The race was a wide open 7 turn course with hundreds of road reflectors to make it interesting. A few large pileups. None of my team were involved. Doug later commented that all the organizer really needed to complete the fun for us was to have hockey players on each corner, randomly high-sticking riders out of the race. He still races despite managing a Div.1 team, and he was a couple guys ahead of me in the line at one point.
Tomorrow is the road race and the forecast is for heavy rain.
U turns in the Merced Road Race Ooof. I'm blown, and I only really raced for 15 miles out of a 100. At the start area, most of the riders huddled in their vehicles until the last minute. It was great to see my old friend Chann McRae and weird seeing my old Shaklee teammates Graeme, Eric, and Glen. When I saw Brenda working for Mercury just a few feet away from my window, it brought back the two years we worked together.