Tuesday the 11th

Another Successful Day For the Breakaway Boys

The ride started out wet today and henceward, slow. The pace was edemic for the first 4 or 5 min. Special Ed took off early on, and then Chris C had a flyer that looked like it could grow some legs but he was getting corraled by the turn onto Mountain Rd. The pack slowly came awake as everyone got used to the road spray. Hunter P jumped hard halfway down Mountain Rd but he would also be brought back by the ever faster group.
     On Moss Farms, Hunter P attacked again towards the end. This time, getting a gap with Chris C. The reponse behind was steady, but not that some legs were getting a bit tired, gaps started opening up as everyone cautionsly made their way thru the Chicane. It was mostly all together heading up to Marion but Little T and Greg Ciocci took to the front and drilled it up the hill there. Hunter P took over once past the corner and only MJ Alio (Top 10 Mount Washington Finisher) was able to match the pace. Those 2 kept on the gas double time and had a decent gap by the corner for the industrial park.
      The gap didn't stop Ben Bruce from charging across and making it a trio that had maybe 6 or 7 seconds turning into the Industrial Park. The leaders stayed on it, with MJ taking strong pulls, Hunter P and Ben Bruce working the well-known corners and hills. The gap held all the way up to the light on route 10 (the Short Loop ride skipped te old right hand turn onto Reinhard in favor of crossing route 10, as has been the practice for the last couple months).
     The breakaway got the light, with Ben Bruce just squeezing through a yellow. The pack was held up a few moments later. The break would need only a fraction of that red light time to stay out for good. The trio stayed together for the rest of the ride and for the second week in a row, the pack plays second fiddle.
     The new loop continues to add a bit of drama and loads of challenge to the ride!