June 24- Quantico, VA
The inaugural relay race in this series took place @ the Marine Corp Base. The weather was great, not too hot and there were lots of teams(and solos, too). I teamed up with Todd Bayliss and Sean Peterson to compete in the Sport Trio category. Sean and Todd, like myself, are new to the PedalShop/ODBC team and they had never met before. I new both of these guys were stronger than me based upon my experience racing against them. I thought we had a shot at the podium at the beginning of the day, and my suspicion turned out to be correct. Sean and Todd went out 1, 2 in the relay. In this event each team needed to start their final lap prior to the 11th hour. At the end of Sean's final lap, we were in 3rd place, but only 2 1/2 minutes behind the team in second. On Todd's final ascent up "Puke Hill"(this is on a Marine corp base) he gets a flat. While changing the tube, the team in 4th passes him. fortunately Todd was nearly complete with the fix and was able to chase this guy down. We finished the race in 3rd place, 15 seconds ahead of the team in 4th. WOW, close call! Great Race!! Maybe we'll be back next year. The PedalShop/Old Dominion Brewery team did well on this day. The ladies, Lewis, Kat and Amy, racing Sport trio, finished in second place. and the SS trio of Nick and the bros. Claman finished in 2nd as well. PS/ODBC was well represented with members on at least 4 other teams this day.
The inaugural relay race in this series took place @ the Marine Corp Base. The weather was great, not too hot and there were lots of teams(and solos, too). I teamed up with Todd Bayliss and Sean Peterson to compete in the Sport Trio category. Sean and Todd, like myself, are new to the PedalShop/ODBC team and they had never met before. I new both of these guys were stronger than me based upon my experience racing against them. I thought we had a shot at the podium at the beginning of the day, and my suspicion turned out to be correct. Sean and Todd went out 1, 2 in the relay. In this event each team needed to start their final lap prior to the 11th hour. At the end of Sean's final lap, we were in 3rd place, but only 2 1/2 minutes behind the team in second. On Todd's final ascent up "Puke Hill"(this is on a Marine corp base) he gets a flat. While changing the tube, the team in 4th passes him. fortunately Todd was nearly complete with the fix and was able to chase this guy down. We finished the race in 3rd place, 15 seconds ahead of the team in 4th. WOW, close call! Great Race!! Maybe we'll be back next year. The PedalShop/Old Dominion Brewery team did well on this day. The ladies, Lewis, Kat and Amy, racing Sport trio, finished in second place. and the SS trio of Nick and the bros. Claman finished in 2nd as well. PS/ODBC was well represented with members on at least 4 other teams this day.
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