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Frame and Wheel travelled south after a stop over in New York City and ended up in Maryland for a few days. The temperatures were much warmer and the surroundings green and lush. The birds were singing and the flowering trees were in bloom. Frame and Wheel entered the 18th Carl Dolan Memorial/Howard County Spring Classic, a circuit race around a business park in Columbia, Maryland. The temperatures were in the fifties and the sun was shining, but the wind was strong, in the wake of the severe weather that ravaged the Southeast. The circuit was two miles in length and featured a gradual but long climb up to the finish. Total duration was 54 minutes and total distance was 21 miles. Average moving speed was 21 miles per hour and maximum speed was 39 miles per hour. There were about 70 riders in the 35 plus field.
Frame and Wheel cannot be sure of the details of this race, but here is an attempt. Frame and Wheel attacks the climbs the first two times around, but can't get away. The attacks continue and soon a break of two riders forms. Frame and Wheel needs to recover and settles in for the next four laps during which time the break is caught, re-established and caught again. Frame and Wheel recovers and attacks at lap seven and becomes part of a small break of three riders that closes on two riders who are in sight and 20 seconds or so up the road. The break falters and is soon absorbed by the charging peleton. Frame and Wheel fades as the group forms a speeding tentacle that ultimately reaches out and grabs the two riders up the road. Frame and Wheel finishes 17th. A well run event, a pleasant setting and very good competition. Frame and Wheel hopes to return.
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