Three racers from the GamJams / Pre-Reg.com p/b Cutaway Clothng rolled up to the line at the Stony Creek TT; three racers ended the day in the top-10. It was a good day to say the least.
The trio of racers, Greg "It's S.O.P." Wittwer, Nate "Great White Skinsuit" Hakken and Gus Grissom made an overnight trip and enjoyed the hospitality of the Omni In Richmond. After an evening of pizza, Foster's Lager, and a movie that Hakken said "might have been a chick flick, but I didn't really notice because that Matthew McConaughey is dreamy," they finished the roadtrip with the short jaunt down to the very flat, very fast Stony Creek course. Hakken, who had raced the day prior at the Church Creek TT, was the first to admit that skinsuits should not "double up" on a weekend.
After a few moments registering and pinning on numbers, Grissom took up his normal role of offering advice and coaching to everyone else. He said, "it's been a long time since I've done a 40K time trial and I may never have done one that wasn't part of a triathlon. So, I was pretty nervous. I thought the best way to relax would be to tell others what to do and that's what I did." He finished the day in sixth place by setting a solid benchmark time to help plan his training for next year.
Wittwer, however, needed no coaching advice. "My basic strategy was to treat this like a cyclocross race," Wittwer said. "I just had to go as hard as I could for something under an hour and I knew I would get enough points to clinch the Cat 3 Cup." With this strategy in mind, Wittwer executed flawlessly and finished the day with fourth place earning more than enough points for the win in the season-long competition. He is now looking forward to a new conquest: a criterium weekend in St. Louis where he hopes to mount the top spot as follow up to his recent success in Luray and Stony Creek.
Hakken drew on his own considerable experience to formulate a different strategy. He admits that he "went out a bit too hard on Saturday because I was trying to keep up with Pete Warner from WWVC." That didn't work out so well for Hakken, but Sunday was a new day and he said "I just tried to race conservatively and keep enough in the reserve to finish faster than I started. His results are proof positive that this strategy worked as he put in a fast enough time for eighth place.
While Wittwer scored enough points to win the Individual GC for the Cat 3 Cup, the team also clinched the Team GC for the series. GamJams Racing wishes to thank Whole Wheel Velo Club for putting up some stiff competition. In the end, they put three of their own riders in contention to score points for the team. It was a great end to a long season of competition and camaraderie between and among the Cat 3 Squads.
TOP SHELF, boys!
Posted by: The Dalmation | 08/25/2010 at 09:50 PM
Way to go for GamJam boys. They did well. I look for more future exploits.
Posted by: triathlon gear | 11/23/2011 at 01:06 AM