Some Local Races and I Pick Up Another One

This weekend i opted out of Collegiate for some races with my teammates. Saturday is the tough Waterford Course with it's usual blistering wind. The race started off hard and i rode way too aggressive from the start. Brian, Jim and I were in everything serious for the first hour of the race but nothing would stick. It was a very difficult race to read. I went really really deep to no avail. We were all blown out by the end, Vince Roberge slipped away with Tony Bruley at a nice little hesitation and capitalized and rode in for the win with Vince coming out on top. Sunday is the Ann Arbor crit with another blistering windy day. I felt that it would break apart quickly with the course and the uphill into the wind. On the 4th lap I bridged across to a nice move with Todd Elenz, Ray Dabowski, Ian Lockery, and John Meyers. We began working well and established a good lead. with about 20 laps to go Todd attacked to thin it out and we lost Ian and John. Ray, Todd and I continued to work despite Todd many attacks. He was really strong but definatley did not want it to come to a sprint between the three of us. He attacked 3 times in the last 5 laps, but Ray and I were able to stay with him. Coming into the last lap i fought for 3rd wheel for the tactical advantage, I jumped for the sprint about a third of the way up the hill and came across a bike length ahead of Todd for the win. It was a really tough race with the wind and ended up being much harder than i expected for an early race. I was very happy how well I felt considering how deep I went yesterday. I think it is showing how well conditioned my coach has gotten me this year. I am looking forward to the NRC stage races in May. I should have some photo's to post later. Thanks for reading I appreciate comments.