Tour De Grandview - Saturday Masters CAT 3-4-5 Race

Good stuff today. I managed to hang it all out there and almost finish with the lead group.
I'll take that with a group of very fast CAT 3, 4, and 5's. Although I would say there were not too many CAT 5 guys left or many 4's I would imagine. My average speed was almost 23 miles an hour for the race. I actually felt amazing up until the last three laps. I got slingshot out the back part of the train on the last lap and with the huge acceleration up front of guys that hadn't done too much work the entire race (not like I did though), I had no throttle left to throw. But, my team mate Mike C, did pull me up the hill before the turn onto Grandview Ave. Thanks Mike! I am not sure where I finished, thinking top 20 or so. I think there may have been 40 guys registered and lined up, so that's pretty good I think in a mostly CAT 3 driven race. Lots of confidence today, hanging in there and sitting on some good solid local CAT 3 wheels. The rain hit in the last 2 laps and that made things pretty hairy for sure. After I turned onto Grandview for the last left to the finish there was a pretty gnarly wreck and if I only was about 50 more feet into that turn, I would have been there with the others in the finishing pack. Still, I'll take it.
Pict's to follow, Jen took a bunch, my Mom and Dad came and showed up which was nice. Jen made some nice signs with my name on them and gave one to my Mom. They walked around the course and yelled at me in various spots - it's always nice to hear your name being called out, even though as I always say, it sounds like it's coming from the end of a tunnel while I am racing.

More later, gotta decide if I am going to go mountain bike racing tomorrow near Cincy. The weather has not been kind to our state this June and I have no interest in slogging my mountain bike through mud for 20 miles in a race. RESULTS Link

Placing Rank	Bib Number	First Name	Last Name	Race Category	State
1	313	Paul	Wood	Master	IN
2	321	Christopher	Grisvard	Master	OH
3	331	Bruce	Pisarek	Master	OH
4	323	Brian	Diffenbacher	Master	OH
5	328	John	Price	Master	OH
6	301	Chip	Berezny	Master	PA
7	334	Chris	Riccardi	Master	OH
8	316	Jim	Gilmore	Master	OH
9	312	Peter	Czerwinski	Master	OH
10	307	Joseph	Lombardo	Master	OH
11	329	David	Groen	Master	OH
12	322	Mark	Farmer	Master	OH
13	324	Michael	Carroll	Master	OH
14	326	Jason	McCoy	Master	OH
15	314	Timothy	House	Master	OH
16	300	Andrew	Buck	Master	PA
17	333	Jay	Allred	Master	OH
18	318	Mark	Corroto	Master	OH
19	319	George	Conti	Master	OH
20	308	John	Vilevac III	Master	OH
21	310	David	Buckner	Master	OH
22	320	Carl (Fred)	Parks	Master	OH
23	332	richard	ruggerio	Master
24	513	Bobbie	Grimm	Master	OH