Money money money

The race went pretty well yesterday. Once again I won't go into the details of it, if you want those just ask, but I will say it went well.

My whole goal at this race was to make the group split. Traditionally these races go out hard, ease up, kind of, then punch really hard to break the field and then race to the finish. We started with 130 guys, so there were plenty of people just waiting to get broken off.

Nothing really stuck, and not due to lack of trying, until about 7 laps in. Even when it did they didn't get far, never more than a minute up the road, and the last few laps we were chasing hard and closing the gap. It was a very hard race, but fun and I felt great, better than I've felt in a long time.

I didn't have a single problem with my back, at least nothing like the at the crit. I'm just greatful that I didn't cause any permanent damage. Anyway I ended up 39th, and since they were paying 50 deep I made some money. Not much, but enough to enjoy myself when I go into Brugge next time. By the way only 52 guys actually finished the race, so it was definately tough even for the Belgians who have done this for years. Things are starting to click!!