Eneas redeems teammates misfortune with Hartford Crit. Win!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 03:23PM The Hartford crit. is a staple in the local road racing scene and last year I narrowly missed winning the masters 30+ race after being in a long solo break and being caught 200 meters from the line.
Needless to say that when I went on the attack in the closing stages of this year’s race I wanted to make amends for last year’s missed opportunity. With about 5 laps to go I was holding an 8 second advantage over a hard chasing group when to my surprise I noticed one of my TARGETRAINING team mates, Matt Emeott, down and out on the sidewalk with a broken shoulder. So here I am passing Matt lap after lap seeing the medics attending to him and thinking that there is no way that I am going to let this field catch me now.
As I came into the bell lap the unexpected happened, the officials stopped the race to move Matt out in an ambulance. After a 20min lull in the action the officials decided to add a lap to the race and then restart the race with my slim 7 second margin. Nothing like going from zero to all out in a matter of seconds!
The finish line could not have come quicker as I was fortunate to hold onto the victory but saddened to have seen Matt’s misfortunes. We hope that Matt will be back on the bike soon and for those that may not know him, he is the design guru that put together our new 2009 TARGETRAINING clothing.
Reader Comments (1)
Eneas, Nice Win!
Matt, Get well and have a speedy recovery.