In SeptemberI did 2 races at the gateway cup over labor day weekend.  The first one I rode stupidly.  I tried a couple fliers, spent a lot of time on the front and some other not so smart tactics.  I ended up 12th and absolutely smoked in the 95 degree heat.  Avg'd 265 watts for 45 minutes.  The next day I spent the whole race at the VERY back of the pack except for the last four laps.  I ended up 8th, should have been top3 but I paused late in the sprint and lost some ground.  Avg watts for that race were just 225.  40 watts difference and higher placing.  Plus I felt like I could easily have done another race just like that...

 

October sucked.  I signed up for a local mtn bike race.  I had no business doing it, but needed another race to hit the 10 race min for my team gear.   I am not a mountain biker.  I crashed HARD 3 miles in, broke ribs on the other side of my body this time.  That sucked because I had another race to do the following weekend.  

 

Did I mention I had upgraded to Cat 3?  Well I had and this next race was a 1/2/3 race on top of that.  And my ribs hurt bad everytime I took a deep breath.  We get up to the race and it's 55 degrees and raining hard.  Talk about suck.  

I was out after 15 minutes...

Very anticlimatic way to end the year.