Originally Posted by
VanceMac
First omnium of the year tomorrow at VSC. This was on my calendar as a marker to start formal track workouts again. It was already going to be painful, but then... what is normally a low key, "off-season" event was suddenly jolted by the news that Sarah Hammer and Martyn Irvine (reigning Scratch Race World Champion) will be entered. What? 50-something Cat 3 in field with World Champions?
Both actually entered, along with Andy Lakatosh, Nate Koch, Jacob Duehring, and plenty of local big dogs. What a kick. How often do local hacks get to play their sport with the
reigning world champion? Crazy cool. Pace was full gas virtually start to finish every race. Even the points (60/10) had none of the post-sprint lulls.
Sarah on my wheel:
Photo: Julio Hernandez