Nooo!!!! There were only 9 women there and I came in 9th place! Top 6 got cash prizes! That means there was a 66% chance to win money!!! Well not really considering it was a Women's Cat 3/4 and I was one of 2 cat 4s.... the probability of winning money was more like.... 10 percent, HAHA.
So that was an interesting race! There was a freakin hill that kicked my ass the first couple of laps- I wasted a lot of energy being nervous, cold, and hating that hill. I got popped off the back about lap 4 on the climb, and after that I finally sat up and caught my breath and cleared my head.
I vowed to not get lapped, so I held on for the next 30 minutes, time trialing it and trying to improve my lap speed on each successive lap. There was a lot of headwind so not much was to be gained on the tiny descent after the climb, but the final turn into the finish line was where I was able to just punch down in the drops and blast all the way through the first turn. I got caught after turn 3 on the final lap. There were several laps when it looked like I was in first place rather than last- I thought that was funny. But initially... after getting dropped, I did wonder why I was still racing and what the point of it all was, but I'm glad I finished the race. A solid 9th place, haha. If I had just hung with the pack I would have had a good chance at placing- but it takes me a while to get into the rhythm.
I'm sad that I'm going on vacation this week- I won't be able to do the Weds night shop ride, the Thursday night Crit, or the weekend races. To top it off I've been working a lot of freelance, so I didn't ride yesterday, but there's always tonight and tomorrow morning.
See the image? Totally looks like I'm in first place, right? hahhaha.
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