The races this weekend were ok. I got 5th in the road race, we won the TTT, and I got like 15th in the crit. In the road race, I wasted too much energy on the first lap and my legs were pretty zapped for the second half of the race. It was also the longest road race I've ever done (50 miles). I was in a group of 6 with three Indiana riders who wouldn't do any work. I ended up pulling into the finish and 2 of them passed me.
For the TTT, I was feeling really tired and I thought we were doing horribly because Julie had to keep slowing down for me. Somehow, though, we won. This is very surprising to me.
The crit didn't go quite as well. I'm not used to riding in such big fields, and I got nervous. It started out fine, I was in the front and everything was great. Then I slipped back a little bit and couldn't work my way back up. I eventually got a flat and had to take a free lap. I tried to ride my bike around to the wheel pit, but my rear flat tire didn't like that idea. I started to slide out and I couldn't turn any more. I think I cut some people off because they yelled at me later, but I was pretty close to going down myself. Also, it was pretty obvious that I had a flat because someone yelled it out to the whole pack so maybe you shouldn't ride behind me when you hear that?
I've never taken a free lap before, and I just sort of lost my rhythm afterwards. I was working my way back up to the front, but this girl got a flat right in front of me and cut me off with 1 lap to go and I just couldn't catch back up to the front. I was feeling great. My pack riding skills just suck. In my opinion, this doesn't bode well for my future in bike racing, but we'll see.
I'm frustrated and disappointed with myself for not being able to improve my pack riding skills. Now I have 2 more exams and I'll be done with undergrad. What do I do with my life??
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