2009 Dragon's Challenge Individual Time Trial

Posted by Dan on 27. May 2009 06:22

It's Memorial Day weekend and there's not a race to be found in Virginia. Not one that I wanted to go to, anyway. Wick's close ties to Fayetteville, NC (aka "home") provided a few events to keep us occupied until we could go back to work on Tuesday. For this we thank the folks at Cross Creek Cycling Club.

First up was the Dragon's Challenge Individual Time Trial in Wade, NC. We had a full range of categories and a 24.6 mile course that was really closer to 22.2 miles through the flatlands north of Fayetteville. Nice weather, a little one the warm side but no rain. Plenty of fire ants for those of us that were spectating and/or taking pictures... just to keep things interesting.

Wick, Kyle and I came ready to light the road on fire with the latest and greatest in aero gear, the best nutrition and unbeatable fitness. Wick and I rode in the Elite Cat 4 group while Kyle was rode with the Cat 3s. Start times were assigned by order of registration, not category. Kyle started at 11:04, I left at 11:11 and Wick started at 11:26.

All three rides were uneventful. I nearly took a wrong turn while three (3!) corner workers were reading magazines, but they managed to point me in the right direction after I was well past the halfway point of the turn. The rest of the ride was swell.



Kyle finished in 6th place in his category. I got 1st place with a time of 0:50:18 and Wick finished 9th. In the contest for best impromptu engineering of aerodynamic cycling equipment, the first place award definitely goes to Wick for his fashioning of a primo aero helmet.



More pictures can be found here. Thanks Lydia!