Wenatchee Omnium


June 9th/10th


Jake Harrop


This past weekend of racing at the Wenatchee Omnium went really well, I started the racing with a TT out by the Alcoa Plant south of Wenatchee. All my equipment was working flawlessly, my Shimano Ultegra shifting was smoother than ever and that played a part in my good time trial. 


Unfortunately I didn't have anyone else in my age group to push me harder. Later in the day I had a criterium in downtown Wenatchee. I  didn't feel too great due to a hard practice lap crash. What happened that led to my crash was excess of speed. I was checking to see if my bike was geared too low and I was carrying too much speed into the corner. I picked my line and halfway through I noticed there was a pothole in my way so I tried to avoid it by swinging out. As I swung out to miss it I ran out of room to get back to the main line. I jammed in the brakes and collided with the curb leading to my ejection from the bike and a 4-5 ft slide on the sidewalk on my chin and shoulder. Fortunately nothing was broken. As I began the criterium I got dropped and had a hard time with the wind blowing hard down the finishing straight. I did not do the final road race due to choice. Over all I thought it was a good stage race and will fuel my future training.