A Trip to Dunkin Donuts

A Dunkin Donuts recently opened close to my house and I have been wanting to make a store stop during one of my rides for a while. Today I finally got the opportunity. Out for an easy spin I decided to stop in and grab a small coffee and a sprinkled donut. I must say the donut was delicious and Dunkin Donnuts has some great coffee. The caffeine made it very easy for me to get home. On the way home I passed 2 geese and their chicks. I stopped to take a picture and they got very irate. They started grunting and squawking and flapping their wings. I have never seen such a thing in my life. Tomorrow I head to Spartanburg to tackle another Speedweek Crit. Hopefully I have a good race. Also the semester is coming to end which means a ton of studying for me to do. Exams are next week for me then its time for summer vacation!

Very Delicious

You cant tell it here but they are very protective.

Ring of Fire

So tonight was the start of the Ring of Fire. Its a great training race that happens every other Wednesday until about September. The "A" race which consists of Cat 1,2,3s is 60 laps. Every 5 laps is a sprint lap and points are awarded to the top 4 places during the sprint. The object of the race is to end up with the most points. Tonight Josh, David, and I would be tackling the Ring of Fire while some of the team would being doing the Speed Week crit down in Walterboro SC. I didn't feel that great but I did contribute to bringing some moves back and Josh did a great job of protecting David. David did his part and ended up getting 2nd. Good job Forkner.

Race Update

Since my last update I have been doing a lot of racing. I have had some good and some bad results and also have learned about racing with the big boys. I will list my results so far this year. The team is also doing great! Steve Sperry is the Masters 45+ SC state champion and Tyler Hawes is the Pro 1/2 SC state champion! Great job to you guys. Check out the team website Here.

5th Greenville Spring Series Fork Shoals
3rd, Winter's End Criteriums, Columbia, SC
6th, Winter's End Criteriums, Columbia, SC
8th, SC State Crit Championships - Charleston, SC
4th, Athens Twilight Pro am, Athens, Ga

Athens Twilight Finish

Hopefully I can get a win up there soon and get my cat 1 upgrade! The next month is going to be a ton of racing for me. I leave next week for Joe Martin; I have been training for that race all year so hopefully I can get something good out of it.

May 1st- Spartanburg Criterium (Speedweek)
May 2nd- Sunny King Criterium
May 3rd- Sandy Springs Criterium (Speedweek)
May 7th-10th - Joe Martin Stage Race
May 29th, 30th, 31st - Tulsa Tough
June 16-20 - tour of Ohio

Thats all for now,
Andre