Rode out to the Burnaby Velodrome for their open house today - had a great time learning about the track, etc. On my first lap I nearly blew out on the cote d'azur but somehow recovered - white knuckled it for the following dozen laps or so, riding as fast as I could like my life depended on it. The thought of losing traction on the 47 degree bankings kind of freaked me out for at least the first half of the session. During the second half we were lead out on a pace line at 35 kph (the pace leader had a bike comp installed) and we all marvelled at how 'slow' it felt. I felt much more comfortable in the pace line but maybe that was a combo of having already taken a few spins, getting used to it and having more things to pay attention to (like my placement in the line, matching speeds of the person ahead, etc.)

Overall, it was a pretty fun morning.