November 30th, 2016

Road race in Oliver:  This was the hardest and most painful.  My race was 40km, 2 laps of 20 km.  At the end of the first lap I was still with the leaders but I felt like the pace was starting to pick up.  We dropped some racers off the back, and I dropped off the back by a few meters too but only for about 4 minutes.  I worked hard and caught back up but by the time I got back, 2 kids had a break away going.  We never caught them again.  In the last 4-5 km, I made a mistake by pulling everyone in my pack for way too long!  I paid for it going up the last hill towards the finish line and the whole pack of 7 I had been pulling passed me and I couldn’t go with them. I ended up in place.  I learned what I would do differently in terms of strategy.  I had 3rd place and lost it in the last couple minutes of the race.  Placement: 10th