Gun goes off and I somehow manage the lead position going into the first corner. Through a few more twists and turns, I was still at the front but I wanted to get out of the front as I could see things had immediately got strung out.
On the straight, up the stairs and up to the sketchy section of stairs I was making the majority of time up in practice and I run into the tape trying to see who was still on my wheel. Dah. I loose three spots and I am immediately go from leading to chasing.
Steve would take the lead. Paul and John would sit in front of me for a bit, and I chased.
4 to go and I was closing after we had gapped off most of the field. Seeing me coming, John and Paul up the pace a bit.
Going onto the sketchy steps, Paul dabs and John takes off. We are now 4 riders alone.
The gap to Paul shortens, but going up the stairs with 2 laps to go, I make a pretty serious dab and have to dismount after nearly whipping out falling backwards.
I would hold on for 4th for the day, about a minute separating the top 4 again.
Would end up 6th in the series despite having only race 6 races. Bummed out I could not have raced more, but pretty happy with how things went this year and was glad to see some good hard racing go late into the year.
For now, I'll take a bit of a break and then plan out the rest of the cross year. Will be hitting up Nationals and possibly Masters Worlds, but I also have to think about a duo 24 hour race in February.
Ernesto out
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