My First race in Virginia, and my first race for the new year; exciting stuff. The race was a 'training' crit in Richmond. What exactly does that mean? I'm not sure, but I think it just means that there is a smaller entry fee and smaller payout. The race itself was a crit with a nasty hairpin at corner one, some rough roads up to an open corner two leading into an easy descent. This ended in a 90 degree right hander with an uphill run up to the start/finish line.
The race itself wasn't to bad, and I managed to keep out of trouble. I did try getting off the front, but the two who joined me weren't driving it that hard. We were still off the front when they called a burrito prime. I went into the bottom corner in third and went from the bottom, only to be caught right on the line by some guy jumping out of the pack. My theory on that is if I was light enough I would have won it. If I'm not light enough to win, I'm not light enough to enjoy a burrito.
That attack left me a little tired, and when the winning break established itself, I was just a little far back to get across. I tried, and came oh so close, but couldn't quite get across. I then ended up somewhere in the middle of the pack as we crossed the line.
Not a bad start for my Virgina campaign. It was good to get some racing back in my legs, and through my new bike around a bit. Hopefully next time I'll be a bit further up when it counts.
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