The wheelsucker works hard at recovery. He is an old man and even putting out the limited maximum watts he can, does tax him. The wheelsucker's coach is aware of this and schedules the wheelsucker's workouts with that in mind. So in the week before the last event of the season offering MABRA BAR Points -- the rescheduled Deep Blue TT -- the wheelsucker has very easy workouts. And they very clearly do NOT include giving it 110% to desperately stay on Ace or Keith or Doetsch or whoever’s wheel, even if that is what the wheelsucker does best. So no Tuesday (or Thursday) training ride for the wheelsucker this week.
But the wheelsucker does hear a few things from time to time... so here goes with the Tuesday September 30th Training Ride report.
An aggressive Stu Waring attacked VICIOUSLY on route 2; waiting until after Doetsch took a long hard pull, and barely waiting for Doetsch to hook on the back before launching. Stu went clear, but Ace caught him alone, leaving Doetsch in the chase pack.
After catching his breath a very determined Doetsch put his dead down and went so hard he shed the entire pack and closed the gap solo.
"I killed myself to catch him and Ace after my pull", said Doetsch. "It took me one mile to get on -- and I managed to drop everyone ... in the process. The whole time I was chasing I was thinking ... deleted ... deleted ... deleted.... LOL"
The three stayed away together, though Stu faltered on the long climb coming out of the flood area, before 214, and Doetsch was more than happy to drop him. But a mellowing Ace (is he feeling OK?, who would call Ace mellow?) convinced Doetsch to slow up just long enough for Stu to catch back on. Stu hung on until just before the sprint.
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