Not gonna be racing as much as I originally thought
It's simply a matter of budget. Dollar/fuel budget and time with family budget. Dollar/fuel budget seems simple to grasp, right? The cost of fuel to travel to races (even if only 50-100 miles away) is getting higher and higher everyweek. A quick calculation gives me an average fuel cost of $45. per out of town race. Suddenly I'm spending $75 to go race my bike and that doesn't include food and snacks along the way.
Then there's the time away from family budget. The cost rises considerably if I bring the fam along, as they need to eat and stuff. Then what do they do as I race? They can watch, but if it's a roadrace, then they may see me pass the start finish area 2 times. Big whoop. What do they do for the other hour and 50 minutes I'm riding? Ok, if it's a crit, they can watch me go around and round for 45 minutes. It's a little more exiciting, but not really by much.
But then, if I don't take them, then pretty much a full day of my weekend is spent away from them. 3 hours travel time, plus 2 hours racing, plus 1/2 hour waiting for results, plus 1/2 hour for gassing up and B.S. and that's pretty much a day.
So, there's a slight chance that I'll do Northfield and State Crit, though if I don't do Northfield - then I'm not doing State's. I wanna have at least one crit under my belt before I attempt State Crit. I would hate to be so squirrely that I take out a group of riders in a crash at States.
More than likely, the only other USCF race this year will be State Road Race. It's really too bad Rochester Velo isn't putting on a race this year, as I'm sure I'd be doing that. But I guess I'll be attempting the Fall TT series they put on, as well as trying to do some more group rides.
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Monday 06/23/2008 | 11:33 am
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