waking up at 4am on a saturday: this is why i started bicycle racing! today i'm racing copperopolis, "the paris-roubaix of northern california." goals for today are pretty simple: to not spend the first two laps getting droped and chasing, and secondly to finish.

training this week went well; tied and broke my PRs for the two sides of hawk hill tuesday night on the S1, and went to spin class wednesday. either skins are amazing or i didn't push myself hard enough there.

time to go eat my rice.

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didn't spend the first lap chasing, but got dropped on the downhill near the end of the first lap. i just wanted to get down it at all without pressuring myself to keep up with everyone, so i guess i'm ok with that. i could still see the pack during the 2nd lap, and then started passing people in my field on the 3rd lap. instead of trading pulls with them like a smart cyclist i pushed hard and dropped them. passed eugene and then got a flat; 12 minute change and was the 2nd last finisher in my field. about 40% of my field didn't finish; pretty harsh day.

going to try to beat the rain and ride fairfax-bolinas in the morning for the first time on the S1.

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