July 11th, 2009 BTR Park Criterium (Kalamazoo Mi. Kalamazoo Bike Club)

Possible the best I’ve ever ridden. Things just worked right all day long.

I attacked from the gun and was quickly joined my 3 others. That group grew to 10 with Jeff Koch (Priority Health), Jason Swiatlowski (Bissell ME), & Eric Forester (Bissell ME) joining along. That was a losing situation for me.  So when Dave Baar (Spout) and Houston Peterson (Indiana Masters) went off I went with them. We got a gap and worked the pace until the chase group was out of site.

We caught the field with about 10 minutes to go.  I couldn’t of been more excited to lap the field – first time ever.

Dave attacked on the last lap and I couldn’t answer but I was able to hold off Houston Peterson. Super happy to ride that aggressive and have it pay off. 2nd is great result. More importantly I feel a lot more confident about my fitness and who I can ride with. Considering who we left behind that alone was a victory.

All that said I couldn’t of done it without the big time teamwork of Chad, Scott and Jimmi. Those guys held things up for and gave me a chance to get away. I owe those guys some money – or some beer – or both.

Dan