This year marked my 7th straight visit to WORS Iola. It was nice to get the first race under my belt and actually have a decent start to my WORS season.
The start was strangely slow; I got trapped in the middle of the pack on the initial climb. Subsequently I was unlucky enough to get knocked down in the sand pit at the top of the climb. As I layed on the ground, the rest of the field rode around me. I spent the whole first lap burning up my matches, trying to regain my position. I was able to drop a good amount of women including Patti from Planet Bike. I rode Laps 2 ,3 and 4 by myself - there was no one in sight ahead or behind me.
On the last stretch of double track on Lap 4, Patti blew past me like a bat out of hell. Crap. I chased like mad and was on her ass though the last part of single track. We exited the single track and it was a short sprint to the finish line. The inevitable result was Patti 13th and me 14th on the day. It's tough to win a sprint at Iola when you are wheel # 2, there is not just not enough real estate there to be successful. Regardless, it was a good lesson taught to me - I need to pull my head out of my ass and pay attention to the race behind me.
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