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2ND AGAIN

I was able to finally get back to a Wednesday night race at the Whitewater Center. It’s a fun place to race as it’s fairly technical and has some actual climbs that will raise the heartrate and burn the legs.

I went into the woods in 4th place. My tactic this week was to suck wheel until the end of the race. Yeah, right John made an attack in the first technical section and I was in 4th place. Not bad considering I totally blew a corner and ended up losing about 3 places, falling to sixth place. When we hit the first substantial climb, I made a move up to 2nd place and pulled Tim with me.

I managed to catch John in a real twisty section. But not without my mistakes. I seem to be in a rut technically. I somehow managed to get caught on a tree and came to a complete stop, allowing Tim to catch up. I got going and caught John.

I stayed on John’s wheel for the rest of the first lap. Instead of sticking to the game plan, I passed John during an uphill section. I tried to break John a couple times but couldn’t shake him. This is John’s home course. John followed me until about a mile to go. I let him take the lead thinking I’d follow his wheel and sprint out the finish. Bad move

John put in a surge and passed a lap rider that held me up a little, then I dropped my chain and by then, John was gone. I tried to catch up, but he held the lead and beat me by 18 seconds. So, another 2nd.

The good thing is that my speed is very consistent. I’m just missing a little endurance so I know what I need to work on. I’ll get there.