Cat 4. Final race of the season. Flattish road race, 75 miles.

Started off as a great race, all folks (16 of us) took an easy pace (20-22mph) and worked well together. About 30 miles in the group agreed to take a bathroom break much to the surprise of the moto ref. He said he'd never seen a group do that before.

Anyway, we had one solo break on the last lap after being neutralized. It took about 7-8 miles to pull him back in and we were a small happy group again. At about mile 71 of 72 we picked the pace up and started jockeying for position, all good. With about 800m to go a couple guys shifted hard to their right and two of us got shoved into the gravel shoulder. It took all I had not to go down and I was able to jump back out onto the road, but wasn't able to catch back on. The moto ref had some sympathy and gave me his wheel to chase back on, but the group was moving quick. No luck, coasted it in for who knows what place.

Not a great way to end the season. Feeling frustrated and a bit ticked off. Oh well, looking forward to actually training in the offseason and being more prepared for next year. This year I bought a bike, rode for a month, and started racing. Probably not a recipe for success.