Race started great. Easily got the hole shot and put a nice size gap on the rest of the field through the first lap. Coming through the start finish after the first lap the legs started feeling real heavy and I knew right away that I went way to hard out of the gate. I held off second place for another lap and then he was right on my tail halfway through the third. Passed me going into the fourth lap and I stayed right with him for the next couple laps until I washed out in a loose corner. This put me back about 15 seconds and I never caught him. Probably could have caught him if I would have given it the effort but the legs were still feeling heavy from the first couple laps so I took the next couple laps to recover a bit. During my recovery laps I was watching the third place rider starting to close the gap. By the time he caught me towards the end of the race I knew he was toast so I let him catch me and power by, looked behind me and couldn't see the rest of the field so I just stayed right on #2's wheel for the rest of the lap. Coming through the start/finish got the last lap annoucement. Stayed right behind him through the first part of the lap then on the last climb I turned on the heat and thanks to my recovery laps I had a ton of power left. He didn't even try to keep up. Hammered through the finsh for a solid second place.
Probably still going to race B's next week looking for the big W. I think I've got it as long as I keep the first lap under control and not go all out like last night. With a win or another second place next week I'll bump it up to the A's and see what it feels like to race with the big boys.
All in all I had a great time. It felt really good to get out there and have a little competition on the bike. Realized how much I missed racing last night and I will definitley be back next week.
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