BBC Marilla East 1

	A Race					B Race
Time: 1 hours 55 minutes					Time: 1 hour 47 minutes
Distance: 47.5 Miles					Distance: 40.0 Miles
Plc.	Name	Pts.	Team		Plc.	Name		Pts.	Team
1	Jason Skalski	39	Handle		1	David Van Horn		47	Berts
2	Joe Cooke	38	TBS		2	Gary Nadeau		46
3	Steve Burgett	37	Dundees		3	Adam Trost		45	TBS
4	Ken Thomas	36	Wachovia		4	Cameron Townsend		44	TPB/P2P
5	Dan Youhess	35	Handle		5	Stephen Hoadley		43	Job One
6	James Cowle	34	Wachovia		6	Greg Jensen		42	TBS
7	Peter Nuessle	33	Ingram		7	Vince Lorenz		41	TBS
8	David Hawkes	32	Ingram		8	Larry Watkins		40	TBS
9	Jeff Yurko	31	TPB/P2P		9	Bob Patterson		39	TPB/P2P
10	Steve Forrestel	30	Job One		10	Peter Ziolo		38	Job One
11	Ben Badagliacca	29	Job One		11	Stuart Green		37	TPB/P2P
12	Mike Bridges	28	Shickluna		12	Rob Hillyard		36	Wachovia
13	Andy Cummings	27	Wachovia		13	Jim Kuberka		35	Job One
14	Joe Niezgoda	26	TBS		14	Tom Wehling		34	Job One
15	Steve Toorongian	25	Ingram		15	Ed Knab		33	TPB/P2P
16	Attilio Nicosia	24	Job One		16	Tim Galvin		32	TPB/P2P
17	John Roden	23	Dundees		17	Rob Johnson		31	Ingram
18	Vinnie Bolt	22	Shickluna		18	Sean McGovern		30	Job One
19	Mike Loranty	21	Wachovia		19	Tom Tobias		29	Job One
20	Chris Cej	20	Wachovia		20	Jim Puglisi		28	TPB/P2P
21	David Bisenius	19	Wachovia		21	Debbie Matteliano		27	Job One
22	Joe Halter	18	Handle		22	Larry Fillinger		26
23	Tim Putman	17	Ingram		23	Tim Bouchard		25	TPB/P2P
24	Frank Grillo	16	Job One		24	Brian Rohr		24	Wachovia
25	Glenn Hansen	15	TPB/P2P		25	Larry Wehling		23	Job One
26	Bryan Bonn	14	Handle		26	Ron George		22
27	John Fabian	13	TPB/P2P		27	Glenn Speller		21	TPB/P2P
28	Tony Hoffman	12	Ingram		28	Garrett Getter		20
29	Scott Farrell	11	Ingram		29	Craig Polston		19	TBS
30	John Garrett	10	Handle		30	Rolf Weberg		18	TBS
31	Rob Nowinski	9	TPB/P2P		31	Allen Erb		17	TBS
32	Stan Skotnicki	8	Wachovia		32	Rob Leary		16
33	Traci Mariniello	7	TPB/P2P		33	Joe Saviola		15	Wachovia
34	Peter Cummings	6	TPB/P2P		34	Rick Ferro		14	TBS
dnf	Todd Backes	0	Handle		35	Rich Milazzo		13	TPB/P2P
dnf	Eric Curtis	0	Handle		36	Jason Kozak		12
dnf	Chris Fuller	0	Wachovia		37	Bruce Hoover		11
dnf	Joe Giovenco	0	Job One		38	Keith Pellerin		10	Wachovia
dnf	John McClory	0	TBS		39	Bob Glanville		9
					40	Thomas Bamrick		8
	Preems:	Pts.			41	Stefan Buczak		7	Wachovia
1	1. Jason Skalski	3	Handle		42	Melissa Nicosia		6	Job One
	2. Steve Burgett	2	Dundees		dnf	Elizabeth Persons		0
	3. Joe Halter	1	Handle		dnf	Dennis Blair		0	Job One
					dnf	Bill Dowling		0
2	1. David Bisenius	3	Wachovia		dnf	Dan Park		0	Wachovia
	2. Mike Loranty	2	Wachovia		dnf	Chuck Yates		0
	3. Joe Niezgoda	1	TBS
						Preems:		Pts.
3	1. Steve Burgett	3	Dundees		1	1. David Van Horn		3	Berts
	2. Mike Loranty	2	Wachovia			2. Gary Nadeau		2
	3. Joe Halter	1	Handle			3. Stephen Hoadley		1	Job One
	C Race - 25 miles				2	1. David Van Horn		3	Berts
1	Lindy Erb	10	TBS			2. Gary Nadeau		2
						3. Stephen Hoadley		1	Job One

26th in B race at the Sunday BBC Marilla, a 5-6 mile circuit with some short leg burning technical climbs that we went around some 5 times for a 40 miler.

There was an early breakaway of 3, one included a new friend I met, Dave Horn, from the mechanical engineering department in UB. We let them go and never saw them for the rest of the race. Obviously team strategies kicked in and Job One did all the blocking up in front, which made solo riders like me a little frustrated because the pace was kind of slow and something in me wanted to have a go.

I was at the front of the main chase group, and tried accelerating a couple of times to no avail. With some 3 miles to go, I drilled it at 28mph for no reason to catch up with some lone rider up in front, which I did pretty quickly but I soon found out that he was slowing and I had burnt a critical match I had for the last remaining climb. What I should have done instead of slowing down was to counterattack him and just time trial in no-man's land but lactic acid was not too friendly to me, I think.

So the final hill saw me sucked up by 20 some riders and ended up finishing mid pack. We saw some crashes - atleast one that I can remember behind me. Lots of DNF's. Fat people can't do races like these.