Where is Weddell

OK, it may not have the same following as Waldo but after visiting IA, SD, MT, WY, ID, UT, WY again, NE, IA again, I thought I would give it a shot. While the rest of CTM were down south owning the Crossroads Masters races, I decided to hit the last two days of Superweek in prep for the following big weekend of racing at Elk Grove, IL. Well to say I had not been riding for the last three weeks would be stretching the truth, but competing in a 100K Crit well that had not happened since two years ago Superweek and I literally have not raced since the beginning of July. So here we go, Downers Ave race is the Grand Daddy of the Superweek races and had about 50,000 spectators lining the streets. There were 200 guys prereged for the race and I am guessing 180 showed. Chicago was having a big Crit the following day and there were many Pro teams in attendance in prep for that race. Kelly's Benefits, Rock, Jittery Joes, Health Net, not to mention many Elite Teams like TX Roadhouse, Kalahari Lagrange with 5-6 guys. The race was HARD, and couple that with not racing for almost three weeks and well the race was HARDER! I managed to get in a few moves here or there but when I came back (and I always came back), it took me 5 laps to recover, I managed to hang in even though about and hour in, my body was saying get ready for the sprint, and mind was seeing, 30 laps to go! My body soon won that battle and I continued to drift back and finally was caught behind a crash with about 5 to go. I crossed the line about 80th or so. NICE.
Day 2 After the decision not to race the Chicago Crit and stay with Superweek due to my stellar performance the day before we made the short drive over to Whitefish Bay for the final Superweek Crit. The race had about 70 guys, but would still be hard with Rock and Jittery competing for the overall. I had much better legs and was in move after move. I finally manage to get in a small move that stayed away for a few laps before flatting. After the tire change, the break that had gone away earlier in the race lapped the field and when I jumped back in (the back, thanks officials!) the race was considerably harder. I spent the next 5 laps trying to find my way to the front, which again was more than difficult with only 10 laps left at this point. Finally made my way to the front 15 and stayed there until the sprint, where again my mind said sprint and my body said HA HA HA! So the body wins again, and I end up top 25 in the sprint but throw in the 7 guys that lapped and the 6 more that got away in the final 10 laps while I was trying to move up and well that equals a 35th. Looking forward to Elf Grove after getting some legs back.

Good Luck to CTM in the remaining Crossroad races.