BVC Friday - 1st, last, 2nd

Strange evening... I did well in the races I don't normally do well in, and bad in my usual good races...

First race was Elimination to 15 lap scratch, 14 starters, with 7 being eliminated. I managed to get to the front. Then stayed there for the first 4 eliminations. Another young guy then went over me and I just followed him with no real competition from behind for the next 3 eliminations. Then just sat at the back until about 8 laps to go... Went to the front, stayed on the blue line to see if anyone wanted to go for it... With two to go was still leading the bunch around the blue line at 42kph... :-) So I jumped and easily took first...

Second was a 20 lap tempo race. This was tough, the dry air had given me a bad cough from the first race and everyone just opened up and pushed the pace way up... So I ended up just following around at the back the entire race... Tempo races are fun, but only if they are 30+ laps, so that the young guys get tired out (mind you there are some young girls in there as well who are pushing the pace up as well...)

Finished with an Unknown distance race. Which is really just a crap shoot. Although you can optimize your chances by sitting out for whatever time you figure is the minimum time they would ring the bell... and then move towards the front and try and stay there.. Tonight seemed to go forever... typically it's about 5-7 minutes... Tonight we where going on 8 minutes or so ... and then someone managed to do a solo crash in the home straight away... We sort of neutralized for a lap or two. I was on the front, on the blue line... Then Mike Sidic jumped, I caught his wheel and they rang the bell.. Didn't manage to get over him though. And Tony Zachary got on my wheel for third.

Finished with a cooldown just to get some TSS points... Keep ATL up...

Hopefully I'll be able to get out this weekend. But the forecast is for snow starting tomorrow afternoon.