I was, however, excited to be racing the Florida ladies. We have some super fast women down here, and I was ready to see how I compared. On race day, I was kinda shocked that I would only be racing one other person. Thankfully, she was not just anyone...she was winning all the sport races down South. So, if I had to hand pick one person whom I wanted to race against, she would be the one. But man, talk about pressure, I still felt like I had to prove that I belonged in CAT 2.
I had the same strategy as last time. Go all out at the start. And try and put some distance between us in the woods-because I knew once I reached the road, she would crush me. Well, unfortunately for me, she had a killer start and beat me to the single track. Hanging onto her wheel in the woods was no problem, but as soon we hit the flats, she was able to start putting seconds on me. I could still keep her in sight for 2 laps and finished the race about 50 seconds behind.
Okay...so I didn't win, no worries. If I've learned one thing by racing the boys, it's losing only makes me stronger. Simone really pushed me, and I look forward to racing her again on a non-roadie course.
Congrats to the little Sis- State Champion 6-11 year old girls.
