We migrated south for a few weeks. Of course I couldn't stand the thought of NOT racing my bike for a few weeks, so I decided to join the roadies of Las Vegas for their version of "Tuesday Night Worlds"! It's a one hour crit around a man made lake in the middle of Las Vegas. We ended up doing 15 laps. The first few I was really nervous riding with people so close, it's been a while since I've done a group road ride. It didn't help that on lap 3 a guy in the middle of the pack went down on a descent and I narrowly escaped getting tangled up in the mess. But by the last few laps I was ready to get up closer to the front and keep up with the chase. The average temperature was 95 degrees. Needless to say, I'm not used to the heat. My face was red for hours after the ride. It was a great one hour effort, I'm excited to try again next week. Since it's a casual gathering (but not casual racing) there are no results or numbers or race officials.

Bill & Erica, pre-crit

The 6:00 PM roll out