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First crit, not my strong point. I did two races today, one the cat 4/5 45minutes + 1 lap and the Miss and out race. The 4/5 race was first and I didn't do as well as I had hoped. My goal for the race was to not get lapped or get pulled from the course. About 8ish laps in I started to fall off the main pack, it was over from that point on. My cornering abilities were plain old weak and I was timid into the turns letting riders pass me. After the pack left me I stayed on the course for as long as I could, occasionally getting pulled by the sambrano train. 27 laps in and 40 minutes later I was pulled from the course. outcome.... not sure.
The miss and out is a extra race at the end where anyone can jump in and start. After every lap they pull the last rider. Lots of tactics, don't do all the work, but don't sit in the back and get pulled. I felt allot better during the miss and out and was able to really hit my stride on cornering. I was hitting the corners with allot more speed and coming out of them pedaling like I should. I was able to do some fast pulls up at the front. The hardest part of this race was the interval like atmosphere. The straight stretch after turn 4 was a all out sprint to not be in the back. Thanks Ben for all the interval practice and random sprint attacks, it saved my but! I finally got pulled, but was able to get 10th place.
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