Pictures by Velo Mom Cheryl Everett
RedEye Velo had a good showing at the 2014 Swamp Classic in Gainesville FL. The following the race reports that I received and also my own insightful observations.
Cat 1/2
Jamey and Donny raced with Jamey getting in a break and ending up in sixth place, Donny also broke away from the main field landing a 12th place finish.
Cat 3
Jason Davis and Chris Marino raced Cat 3 putting in a lot of attacks trying to get into a break. Jason Davis sent in his race report, " You could probably
see how my race went. I was aggressively trying to get in a breakaway with the
guy that eventually won, Owen Schott. I was in every move except the winning
one. When they got away I was boxed in and couldn't move. Sometimes you're
riding great and super strong but it just doesn't work out. I decided to skip
the crit with the terrible conditions. We both know how hard it can be to come
back from a crash and it wasn't worth the risk. Good racing on your end, nice
to see you up there at the finish."
Cat 4
The Wizard strikes again taking the top spot. Instead of Brian on the podium (he did not race, he was at ROTC) we were well represented by Connor Everett taking an impressive 3rd. I was pretty impressed with Connor's sprint finish, about 100m out Connor and I were boxed in together, then a hole opened up and according to Training Peaks Connor held 910 watts for the next 100m to the finish line earning him a podium spot. As for me, being 44, not being 105 pounds, and not having a 19.11 P/W ratio, I landed a respectable 12th.
Jason McArthur reports that we had, "Beautiful conditions, warm but not too hot and NO RAIN. Race was very hectic
with the race official stopping our race once because people weren't following
the double yellow line rule. Then, our field was neutralized to let the pros
pass us, only for us to catch them on the next lap. After the confusion of
splitting the groups was taken care of, our last lap went by pretty fast. I was
in poor position in the last 1k and was unable to move up for the sprint
finish, resulting in me getting boxed in and finishing 19th. Felt ok, and
leaned yet again how important positioning is in 50+ man fields."
Cat 5
Davis Bell and AJ raced, I'm not sure what happened with AJ, but Davis said he wheel was almost swiped coming into the finish and he had to brake hard, which put him out of it.
50+ Masters Race
Pete reports, "The race had a large field, with about 50 starters. It
was a good race, with average speed of nearly 24 mph. At the 18 mile
mark, I attacked and went up the road solo. Built a 30 second gap with
hopes that the controlling teams in the race would launch some folks to join
me. A small group did make it up to the break, but were not interested in
working which resulted in the break getting caught by the bunch at mile 21.
From there, I settled in, managed attacks and stayed with the lead group
which was now down to about 30 racers. Two folks got away late, and the
field set up for a sprint for third. I finished in the field. It
was a fun race on an interesting course."
Trailer Update
Kevin and I picked up the trailer tonight from Sign.a.Rama, they did a beautiful job and took about $600 off the total price for us. So, if you have some promotion stuff you want to get done, be sure to give them a shot at your business.
Kevin and I are taking back to Lee Sales to build out the inside and we hope to have it at Chain of Lakes this weekend.
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