Well, we're here in San Jose for Masters Track Nationals. Rode the track yesterday and again today. I made a video of the track with commentary but Ken says it's too negative (the San Jose tourism board will hunt me down) so I'm not going to post it. Let me just say that the track is 335 meters, 23 degrees of banking, and feels like a cyclocross course at times. So it's long, flat, and bumpy. It will be fine. The weather is great and all of the Hammeroids from Hammer Racing Team are trickling into town.
The big news today was that I decided to take myself out on the track. I miscalculated what lap we were on during our team pursuit practice and was in second position. I tried to come around Deb just as she swung up for an exchange. We overlapped wheels and I went down. Luckily, no one else did, and I rolled like a pro so nothing broke. Got some road rash and trashed a skinsuit but was able to get back out there and do another few hot laps with my team. The dude who was sweeping the apron saw it happen and immediately came over and gave me a bravery ribbon (it says KIDS ON TRACK) and a piece of the track ( a little nugget of concrete). This is what they give to the juniors crash on the track. So it was 100% my bad and thankfully I'm ok. The bike, however, suffered a major ding in the toptube. Ouch.
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