by Mark Hotchkin
The Cone Azalia Road Race is a race that truly exemplifies Michigan; a grid of flat, notoriously horrible roads, and farmland all around. Except for the terrible potholes in 2011 that snake-bit my tire after 6 miles, I have always had a reasonably good ride at here. 2012 was my fourth visit. The [...]
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About 2 weeks ago I started hearing about a twilight criterium in Goshen Indiana. I didn’t think much of it. I hadn’t heard of the race before and I could not imagine that a small town in Northern Indiana known more for Amish Buggies (in my mind) would put on an impressive cycling event. However, [...]
Cone Azalia P/1/2
Posted: 7th May 2012 by Leadout Racing in Race NewsTags: Collegiate Racing, Dan K, Race report, Racing
One of the harder parts about this race was having to make the decision to do it or race the MTB at Fort Custer. All of my kids list the Fort as one of their favorite races, so their minds were already made up. I made the tough decision to go to Cone by myself [...]
The gravel road race is not typically my friend. I have habitually found myself part of the off the back after the first gravel section group. This race was going to be different; I was not going to trust the wheel in front of me. I hit the first gravel section in the first [...]
I was able to bring it all the way to the line out of the saddle and moving pretty well. To my surprise no one went by me until after the white stripe on the cement!