Quick recap of the last seven months:
Collegiate racing season: I pulled a full race schedule, made it to every weekend, and scored a few points worthy of making the trip out to Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin. I won my first race in a long while in the 3/4 field at the Yale Lux et Velocitas Criterium in April.
Summer: I moved up to mission hill, renting a room in my friend Joe Lonergan's place. I was able to land an internship with Symmes Maini & McKee Associates in Cambridge, and had a fun time working there all summer. In August I graduated with my Bachelor's degree from WIT, and am now in the midst of completing an additional year to attain my Master's degree.
Summer Racing: With the whole job thing not in place until about June, I had a slow start to the summer racing season, but slowly wound up and began to get the results in July/August/September. Our new teammate on Green Line Velo this year was Sam Rosenholtz, who can sprint faster than anything I've ever seen before. He quickly plowed his way through the 5's, 4's, and 3's thanks in part to his teammates who knew he was the sure chance for team victory.
As for my results, I tried to keep it consistent even when I was helping Sam out. Fourth place at Naugatuck with Sam winning was pretty sweet, as well as 5th at the Giro del Cielo Road Race in NJ. I capped it all off this past weekend with 2nd in the Portsmouth Criterium, which earned me my Cat.2 upgrade. Note the anger raging about letting that guy go too early:
Future: This weekend I will end my road season at the Boston Mayor's Cup Professional Criterium. It's gonna be a blast to be able to do a professional race right in the heart of downtown Boston. I hope everyone gets the chance to come out and cheer, it's 50-70 laps of a loop around Government Center/City Hall. It's also apart of the Boston Bike Festival, which will have alot of events going on all day long. I'll be going from the gun at 4:00, so come on out and heckle/cheer me on!
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