I've been in Dallas, TX for 5 days now... Time flies! After the 3k Pursuit on Wed I took Thu off from the bike / velodrome to give the legs some rest before my final few races. My original plan was to race the Kilo, Team Sprint, and Team Pursuit on Sunday, but I added Saturday's Points race while at the track this morning. I went there with plans to get in some Team Pursuit practice only to realize I'd left my shoes back at the hotel. I guess the practice will have to wait until the afternoon.

The 3k loss still runs through my mind... A lot of what if's. If I had a better start, a different gearing setup, a better position, didn't have to pass a rider etc... Lot of places to pick up the 3/100th's that I lost by. However, what's done is done. I have a silver medal which is a step up from last years Bronze, and all things considered, I think I rode better this year despite my time being 1 sec slower than 2009. The Frisco Superdrome feels slower than 7-Eleven Velodrome at Colorado Springs, plus CoS was at Altitude. C'est la vie!

Oh, but I did make it onto the homepage of USA Cycling!

Posted by mzagorski at 6:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wow, what can I say... Still very surprised that the biggest one day competitive cycling event in Hawaii has been cancelled! Dick Evans is a 112 mile race around O'ahu that has been run for over 20 years... For whatever reason, the organizer has come up against some hurdles and had to cancel the event. Ouch.

I feel lucky that I made the decision to change my flights, skip Dick Evans, and compete on Sunday at US Master Track Nationals, but I feel sorry for people that put in a lot of time, money, and effort to prepare for Dick Evans for it to be canceled so last minute. It's even worse for people that have traveled trans-pacific for the event. Definitely a huge blow for Hawaii Cycling.

Posted by mzagorski at 7:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Well, that didn't quite go as planned. 5 riders had entered the 30-34 3k Pursuit, the 5th guy didn't turn up, and the first pairing was Andrew Kruse and David Wenger. Kruse got a good start and I was hoping he would beat Wenger as I went a little bit faster than Kruse at 2009 Elite Nats. Wenger ended up pulling himself into 1st place spot by the end of the 3k.

Next up was me and Matthew Youngkins. Right from the start it seemed like I was catching him and I worried that I'd maybe gone out a little too hot. I kept pushing onwards eventually catching Youngkins, having to pass him on the outside on turn 1 losing a bit of momentum in the process. With about 4 laps to go, 35-39 Pursuit winner Jason Meidhof shouted that I was in 2nd... Oh shit! I throw out all the watts I could over the final 1km posting the fastest final 1km split of the 30-34 race, but it wasn't enough.

I finished with a 3:45.484 vs Wenger's 3:45.167! 3/100ths of a second away from a US national title... Fuuuu....rustrating.

The loot. One step up from last years Bronze medal ride.

Posted by mzagorski at 1:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)