Oh, to be a Cat5! Beautiful day for racing, sunny and cool this
morning in Sac. Race started off squirrely from the start. You could
feel the tension in the entire group of 30+ riders. Guys were
swirving, cutting, and making bad decisions right from the beginning;
I should have known bad luck was coming...and come it did. About lap
6, just past the last turn to the finish, a rider in front goes down
(for god knows what reason). We got around him and just started
accelerating, I'm on the outside curb at this point, when a kid just
in front of me loses his chain. Instead of just slowing down
gradually and allowing everyone to pass, he brakes and cuts toward the
curb! Well, going 20mph you don't really have much time to react and I
plow straight into his rear. I go over the handlebars and we both take
headers into the curb. After shouting a few choice words, I gather my
yard sale items, and get back on my bike (which was fine, thank god).
Here's where my inexperience and lack of knowing the rules come into
play. I get the free lap, which I believe to mean you can go around
the coarse once until the group catches you, then slip back in with
them...wrong! Apparently, you have to wait at the pit for them to come
around again. Welp, I got pulled and didn't finish the race. At least
I learned something for next time and came out with only a few
scrapes. I can't wait to upgrade to Cat4 though!
Joe
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