a final weekend of midwest racing

I closed out the Midwest summer jaunt and the month of July with a weekend of Chicagoland races. I did both the 30+ and the Pro/1/2 races at both the Arlington Heights Criterium and the Wood Dale Criterium. At Arlington Heights I got my ass kicked. Twice. Enough said. Wood Dale was the opposite. In both races I bridged across to winning breaks, which lapped the field. In the first race (Masters) I placed second. In the second race I had to dig deeper than ever to bridge to the break. I didn’t have much left for the sprint and finished seventh.