The Velodrome

For all of you out there that don't know, ProCycling also has a couple of guys that race the track. Dan Le and I (Michael Giem) have been there most Tuesdays and Thursdays throwing down against some of the countries finest track stars. This year has been rough trying to recover from all of my meetings with the concrete and asphalt but has been promising.

Tuesday night races are considered "Family Nights." This is because they run Junior races and it's cheaper to race. Thursday nights the competition level gets cranked up due to the cash prizes for every race. These nights things can get pretty interesting as many national champions and ex-national champions show up.

Every night, each category races three races: One short length, one medium length and one long. The type of race varies widely every night and keeps things interesting. Check out http://www.coloradousac.org/track/index.php for more information on the velodrome and which races are being run every night.

I highly encourage every one to come out and watch a spectacular night of racing. It's fun and best of all, it's free.

The results have been sporadic but I'll give you the highlights. I race in the Men's A category which is comprised of Cat. 1 and 2 racers.

June 3:

• Mini Points Race - 2nd

• Sprints - 5th

• Points Race - 4th

June 12:

• Sprints - 5th

• Snowball - 4th

• Madison w/Jeremy Kroto - 5th

June 19:

• 1 mile - 7th in a time of 1:49.62

• Points Race - 2nd

June 24:

• 5 mile - 4th in a time of 5:11 (that's over 29mph average)

The action starts every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30pm at the 7-eleven Velodrome in Memorial Park. See you there.