Hi, @
rensho3! Thanks for coming over and saying hi, I appreciated that!!
Worlds was quite an experience. I'm gifted at understatement, too! This was my first year on the track, as many of you know. I acquitted myself pretty well for my first "big" race, too. I was one ride from a likely silver in the F 60+ match sprints. I had to ride three against a really tough competitor whom I had speed on, but she had the experience and the savvy. I missed bronze in two in a row, too, bested by a rider who knew the drill much better than I did. I rode a 14.775 in the 200, which landed me in second place. I rode a 44.072 in the 500, which put me in sixth among the 60+ women. It was also a PB by a half second, and I did it in 86 inch gearing. I rode the 2K pursuit in 3:13 and change, besting my previous time at Districts by almost 11 seconds (and I'm NOT an enduro!). I was seventh overall. I did a team sprint with a mismatched partner. She tried hard, but she was no where near fast enough, and we finished well out of the finals. The same with the team pursuit, and I had a wheel touch in that that I had to ride out, and I did. I did smack every sponge in three and four in the save, though. I'm sure I got style points for that!
Anyway, I wanted to complete the circle from when I first posted here a year ago. I'm a trackie now, a pretty good sprinter for an old lady, and I will be at Nats and Worlds, and several LAVRA's next season, racing with my own kind.
Thanks, fellas!