Turtle Pond Circuit Race

by Brian Schwarzentruber

What a beautiful course.  It was very well organized and great roads.  The volunteers were amazing. The race officials are making it clear that littering will not be tolerated. They will stop the whole pack if necessary. It’s about time.  Communities have not allowed us to race in them for this very reason.  The race was amazing.  But for me, I broke the three major rules of racing.  I didn’t recover well from hard hill training the previous Thursday night, I only get about 3 hours sleep the night before, and I didn’t warm up well.  It came as no surprise that I was dancing with myself after the first and only hill, slight raise really in retrospect.  Even though my name never made it on the results page, I did the miles.  Brian Vickery decided he like the race so much, he did an extra lap. Good job Brian!  Rhys finished in fine style as always.  Nice. 

They could run that race three times a year, I’d do every one.  Now that’s New England Racing!