It's been a while since my last post. My family went up to the TN state championships race a few weeks ago. Saturday we arrived and it was about 40 degrees. I rode the course with my road teammate Drew Dillman. We started and there weren't very many 2s in the 2/3 race so we sort of took off. I didn't try to stay with Drew because I didn't want to blow up and not be good for the next day. The course was pretty flat but the hills on the back were kind of muddy and technical so that was fun. I finished 2nd, which was good. After the race Jeremy and I washed bikes.
Sunday which was the state championships race we raced with the pros. It was pretty fun. It got pretty sunny and warm so I was taking a lot of clothes off at the start. I hadn't shaved my legs for a while because I hadn't been riding in shorts and when we started the wind felt really weird on my legs because of the hairs. Andy Riordan, who is from TN, missed the start by about 20 seconds I think. Drew took off and stuck it to all the pros for a lap and ended up finishing 4th. I was a little bit off the lead group when Andy Riordan caught me and I drafted him for a lap. Through the technical section, though, calamity struck. As I shifted to ride the hill, my chain came off and got all tangled up in my chainstay. I felt like Andy Schleck or someone. I don't know how long it took to get it back on but it felt like a long time and Andy just rode away. He got a gap on me and it didn't change a whole lot for the rest of the race. A lot of people cheered for me so thank you guys. I ended up 2nd in the TN state championships.
Jeremy won the singlespeed race both days and the points jersey for singlespeed and 1/2, so he ended up with 3 jerseys.
Drew is in Belgium right now. He was the best American at the last World Cup. Good luck at Worlds Drew!
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