Merco Weekend

As some of you know this weekend races are the ever popular and relevant Merco Credit Union Races. There is the Downtown Grand Prix on Saturday (my race is at 1:30 and lasts for about 60 mins). This course is somewhat sketchy and the cat2 only fields always represent a different hazard than P1/2 races. There will be no organization and probably a couple crashes with the end result likely to be a field sprint. Now, having raced it last year learning from previous errors, I should be prepared for the field sprint and nerves permitting, should be able to do well. We'll see on Saturday.

On Sunday there is the Merco Foothills Road Race. I like this race. Its a big 24 mile loop that we do 4 circuits on. Last year there was no wind so we rolled around at 27mph with little to no selections ending in a mass field sprint in which I took 5th place. This year they decided to change it up on us and reverse the direction of the course. This eliminates a short but steep little kicker inside the 1K sign that did a good job of spacing it out. With the kicker gone the sprint is going to be even harrier than before. Of course, if there is more wind this year, all bets are off and it could end up being a fitness race. We shall see.