I was in great shape after proctor, and wanted to get some more points so I could upgrade by the end of the season.  So I went and did a Cat 4 superweek race in Olympia Fields.  I went up there only because it was supposed to be a 25 mile crit.  They were running behind and shortened it to 12 miles.  BS.  I ended up winning, which made the shortening of the race a little easier to take.

About a week later R. Michels and I drove 4 hrs during the midde of the week up to a Super Week Road Race.  Bad decision.  When you find yourself debating about doing a superweek race, DON'T DO IT!!  The races are horribly organized.  It ran about 1.5 hrs behind schedule.  On the second of 8 laps, we turned up the steepest of the hills on the course and I looked up to see some dbag COMPLETELY STOPPED right in front of me.  I played a game of human pin ball then and found myself laying on my side in the ditch. F*** that hurt.  I chased for a lap to try and catch the group but I was over a minute down and didn't close the gap any.  I pulled the plug, DNF.  Ryan ended up 7th.

I was out for 3 weeks after that with no riding.