Giving it a shot.......

So, I had the opportunity to go check out the Land Park Criterium on Saturday in Sacramento. Brought back many old memories and good feelings associated with bicycle racing. The Land Park Criterium has been going on for 34 years straight - just an unreal number. Shows how active that Sacramento racing community is - and great to see.

The picture above is from the first race of the day - the Elite 5s........or, as I call them, the Senior 5s. Standing there taking pictures of the event is not quite the same as being on that Start Line with the morning shadows in front of you, and the cold nervous energy pounding through your veins. Still, part of me was glad to be taking pics!

But, in the end, I wanted to be out there again.......just giving it a shot. Many good memories from this race years ago - back when it was the Camellia Festival Criterium. Glad to see it's still going on - but even more glad to see racers still racing it. Yep, even with all the trouble going on at the "high end" of cycle racing, the sport still lives an active and healthy life in the true ranks(as evidenced in the pic above).