Originally Posted by mike9903
Way to go EDR, I was there today and it was a blast. I opted for the 11:30 Cat 5 race today, and the weather was perfect (even though it did warm up a lot). I was excited to apply what I had learned in my first race and see if I could do better than the crappy 46th place in my first race.
I had two goals in this race, place better than 46th and attack of the front at least once, I accomplished both! I ended up placing 15th and attacked off the front on the last lap just to make some people hurt. I attacked on the hill right before the hard left hand turn, but no one came with. I was easy top 10 when it came to the sprint and even had the wheel that everyone told me to watch for, I just had nothing left to sprint, I guess I know what I need to work on now!
I had a blast and I am looking forward to more races as the season continues.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that we averaged 22 mph and I had a max of 41 mph, how did this compare to the Cat 4 race?
I was in the same field but you did better than me. About halfway through the second lap I got a nasty stich in my side and couldn't take a deep breath without pain. I pretty much sat up and watched everyone ride off. My team had a pretty rough day with three people sent to the hospital and another with some nasty road rash. It was a great day for racing though.