Melting Mann Race Report
Race Report – Melting Mann: The first race of the seasons is always a mixed bag. You are excited to be back racing, but at the same time know the first is often the most painful race of the year. Cycling, like any other endurance sport, takes a fair amount of acclimation. Cold early season races can make your lungs and muscles scream! Lining up at the start for Melting Mann, I felt a little shaken. I had been thrown off schedule by factors outside of my control, and I frazzle pretty easily. My warm up had been cut short, and I was left with a feeling of not being ready. As an added facet of pre-race discomfort, I was also struggling against my breakfast which would not sit still! Thankfully, once the race started there was no time to remember my anxiousness or stomach; all I could do was pedal. There was an unspoken agreement for the first two miles of the race. The fast riders would put in some digs at the front, and hopefully shed the slow guys as qui...