Thank you everyone for all the tips! My gearing was too big so I had to adjust my derailleur, and other than that everything went really well. I ended up placing 2nd overall and first in my age category. Yesterday (the 13th) I was in another crit. but riding in category 5. All I can say is those guys go fast, I can't imagine what Category 1 is like! For the first 3 laps I was able to keep up with the peleton but eventually I was lapped once but still did not come in last place, which surprised me, I ended up having three riders place bellow me!