Well, the first race of the CX season is a done deal. My race team (Team Undiscovered) put the race on. The course was pretty good. Actually, I thought it was really good. It had a little bit of everything I guess you could say, plus minimal dismounting. Anyway the weather was cold. I decided to do the Pro 1/2 race instead of the masters race. I guess this year I want to focus primarily on the harder races. I think that gives you the most opportunity for improvement. I might double dip the next few local races and do both races if they're separated a little, but for the most part I think I'm gonna do the 1/2 races.
We got our new black CX skinsuits. I think they look pretty tough. .
There were only 9 riders in the 1/2 field and I ended up 5th. My bike set-up felt pretty good. I think my pacing needs work. I started too fast, well, at least a little too fast for me. It robs a lot of overall time if you ride too much outside of yourself. I eventually settled in and had a nice epic last lap battle and had to sprint for the 5th spot.
Rob made a video of our race. It really got pretty strung out. That's me sprinting it out at the end.
Here's a video from Rob's bike of the cat 3 race. Gives you a nice feel of the course.
The next race is this weekend near downtown OKC, then the infamous Ruts n' Guts in Tulsa.
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