the "C" race went just under 12 miles, according to my computer. this means it was something like 8 laps. average speed was around 22mph. my impression of the course was that really the only place to make moves was in the one 90 degree trun at the bottom of that hill on the back side of the course. there was one rider who stayed at the front for most of the race, with the rest of us jockeying for 2nd-4th places behind him.i got into a break-away at about 3 laps to go with 2-3 other riders, 2 of whom seemed to be working together.  We dropped one of these with a little more than 2 laps to go. it came down to three of us in the final sprint, and I just popped. thanks go out to comrade Roy for reeling me in at the begining of the race, when I was all over the front of the group and wasting lots of energy which probably would have come in handy in the final sprint. in retrospect i probably should have jumped a couple of times during the last 2 laps, just to test the other 2 riders with me. dropping one of them would have meant a second place finish, and if neither one went i could have pulled an attack. this comrade needs to learn some tactics to go along with his patriotic fervor and commitment to revolutionary principles!

-joe