Busy weekend for Josh...

Our first-year Sport-Class phenom, Josh, had a busy weekend - racing Saturday and Sunday. Below is his recap of the weekend's festivities and he continues to maintain strong standings in the point series. Great job Josh!

This weekend was super busy for me. I raced on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's event was the Maybury time trial for the CPS MMBA series. Locals ran the show taking the top 3 spots in my class (Sport Men 19-29). My overall finish for the day was 4th out of 12.


I missed the podium spot by 10 seconds. That's a kick right in the "you know what". Sunday was a little different but still painful. Sunday's race was at Pontiac Lake. This was a cross country race in which the 30 year olds were let go at the same time as our class. I was under the impression I was leading my class until I saw the final results posted. It turns out that the person who won the class is actually an expert who had raced a couple times earlier in the season and beat 50% of the field, so I'm not too sure why he decided to race in the Sport class, but he did and handed me a 2nd place finish for the day. There were 7 total riders. His time was 1:25, my time was 1:30, and third place had a time of app. 1:34.


It's been over a month since my last win, and I'm getting antsy. I'll be at the Stony Creek Cross Country race where the final Championship Awards ceremony will be held, and I look forward to trying to end on a good note by winning that race, even though I have a firm hold on first place in this series as well, which will make me Sport Men 19-29 State Champion. This also gives me a free entrance into the 2008 Iceman Cometh race in November. Right now, however, I have my sights set on the final two races of the CPS series, in order to accomplish my original goal of winning all three series championships.


The final two races will determine the champion since I am in a very tight battle with the person in second place. I'm looking forward to all of my upcoming races, and have got the urge to train harder than I have all season. I'll keep you posted on my results.

Josh