Copper Town Report-Just the Facts-Woof!

Andrew's Copper Town Race:Feb 19th 2012 Not sure why, but not really motivated to write up a report on the races I did. Suffice to say, the races encompassed all my past issues and results. So, instead of a full story, I will give the bullet points. 35+ 1/2/3 • Attack after attack. I act like a dog chasing a squirrel and chase down whatever goes. By doing this I display similar intelligence levels with the dog. No thinking, just reacting. • Four lap race. I flat on lap two. Race done. Dog goes home! 45+ 1/2/3 • Decent size group. Attack after attack goes. Showing I have a bit more intelligence than a dog, I don’t chase all breaks. • Mark Foster decides to take up the dog intelligence mantle and does chase early breaks. • Daryoush and I get in a great six man break on lap two. We get a gap. Dog sees squirrel, dog chases squirrel for three full minutes at 700 watts. Dog catches squirrel. Squirrel is mad! Why is dog chasing his own pet squirrel who he has known for a long time? Whole group comes with squirrel and we are one big pack again. • 2.5 laps left and 1/3 of the pack breaks (about 12 guys). I join. Daryoush demands dog stay home. Daryoush and Mark monitor field and let the break go. • Last home stretch (about 2 miles) and pace starts to really heat up. We are down to eight riders. I feel pretty good. I feel so good I get silly thoughts. Inside my melon: "I can not only out sprint these guys. I can drop them by just putting my head down and hammering". • 350 meters to go I put my head down and hammer. I glance up with 200 meters to go. I am alone with clear road ahead. • 100 meters to go; I am going to win • 20 meters to go. Uh oh…I'm not alone. • 5 meters to go. I have friends on all sides. • Finish line: I seem to fit nicely into the warm confines of another fourth place finish. My 100th 4th place since I started racing. I celebrate my ineptitude by riding back to the start alone. On the bright side, the beer was cold. In my melon I was thinking; "dog likes cold beer." Until next time…Andrew "the dog" A.