Louisiana-Mississippi District Track Cycling Championship

By Mark Griffin

March 24 & 25, 2007 -- Although few showed at the Louisiana-Mississippi District Track Championships this past weekend, it was still a hard fought battle. My flying 200m was as slow as a tot on a trike but still qualified me for the sprints which I placed second by a tires width. Being the only Texan there they unleashed attack after attack in the points race. I was able to cover and counter every attack winning all but one of the six sprints giving me the overall in the LAMBRA Points Championship. But that is where it all went down hill. I don't know if it was their plan from the start to beat me down in the second race or not but either way it worked.

I posted my fastest ever 4k pursuit time but it was only good enough for second by 2.13 seconds. In the Kilo again I posted my best time ever but missed first again by a mere .16 seconds. Damn I hate that clock!!!!!!!

The day was a long one leaving Houston at 3am and getting back home around 11pm, but it revealed some invaluable lessons and that is what the whole day was about.

Cat1/2 LAMBRA Sprint District Championship 2nd
Cat1/2 LAMBRA Points District Championship 1st
Cat1/2 LAMBRA Pursuit District Championship 2nd
Cat1/2 LAMBRA Kilo District Championship 2nd

Everyone there was very friendly and look forward to racing at Alkek in the near future.