2009 Road Season Wrapup

A fairly miserable 2009 road season it was. I think I only once finished in the top half of a race. major underachievement.

Crashed at Hillsboro but finished. Started to get dropped early in group rides and races immediately afterwards. Didn't get back to reasonable for for a couple of months. Did ok at O'fallon, tried to break 3 times, even tried to drive a 6 man group that got an accidental gap with 7 miles to go. Nothing doing. Everyone wanted to sit in for the sprint. A couple of miles later someone crashed spontaneously and a group of 10 got away. Those who did no work got on the podium.

Cobb Park was the only crit I really enjoyed. Managed to finish with the pack on half of my crits this year, versus zero last year. Got pulled at Snake alley. Dropped on the 2nd lap at Proctor - Despite that I managed to finish without getting lapped.

I'll do even fewer crits this year.

State TT was a disappointment. Overpriced and poorly organised.

Highlight of the season was a top 10 at the state RR. and not hitting the deck in the four crashes I was close to. Not much of a race, but uphill finishes are good for me. Could have ended up on the podium if I'd played it a bit smarter and not gotten myself boxed in.

Definitely stronger and with better endurance but not much to show for it. We'll see how 2010 pans out.