Drive way

After a long drive with my dad, we finally made it to the start of the drive way. I was exited because this would have been my first 123 race. But I soon realized they cancelled the 123 and made it just P12 because the pros where too good to race with us little 3s. any ways I registered myself to do the 3/4s with my teammates Tom and my Dad. as I was getting ready I saw familiar faces from the Lubbock camp I did a few weeks earlier. I saw Blake, Zach, Madison, and Kart (my coach). This was the first time my dad met my coach and they exchanged a few words before my Dad and I had to get ready. As we where getting ready my Dad lost his # and was going into panic so I gave him my other number 4 him to use for the race. After e got ready we did a few warm up laps to get familiar with the course. the way the course was set up was that all the turns were simple sweepers and that there was a steep but short climb 500m before the finish line.

As the race started I moved my way to the front of the pack where I normally am and just sat there for a couple laps to just see how the pack moves around the sweepers. eventually I realized that the local team of Velossimo started to control the pack with their team of 5 riders at the front, each one of the team members where taking turns attacking, chasing, and even blocking for each other (something that is rare in easier categories). Throughout the race I was in optimal positioning till I started to De-hydrate and cook out i the boiling heat. Eventually after several laps of staying near the front some Kamikaze rider from GS Tenzing started putting his wheel where it shouldn't have been and he started yelling at me for riding a little close for him. @ around 6 laps to go it got bad enough where he actually pushed me off of the road and into the grass. this sent me to the back of the pack. while I was back here I noticed that my Teammates had dropped off and I had no one to help my back to the front. so I sat just to the left of the pack when suddenly some guy started an attack. So I just parked my self on his wheel and as I moved past the front I just pulled my self off his wheel and reintegrated my self to the front where I stayed for a few more laps. I eventually pulled my self off early because of extreme water loss. what I didn't know was I pulled my self off right before the last lap. :( So I then finished my lap of shame coming in one lap down

Recap

Get a watch. get insulated bottles. get my Cat 3 teammates to do some crits.