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  Notes From The Peleton (Skip Higgins)
Fall
2003
The 2003 racing season is in the books. And what a year it’s
been. Our minds are full of bitter-sweet memories of a bicycle racing season
that saw our team develop and mature. While we participated in the local
racing series, we didn’t concentrate on them as we had done in previous
years. Instead, we focused on doing more regional races, going up against
racers from around the Midwest. This was important to prepare for Masters
Nationals, which were conducted basically in our own backyard in Louisville,
KY and Kenosha, WI.
We’ll let our results page of this website speak for itself in terms of our
successes. It doesn’t speak to the teamwork displayed before, during and
after various races. It doesn’t speak to the “almost” victories, like Charles
Kulp flatting with one lap to go at the Indiana State Fairgrounds with a 3/4
lap lead on the pack. It doesn’t speak to the miles traveled, the motels
used, the training rides 6 or 7 days per week. And on and on.
As mentioned above, many of us did Masters Road Nationals at Louisville. At
his event we endured the lonely time trial, the non-technical downtown criterium
with 2 turns, fast but treacherous in the rain, the highly technical (but
fun) road course through Cherokee Park. A couple of us went to Kenosha for
Track Nationals, bringing back a handful of hardware. We traveled in the same
direction to do Super Week in July in Wisconsin, racing against national
class competition. In summary, we did races in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois
and Kentucky. And I probably forgot one or two. We’ll try to add Missouri and
Iowa next year.
We plan another training camp next spring. But first, we’ll do our best to
endure another Indiana winter, where it’s possible to ride throughout, just
not very pleasant at times. We want to thank our sponsors at every
opportunity possible. They are sticking with us for another year, and for
this we’re very grateful. Please check their websites, linked through our
site. We think they’re pretty classy folks.
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