let it begin.

speaking class, not much happened. then witch hunting i did not understand a thing. hopefully reading the stuff next time will help...
then it was off to lunch. did my floor duty of the week by taking the compost out. then sat aroud and drank water until 4:50 when it was off to race!
i rode with another guy from the team. and there were 3 others from here there too.
the course was flat as a pancake. four corners all of 90 degrees, and two of which had rail road tracks that i thought were going to be a problem. the race was 25 laps and if the total distance was just about exactly 37 km figure it out.
during the warm up my legs cramped a bit, but near the end they were feeling decent. then we lined up. id say around 30 or 40ish. and it was off! my first European race.
for the first 7 or 8 laps the group stayed together, although strung out in pretty much double or single file lines. i was in the back of the pack for this as i was getting used to racing again. its been awhile. i could see up ahead people trying to get away, but just unable. eventually some people did get away and the pack began to break up. i had to chase quite a bit to get up to a good draft. so by lap 11 or 12 there were probably about 20 left in the front and i was in the middle. now there were three of my team and i left, there was a group of two that had been away for 2 laps or so. so i went up front to see if i could do some pulling and get working hard. i did so and the team mates put me up there and then did some blocking and sent me off. i did not get to far before counter attacks occured one of which i latched onto and held on. eventually everyone was back in the group. then on the 7th lap to go or so lap there was nothing but fast biking happening, and i think a sprint for points was coming up so i decided to see what i could do. so i attacked and stayed out front for the next lap and a quater. i think i may have gotten the sprint points with this move. but eventually i was caught and then moved back a bit to rest. some more laps with failed attacks. keeping the pace nice and high. and it was the final lap. since the sprinters seemed to be all looking for their lead outs i knew i could do nothing against that so i tried my luck a bit early. out of the first corner on the lap i attacked again to see if i could hold the others off, but i made it to the final corner before being caught and passed by around 10 people or so. but thats ok cause i tried.
so my first racing experience here has been great. my legs after starting and a few laps felt great. thus i was able to attack 3 or 4 times. solo for two. my cardio and air systems also felt great. i think i did somehow by chance, the right training. once i find the results online i can put a link up.
and even though this was just a trainging race. it was great.

sunday i might be able to race here in konstanz in a real race, but if not next wednesday, after that i will get my license.

total race time. 52:45
total distance:37.08 km
max speed. 57.0 km/h (i think my first solo attack)
avg speed. 42.1 km/h (but one of the others said 46 so i dunno)
avg. HR. 157
max. 198 (highest recorded!)