I had two races this weekend and they both went pretty well.
The road race was a real test of fitness — 4 laps of a course with one pretty nasty climb. The pack was destroyed the first time up the hill. The rest of the race was just a matter of going around the thing 3 more times (in groups of no more than about 4). I ended up finishing mid-pack but a teammate got 3rd which was great.
The crit had a nice little hill in it that dwindled the pack down but was not enough to pop me off. I sat in most of the race, tried to stay near the front, and covered some moves when necessary and made a couple attacks when I thought the pack might split some more. On the last lap I found a good wheel (the same as last weekend) and followed it for 2nd.
My timing could definitely use some work, as my solo efforts weren’t on the prime laps when I could have actually nabbed some points, but overall I’m really happy.
I’m only going to do one hard day this week in order to recover for the final collegiate weekend.
