well the race went off without a hitch. man it was super tough, it's the end of racing season for a lot of these guys and some of them were in extremely good shape . . .

first race was a warmup 25 lap with everyone (A, B, and women) with 10 laps neutral. after that a pretty HUGE break formed with the A riders up front, most of the women fell off the back. I tried to stay with the A guys for a few laps, but was shelled in the early attacks. I pulled out and just rode it easy.

next race was a B points race, 15 laps with sprint primes at 10, 5, and last lap. this was the race I really wanted to focus on, and my friends knew it and didn't make it easy lol. they hung me out front right off the gun and I basically towed the field for the first 5 laps. I got attacked hard in the last half of the lap for the first sprint prime, but I won the sprint by inches. problem was, I went so deep to do that I basically got shelled off the back in the next couple laps and couldn't even come close to contending the rest of the race. I did end up 3rd in this race because of my prime points however, which was my goal.

we did the italian pursuit next and it was terrible lol. we didn't do a good job as a team lining up and we had some really strong riders up front who pushed really hard and were not listening to those of us in back who were trying to tell them a huge gap was forming. the pace was absolutely blistering and a gap opened up in front of and behind me, so I was basically out in the wind in no man's land for 7 laps until it was time for my pull, by which time I was so blown I could barely hold it together. suffice to say, i'm pretty sure we didn't win that one.

we didn't have time for miss 'n out because the sun went down and the track was getting dark, so we just did a sundowner with everyone out there. mostly the A guys had another hard go at it for 20 laps or so while everyone else just slow rolled around and hung out and warmed down.

it was a totally fun event and a really cool format - there were 4 weeks in this series and I really wish I had gotten out more. it was really tough, and clearly I should have been racing more this season if I expected to keep it together. thanks for the advice everyone!