2010 US Track Nationals.

 
   Track Nationals is usually one of the high lights of my year. I look forward to pumping my tires to 180 psi, Sitting around for hours between event while talking to all my friends from out of town, and watching the crashes from people riding way too slow on the track which banks at a wonderful 45 degrees. This year I was more about having fun, my head wasn't really into it and I just wanted to go on vacation after a long season.
   First things first, the Scratch Race. I love this event it's the closes thing to a Crit on the track, its so much about being at the right place at the right time. This year the qualifying race which moves 8 guys from each heat to a final were you contend for the Nation Championship was a full 30 minutes apart. "Great" guess who got the heat 3? Yes I wasn't excited. I couldn't help but think "I wonder who makes this schedule" and when was the last time they've done a race. No matter on to the race. It was a pretty easy qualifier I road a 96in. gear to be safe. Everything stayed pretty smooth and it came down to a field sprint, thinking I was safe I decided to free pedal to the line which was a bad I idea considering I ended up 8th, Boxing Johnny in to do so "Sorry Johnny" witch I don't feel so bad considering the shoe was on the other foot last year. It was on to the final!
  With a stacked final I put on a 98in gear and it was time to, as my good friend TP loves to say nut up. I was expecting a fast race to say the least. I talked a bit to my teammate Iggy about leading him out if he happened to lap the field. Only if he would come find me and take me to the front if the race came down to a field sprint which it did. To bad I never saw Iggy which kinda sucked since I'd bin swinging on people and blocking every time he'd get near the front, which later landed me in trouble with Mr. Bobby Lee. "Sorry Bobby". There was 5 laps to go and I was in a bad spot, not thinking straight and with hurting legs. I tried finding good wheels to follow with no luck, I lost track of the laps and before I knew it I was coming a round to the bell. In 10th place there wasn't much I could do so I just stayed put and finished the race. I couldn't help but think to my self "thats not the way I saw that going down in my head" but the race was over and I had gotten kicked in the teeth with medal boots. Jamie Carney took the race over Bobby Lee 2nd and Jackie Simes 3rd. No Stars and Bars for me.