Bob Murray raced the Cat 3/4 Masters
and stuck with the pack the whole 50 minutes. His fitness is REALLY coming
around this critical time of year. He finished 41st in a field of 120.
(By the way, Bob also took 7th yesterday
in South Bend, while Tony Reinks took 6th.)
The day did not start well for Mike
Seguin. After no sleep at the firehouse, he arrived to find the Cat 2/3 field
was filled up; so he ended up racing the Cat 1/2 35+, which often tends to be
the second fasted field. Just like his teammates, Mike’s fitness is also coming
around at an important time of the year. He was able to not only to hang with
the pack, but stayed in the top 20 the whole race. He ended up finishing at the
back of the lead group in 24th overall.
BBVP is very happy with the results,
and both racers are on course for mid-July and the Tour of the Prairieland!
Monday
6/24/13:
Today went really well too. Huge
thanks to Nikki Cyp for setting up lodging up for the racers in Sheboygan.
Bob rode in the Masters 3/4 again
and performed much better. He stayed in the top 20 of a 100+ field the whole
race. This of course saved him a bunch of matches to burn for the last couple
laps. On the final lap he got pinched in turn two and lost some spots after grabbing
a handful of brakes. The racing was very aggressive, and he doesn’t need any
reminders that to stay up in the pack he has to get more aggressive himself. He
ended up finishing 31st. Better placing than yesterday and much better riding!!!
Today Mike was able to make it into
the Cat 2/3 race, which had only 99 racers today. Like yesterday, he stayed in
the top 20, but was also able to feel the aggressive nature coming back to his
racing. As in Bob’s race, he got pinched in turn three and lost about ten
spots. He finished a very respectable 21st and was passing riders on
his sprint to the line. Mike later said that it was as tough a race as
yesterday in the Masters 1/2, but a bit sketchier with all the young “punks” in
the race that couldn’t hold their line in a turn if it had a handle on it. The
fifty minute race had an average speed of 28.2 mph. Pretty fast, indeed.
