new finish stretch. Bring some snacks to eat on the way to the race and some money for subway on the way home. I'll enter all of the kids who have raced a previous prep school race, so only the kids who have not raced yet need contact me to let me know if they're racing.



Thursday: Mt. Bike night. Yes, that's right, we'll be starting our Thurs night mt. biking night with an easy ride from Pine Hill Park in Rutland. Great way to warm up your mt. biking skills for the season. We'll leave the SH at 4 pm, ride from 5-6 and then hit the Ginger Chicken on the way home. Mt. bikes only. VARSITY, JV, CUBS AND KIDS



Friday: rest day



Saturday and Sunday: Right now, we have no races scheduled, but there's a chance the Gould RR may be re-scheduled for Sunday, so I'll keep you posted. If we don't do Gould, we may do a longer team training ride locally on Sunday.



Also, please don't forget to reg for Sunapee, Barre and KSR. For those that may not want to do the long Monday road race at KSR, it's fine to enter the Citizens 4/5 Sat road race and Sun time trial.



Thanks!