Originally Posted by urbanknight

meh, for me by age 16 I was constantly going off the back and in crits they often pull you out when you get lapped so they don't have to worry about keeping track. Driving an hour to run the first 15-20 minutes of a race and then pack up and go home wasn't fun anymore. My body couldn't handle the training to get faster, so I figured it just wasn't for me.