MEMORIAL DAY CRIT

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Well, I got registered and started warming up quickly.  I noticed the wind was starting to kick up.  I got to the start line and when the whistle blew I took off.  I bumped into somebody at the start, but nothing resulted from that.  I started getting dropped early due to a sprint on the tailwind section but quickly chased them down and got back in the draft.  On the second lap the same thing happened, a sprint on the tailwind section.  I stood up and was going good when all of the sudden a SJBC rider starts coming moving in on me and gets too close.  I was on the inside so I couldn’t move over and I was afraid that if I surged he would keep moving over and take me down.  So I pulled back and got dropped.  I got into an aero position and started chasing them down.  I only needed a 100 yards and I would’ve had them, but unfortunately we turned and hit the headwind section and since I was by myself I had no chance.  I then saw two riders in front of me who were dropped and I chased them down and worked with them.  We quickly caught another dropped rider and kept working together.  Around five laps to go I look back and see one of them was gone.  So I kept going and quickly dropped the other two riders.  The pack caught and lapped me and I got on the rear end of them.  They started sprinting and I didn’t feel like trying to stay with them so I just stayed back.  They pulled me off on the last lap.  Well, I guess the more you race the more you learn, which is what I want out of this season, to learn.  Today’s lesson:  Stick your elbows out and hold your ground if someone starts veering in to you.