First of all let me say that 4 categories in one race is probably not a good idea… As far as the course the roads were in good shape with only a few wholes in the asphalt. The course it self was a figure 8 that was kind interesting with a long straight section on the backside, with the inner parts of the course being refered to as coblestone like (its brick). The brick sections were not slippery but they were on the inner sections of the course and they were also more narrow than the rest of the course and with the mixed group caused a lot of unneccesary slow down. So if you were not in the front you were geting left behind because of people slowing into the corners. So when racing this course be sure to stay in front 🙂 While racing I got a flat in about the 10th lap and I recalled the announcer saying that Williams was offering neutral wheel support and Icould get into the race up until the 7th lap. So I hopped, slipped, and slided over to Williams and got a wheel put on and jump back in at the last possible second. After 1 lap as back at the front trying to find someone to work with but other seemed to be looking for someone’s wheel to hang on so I dropped back a bit and got blocked on th last lap on the long straight section and ended up pulling in 17th. I liked this course but the turns were pretty narrow and the parking stalls along the street were pretty distracting. I seen a rider get pushed of the course and bunny-hop onto the the parking stall divider and onto the sidewalk. I also wish that they would have pulled riders from the field when they were out of contention.
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Erik Camacho