Race #2-Welch

After racing saturday in Michigan we went down to Welch on Sunday. Sam and I were both feeling tired and not up to racing. That is not to say that we had a bad race because on the contrary, last year Sam did Welch after the Ore-To-Shore and took second. This year Sam spanked everyone and was 5.5min ahead of second place. I was a whole 10.5min back and still ended up getting 5th. I forgot how many climbs were in that course. And the "Wall" was brutal on the legs. I was going so slow up that thing on the last lap that it was faster for me to run it. I figured I ran a hill the day before so why not. After the prologue lap I was riding alone the whole race. I did see Brendan once on the beginning of the 2nd lap a ways up the hill but he put in a surge and was out of sight on the back section. After the 1st lap my legs finally started to come around and I was feeling better. But again, it didn't even seem that a race was going on because I was stuck in the middle of a huge gap. I did say earlier that I needed to start making the top 5 and the $. So I'm happy with the result. Next week is one of the best courses in the state-Spirit MT, Duluth. With Eric Tonkin, Jeff Hall, and who knows what other fast guys present, we are going to have to bring our A game.