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Took part in the Tour of HighBridge last Sunday. Beautiful day...good temps...although didn't feel as strong as usual. Came away with a good learning experience as I hope to compete in some other Cat 4/5 races this season. Need to get more training in gear! Two quick snapshots rolling away from the start line next to the eventual winner. Me in the white helmet / orange shorts:



ok...some things I learned:
1) Find out when your race is...I waited around ALL DAY and it turns out the Cat 4/5 race was next to last. Could have spent my day more wisely, haha.
2) Warm up wayyyyyyyyy more. I only did one lap of the course and a light spin. Next time I should do at least 10-15 hard warm up miles...break a good sweat...and then be read. Although I passed a butt-load of riders up the first and second climbs...that initial shock I payed for later. Which wouldn't have happened if I got that over with in the warm up.
3) Suffer more. I "just" missed the lead break because I let up slightly the second time up the steeper section of the climb. If I had hung on it would have been easy descending in the slipstream. Just have to put in that little bit more of effort to follow the wheel before the road tips :)

Altogether a good learning experience. Tour of Basking Ridge may be next. In the meantime I'll be training harder!