I’ll start off by saying that I’ve been averaging about 5hrs/wk of riding since I got a job in late June. I took a lot of time off since my disappointment at Collegiate Nationals, where I flatted in both races at critical times.
Crit Nats was in Glencoe, IL this year, a race I won as a cat4 my first year of riding. I had to race in the cat1/2 field, so it wasn’t quite the same.
I have to make this brief, since I basically forgot how the race went by now. I remember a couple crashes in a downhill, off-camber, right-hand turn.
With 1/2 lap to go, right before a medium-grade, uphill riser, some guy about 8 bikes in front of me pulled over and started puking. We averaged 28mph, which was very surprising.
I got 20th in the sprint after having to close down a gap in the straight before the last turn, but I guess 7 people were off the front. Sad, because it was an awesome sprint. Surprisingly well considering I haven’t been riding much.
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