Originally Posted by BlessedHellride
I actually did well my first race. The next few after that....not so much.
Talk about going from hmmm I can compete to WTF. LOL
Yeah so did I. It was a pretty stacked 4/5 field and I finished 5th. What really worked in my favor was the weather. 40 degrees, rain and really windy. We had a 8 guys on our team and actually controlled the race until the last lap. My teammate and I along with 7 others attacked on the finish climb and there was a separation. The rest of my teammates controlled the pace of the field and we never saw them again. Perfect. Next few races didn't go well at all. I was in the bottom of the top 20 in next 3 races and dropped out of next one (in my defense it was 90 degrees with 96% humidity). 2006 was much better and I was not out of the top 12 all season.