Squawker Classic

This weekend is the annual Squawker Classic Collegiate race put on by FLC cycling. I am going to be racing in the collegiate division. You might think this race is going to be easy, but that would be underestimating the competition in the collegiate division. Our conference is by far the toughest and it is composed of mostly Pro 1 and 2 riders. There will be some serious competition. The FLC team is looking extremely fast this year. We have about 10 guys on the team that could walk away with the race. Anyone of them could win. The course consists of riding up the front hill 10 times and around behind the golf course. A 6.5 mile loop that has about 700 feet of climbing per lap. That is allot of climbing. It only takes about 12 minutes per lap. Our girls team looks very strong as well. Hopefully we can win all the races this weekend.
The team time trial is tomorrow and is our strongest event. We have never lost at our home race and are the defending Team Time Trial National Champions. So to all of those out there who want to take a shot at the title tomorrow, bring your A game! I hear Danielson is going to race with the RMCF team. Tom could probably win solo. They will be a strong team, but you are only as strong as your weakest guy. I hope they don't crash him out before Georgia!
My training has been going good. I was totally worked last Tuesday after the El Paso race and I got a little stomach bug down there. My guts were torn up for a few days. I am feeling back to normal though now. Everyone is riding so well right now, I got shelled on the climb on Tuesday. I am not gonna make any excuses, I just got shelled. The Real Joey is riding the best I have ever seen, props to him for all of his hard work this winter.
I finally got the power tap hooked up, first ride with it was on Tuesday night. The infamous Shriver surge has finally been measured in watts and is standing at 1201 watts in the sprint at the end. I am not sure what that means, good or bad. I know I was holding about 420 up Shalona before I blew to the moon. I think that means I was going way to hard. It is amazing how much information you get. I look forward to training with it. My bike only weighs 19.5 pounds, 22.5 with two bottles. This is my road bike! Tanker with the Power tap on there, I guess I will be going way faster when we get the carbon bikes with some light wheels on there. That is the idea anyway.
I will try to throw up some race results as we race tomorrow. The Team TT and the individual TT up Shalona are tomorrow. Wish me luck and look for some updates with results and photos. Thanks for stopping by.