The home-town race...

Right...about that race in San Rafael. I sat on the trainer in the expo area for a good warm-up, then jumped on the course for a couple of laps. Rode around w/ Glen M. who was a pro on KGSN when i worked for them 2 yrs ago. Now he is the DS for Priority Health and according to him doesn't ride much and gets dropped by 3's on training rides in Santa Rosa. Yeah, right. He thought he'd sit in for about 20mins or so and see what happened, then maybe have a go. Tom blew the whistle and we were off. Pretty quickly, too. Funny thing, Glen was right at the front. I managed a decent start and was up there too...for about a lap. Then i dropped back to the middle (or maybe i stayed in the same spot and everyone went around me) and a couple of laps later i was in the last 5. Guys were getting popped off already, but i really wanted to stay in, so i was trying pretty hard. After about 20mins i was last in line and right about the same time as Glen and a few others attacked, i got popped. I think i need to spend some time actually going fast and get a bit more power. Any and all advice/comments are welcome at this point!