Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Merco Grand Prix Race Report

Merco Grand Prix Race Report
Womens 1,2
Date: 2/28/09
Teammates: Annie Malouin
Field size: 43

This was a fast race from the gun. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th laps were prime laps so that set the bar for the race pretty high. A few breaks got off the front and one got around 40 seconds on the field but none of the teams were happy with the break so it was pulled back. There were a few crashes, one of which happened relatively early. This presented problems because an ambulance pulled onto the course in the first corner and the field was unaware so we tore around the corner and I just about ran into the moto ref. Luckily I bounced off his shoulder and made it back to the field but it caused some mayhem and some were not able to catch back on. I did not have the legs for the sprinty corners so besides one attack I made to try and bridge to the first break-away group, I mostly sat in and tried to finish. Unfortunately Annie was caught in all the confusion with the moto and the ambulance and so did not finish the race. But both of us were very pleased with the road race the next day. Stay tuned for Annie's race report.

Lauren Hecht

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