Originally Posted by carpediemracing

Cat 2 Somerville I avg 27.5 mph @ 175w and felt okay. I was gambling on a big last lap so I did everything I could to stay out of the wind. Someone crashed in the second turn and that was that. Interestingly enough I worked so hard to get to the line (mainly so the Missus wouldn't worry that I had hit the deck) that my avg wattage jumped something like 10w in that last bit, i.e. backstretch, the short 4th stretch, then the final stretch. I realized after the fact that all the 2s were sprinters and they were all thinking the same thing. The first part of the race, i.e. everything before the bell, was just a warm up.

Cat 3s I think it was 27 mph and I was redlined at some massive wattage for me, I think 200w, and I couldn't even stand up in the sprint.

I have a lot of time to think about it but yeah, it would be nice to be able to race more again.