You got Dropped, Tour of Walkersville.

Yep... I saw Lance Lacy this morning and laughed about the You got Dropped blog. Well, I was looking for a photographer, to give him the thumbs up sign to say I was Lance today. That's all I could think about chuckling as I got dropped only because my head wasn't in it. I was the Lantern Rouge for the 4th and 5th lap. I was getting cramps in my right side and had no power to move forward. The wind was my enemy! All I could think about was, why am I not protected within the pack. I guess after the crash by a Coppi rider, I had to sprint to catch back on to the back. That was after I already made a substantia effort to close down the gap on the two riders ahead. My fingers were cramping... I've got to reposition my brake hoods I think as it happens every once in a while. Being in the back (traded positions with Rayman this weekend), I suffered even more as I couldn't find a draft and I was constantly trying to close a gap caused by others. One of my fellow riders made an impressive move closing a gap which I could not close. I have to thank him!... however it wasn't any good for me as my head wasn't in the race because of the wind. I was pingged at 203bpm on my heart rate monitor... That's my max heartrate and recently I haven't ever gotten that high, so I was toast. I eased up and let the pack ride away knowing that I would be cutting it short to go home and pack for my vacation and to attend a big dinner for a family friend who turned 90 today. Well, maybe I'll see my picture on the You Got Dropped blog.. It will be funny. See you tomorrow at Tysons and I hope I'll be able to do something.

The worst part of this... I got dropped by a bunch of 50+ racers. They are definitely hardcore. I guess not riding except once this week is a good excuse.. Maybe I'll have to ride with the Trasher ride again.