Mike Fraysse's Sports Camp (Augusta training series, New Jersey) Day:4

[Guest blogger Sean Domitrovits will be telling us about his experiences at Mike Fraysse's Sports Camp. Mike Fraysse was the US Olympic Cycling Coach and President of the USCF. Some of the camp attendees often get selected to be part of the US Junior National Team]

Today started like any other at Mike Fraysse's. I woke up around 8:30, grabbed some breakfast, and began cornering drills. We took the corners at high speeds and then it would empty into a downhill.After we did a recovery ride that lasted about 10-15 miles we made our way back to lunch and later got ready for the race to come. One of my teammates here drove to the race with one of mikes trucks and later found out the parking break was half engaged causing a horrible smell and what we didn't know was break exhaust.We gave him a hard time but in all it wasn't a big deal.We arrived with hot weather and little time before the junior race.As soon as i got my number and was immediatly rushed to the line and had to begin the race.This was basically a quick 4 lap warm up with a sprint at the end.There was no other competition there, so the camp decided to let one of the 14 year olds win who they thought deserved it.Because of this, he went up the road and we had our own field sprint.I got second and walked home with a pair of socks, but in all i didn't care about that race because both are training races.

After that race, Mike was able to get me into the Pro 123 field and i raced with the A's. The course is mainly flat with an S-turn and a slight up hill into a flat finish.I loved the course, but didnt get much time to enjoy it as this race was one of the biggest hammer fests I think i've ever been in. It was a 2 hour race, from sunset to dark. There were a few very strong pros one of which won summerville 2 times and ended up in the break at the end of the race.The argentinian i mentioned in past blog posts broke away as well and rode very strong, and into winning the sprint. AS for me the field kept having problems with lapping the Cat 4-5 fields and it caused chaos.There was attack after attack and I pulled my own weight and the weight of several other wheel suckers.It was annoying but I would have to say I got a great training ride out of it and some of my Fraysse teammates gave me some props for the work and effort.I ended up finishing in the field but they had no officials, or cameras.I was glad to experience my first 123 race although it was 2 hours of pure leg pain, but it was great to only pay 5 bucks for two races.My teammate walked home with 80 bucks and I would highly encourage anyone that finds themselves in New Jersey to visit this great little training series.Two more riders 17-18(CRCA)riders two of which raced and did well at fitchburg last year showed up when we got back.I have a hard day of riding ahead of me tomorrow, thanks for reading.

Sean Domitrovits (super sean)