ToTG Day 3 - Same Old Stuff

Today was the "Race of Truth."  16.1 mile time trial on an out and back course.  4 mile Cat 4 climb out, 1.5 mile Cat 3 climb back.  30 mph side wind.

Uneventful day.  Craig and Jim rode their hardest, and ended up in the same spot relative to the other racers in their class, near the bottom.  One thing you find out in a stage race is that each day you pretty much ride with the same people and have similar results to the same people.  Like capabilities tend to layer out together.

Jim gave Craig a semi-deep dish front wheel to ride, then chose not to ride his deep dish rim due to the wind and handling.  He prayed Craig didn't crash or he'd have a lot of 'splainin to do.

Wes has this crazy idea that you should get everything ready the night before, so that you are ready.  He almost proved this theory's validity when Jim was having trouble getting his "jury-rigged" 11-27 cassette to work on the TT bike.  With Wes's help and a few spare cassette cogs we got 'er done.

Tonight the local Lion's club put on a great spaghetti and lasagna dinner.  Definitely need to make this an annual part of this race.  Hopefully the race will continue, we understand there are financial difficulties this year for the event...

Anyone interested to following the race along online (and you can even see Jim and Craig's results if you look down far enough in their respective categories) on CyclingNews.

Thanx for reading.