The Seward Park Thursday night crit was my first and second ever bike race too when I was going to school at UW. Great course. That hill before the start/finish line just kills your legs after a couple laps. Everyone big-rings it the first few laps, and then there's a lot of shifting as the race progresses. I got shelled and lapped both times I raced and crashed out of the second race. Sounds like you did better.
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