A Sunny Weekend

While a lot of our team was out east at road nationals i stayed at home and raced locally.

Saturday was the second race in the BC Cup Track Series and i headed out for a day in the sun at the outdoor velodrome in victoria. Racing is a little different in Victoria than at Burnaby. I am not use to having to deal with the wind when racing on the track and this weekend there was some major winds, especially in the afternoon, which caused speeds to be slower and tactics to change. The most exciting race of the weekend for me was the mixed madison. The madison is an exciting race because there are partners trying to do exchanges, sprints every few laps and trying to time everything requires you to think while racing at max speed. I had a partner who was 100lbs heavier than i was so when he slung me in it was such a rush of speed!!! When the day was done i had ridden 3 madison races, a points race, a scratch race and a tempo race. I came out on top and was the overall B Omnium winner!! What a great day at the track.