I did a bike race yesterday with Chloe Dygert. She beat me. And I’m good with that because she’s The World Champion. And I’m not.
Hats off to the officiating crew for giving the green light to Chloe wearing her full World Champion kit in the race yesterday. It was very cool seeing the World Championship bands in our little bike race yesterday and Chloe showcased them well. The Pro 1-2 men’s race was Chloe’s longest ever at 84 miles and she finished 10th in an uphill sprint.
Yesterday’s race was an important building block for her season ahead as she makes her road racing debut at Redlands and Tour of California this spring and then on to the Olympics on the track in Rio. It was also good being in the same race as Chloe because even though she is the World Champion she is still pretty new to bike racing and still has a lot to learn about racing efficiently and using that big engine of hers to its maximum potential (and trust me – there is A LOT of potential there). And racing efficiently is something that I do very well (because my engine…not so big).
It’s good for the sport to see that local racing matters and good road races like yesterday’s in Sequim are important for the development and training for athletes of all levels from newbie category 5s all the way up to World Champions.
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