For the last few weeks the weather in Southeastern Michigan has been outstanding for racing. Saturday, the temperature peaked out around 84 degrees and it was partly sunny; it was beautiful! (check out Steve Kinley’s Blog for more info) I don’t know if it was the weather, Saturday, or because of the double point option for the race, but – it really turned out to be a great race day. (The Brighton Stage Race and Stony Creek Marathon are the two double point options in the Tailwind Series.)  The Cannondale tent was set-up on the straight away before the “race / finish” exchange. We were adjacent to Cycletherapy, and across from Team Fraser, it was a mini “tent city”. The course was in average to good condition, with the exception of the “Pines” and the turn before the “tent city”. During the race, we could hear branches breaking and groans from riders crashing on the trail due to the muddy / wet conditions, Cannondale Midwest were unscathed by the muddy trail. Brian Leary, Shawn Schaffert, Tim Mooney, Bernie Wendel, Wissman’s, Bryan, Ginger, and Oliver raced, and all were able to complete the marathon. Congratulations to Shawn and Ginger for taking 2nd place in their classes. Special thanks to Steve Kinely, Mark Todd and Rick for coming out and supporting the team. Check out the team this YouTube video, Stony Creek Marathon.

The next race in the Tailwind series is ‘Big M’ in Manistee, Michigan, Race 6 of 9, July 19th.  The following weekend the CPS series has the time trial at Stony Creek, Race 5 of 8, July 26th.