Cuddy Park

Yesterday was the 3rd Annual Cuddy Park Rollerski Race. I hadn't been to the first two and have never even seen the park before which is tucked right behind Lowe's in the middle of town. Turns out it is a pretty sweet place. It has a really nice gentle rolling paved 1k loop and an Olympic size paved speed skating oval (only the 6th in the country I learned). The race was a pursuit with a 6k classic which we all double poled on skate skis followed 2 hours later by a 1k sprint around the speed skating oval. The morning went pretty well although I ended up 3rd a few seconds behind Anders and a boot behind Bart. I let quite a bit of it with Anders and I switching off, and made the move that whittled the field down to the three of us but couldn't quite close the deal when Anders threw his 185 lbs into me on the inside of a corner with less than 1k to go. Rubbin's racin' and I never caught back up. 

The afternoon was a little less successful, but it was a track race and I am more of a non track race kind of guy unlike Jeff Ellis, our former 400 meter hurdler who one. It was a good chance to learn a few things about what I need to work on coming into the season.