Brent, Erik and I raced the Rubber City Criterium in Akron, Ohio last Saturday.  The course was a challenging up and down 1.2 mile loop, with a 40 mph descent and a long slog uphill to the finish.  Fifteen minutes in to the hour long race I experienced a first in a race; the police stopped the race because a spectator sitting on a 100 ft. high bridge that went over the race course was threatening to jump.  Thankfully they got there in time, no one jumped and we are able to resume racing.  On restart, the race quickly split up, I ended up in a 4 man break with ex teammate Jeremy Grimm, Matt Weeks and Shawn Adams from Carbon Racing.  I was able to come off of Matt’s wheel and hold off Jeremy in the sprint for the win (barely).
-Paul Martin