Originally Posted by
Hermes
Congrats on the win. I started track racing in November with my first track race was the Masters Nats 500 meter TT and the 2K pursuit on a borrowed bike. I have been attending the Saturday track training sessions and renting bikes. Saturday, I did a practice scratch race. It was fun and four of us went off the front so it was more like a team pursuit with a sprint at the finish. Yesterday, I received my Planet X Pro Carbon track frame. I will get it built and hopefully be at Hellyer on Saturday on a new bike. I am looking forward to the 2009 track racing season.
Hello Hermes,
You and Velo Diva were part of my inspiration to try some racing on the track. Your and my teammates' stories about the Masters track championships sounded like a lot of fun.
The only thing that was kind of weird was being at the event for about 3 hours and racing just 1,500 meters. In the same amount of time at a normal criterium, I would have raced 35-40 miles.