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This past Saturday I lined up for my first crit and had an absolute blast! I have no idea what possessed me to do it, but I am so glad i went.  On the way to RMR I called a couple buddies who gave me the same advice.  They said “it is like a cyclocross race, only you race on the road and you don’t carry your bike”.  The only similarity between a crit and cross is you are redlined the entire time, you do laps on a set course, and you are riding a bike.  So I show up and pay my $10 and had no idea how many laps we did, how long the race was etc..  I figured out at the start that I needed to stay in the first 10 riders to make it through the first corner alive.  To make a long story short, I had a blast, was happy with my effort and can’t wait to do it again.  Memo to team Spin cycle: your tactics won’t work next time. Here is the data from the race :check out the average wind speed.  It was an average of 20mph!

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