In the 40+, I took 4th, which was good enough for the gold medal. In fact, our team has now won the Connecticut State Championship 3 years in a row. Ryan won in 2009, and I took the baton from him when he decided to focus on triathlons. Today's race was hard. Staffo took off from the gun, and held it. Impressive! Mike rode really well as usual. He was pounding the front, and powered a nice move. Too bad it didn't stick. Race came down to a field sprint for 3rd, as Troy got away at the end and held off the field. Mike was ready to rock n roll with his typical superman lead out, but Max L gunned it at the bottom of the hill. I stuck his wheel, and we gapped the field. I tried to get around him at the finish, but missed it by inches. Great to share the podium with Arlen and Badger.
It was nice to see the smooth changeover of this great race from Zephyr to Bethel. All the traditions that the Z-boys built up remained: same great course, festive finish area with food, Richard Fries on the PA, crazy Bryan Atwood on the drums at the KOM, massive crowd at the feed zone, legend sightings (Jimmy Frazier) and good hard racing. Props to Greg, John R. and the Bethel gang.
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