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Originally Posted by joecool2727

At Redlands I went and got every prime (one of them was $50 sweet!) and on the last prime i had a sizable gap and debated for about 10sec if i should go or not, finally decided to go, held about a 5-7sec gap for 3 laps but was then caught in the last 200m and got 7th . Shoulda kept my head down more.
I was wondering who was hanging out there all by themselves for the last few laps. 7th and all the primes sounds good to me.

I didn't do well. I was feeling tired and out of it from lack of sleep the night before. I was having a tough time just hanging on the back. About 10 minutes in I was thinking which corner would be most graceful to exit from. Thankfully, the pace slowed just enough to where I could catch my breath and get in a rhythm. I still didn't feel like mixing it up so I just hung out at the back the whole time and finished 28th.

Did anyone watch the 1/2 pro crit after the 4's? I missed the first half of it and then watched the last half at the s-turn on the backside. It looked like there was a 5 guy break off the front, one of whom was a Rock Racing guy. It looked like this 5-guy break eventually lapped the rest of the field and then just rode with the main field for the next few laps. Then Rock Racing got up front for the next few laps to launch their sprinter. Well, I didn't realize it was the last lap till it was too late so I missed the finish. I assume the black dude from Rock Racing won it. Or did he? What happened with the 5 guys who lapped the field? They were a full lap ahead, right? Or am I just completely off base here? I missed most of the race and what I did see was on the back half so I didn't hear any of the announcers.
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