Saturday May 12th… option: Du the Lakes or Fly by Night.. Two great races, one runbikerun with a nice trail run around the soft and scenic greenlakes. Another, runbikerunbikerun on an international speedway, decent inclines and tunnels…

Bob was all signed up for Fly by Night.

I opted for Du the Lakes.

Du the Lakes 2012

We went, race was good. Though it was kind of weird to start in the 5th / last wave and have to navigate through the crowds on the first run. It was fun slipping in between groups and dodging trees and such… sorry if you were wearing headphones and I scared the mess out of you when I came by… Headphones aren’t allowed in races.. you can’t hear things around you, otherwise you would have probably heard ‘on your left, right or something of the sort’ and probably not been startled.. though your reactions were a little entertaining.  After dipping and dodging and not knowing how the 1st wave was fairing I ended up 3rd, and main mission accomplished of keeping the ol’ hamstring intact and running surprisingly decent run splits.

There was solid NWT contingent at the race, sportin’ sweet kits and solid results. It was nice seeing those guys and fun to see the logo everywhere that varietystudios designed for them. Also in attendance were a bunch of the local dudes; Ken Hammond rode in raced, rode home with some hardware, Jamie Campbell reppin’ bikeloft, Eric Hinman and Mike Corona both top NWT finishers and many others, the winner was a dude named Treadwell who was rockin’ some sweet team usa shorts, very shiny bicycle and nice cycling jersey sleeve length tan line to match… see the results and other info.

Great job all!

So we loaded up and took off so dad/Bob could get his stuff together to head down to Watkins Glen.

Fly By Night 2012

When we arrived, as Bob checked in there was no line at day of registration… I had my bike and all my gear in the car.. the energy of the event was good… since the race in the morning I had had a decent lunch, a little nap, and my legs felt pretty good.. so… I filled out the form and as I helped get my dads tires all aired up I got my stuff ready as well… still wanting to take it easy on the hamstring I promised I’d take it easy on the runs and try to push it on the bike, as my bike average from the morning was sub-satisfactory, and if I felt anything weird with the legs I was going to bag it.

The race was great, with the course and the people and the transition and the race track, the announcers and everything. It went great, hamstring remained intact, dad and I were able to yell encouragement at each other during one of the bike laps .. it was a blast.

Bob Hadzor finished 2nd in his age group, besting his last Fly by Night time substantially.

I ended up 9th or 10th overall, Travis Kuhl took the win for his 7th consecutive Fly by Night win, continuing his unbeaten streak. See the complete results here.
There was a great BBQ post race, that perfectly filled that usually annoying post race linger time.

Finishing up under the lights… all in all, a nice day of racing, good workouts, great fun.

Tour de Syracuse next weekend. post race potluck BBQ at BTB2611 (bicycle art gallery, Fine Carpentry HQ, and home of Wesley Hadzor) see you all there.

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