To sum it up, I had a bad race. I really like the trails at Markham park and I recommend anyone who is in the Miami area check them out. I was so anxious to preride that I just went and rode without looking at lines close enough and not thinking about strategy like I should have. The problem on race day was the amount of people racing in front of me. There was 69 riders in 40-49 base alone! The starting line was only about 8 feet wide and we had 15 riders in our class, so the starting line was packed. When Dave blew the whistle, we all took off rubbing elbows and shoulders all the way down the road. We finally came into a single file line and I entered the woods in third. We almost instantly caught up to 40-49 and my race went downhill from there. The people were not very anxious to let us pass to say the least. When the trail opened up I was able to pass a few riders but not enough to stay with 1st and 2nd. I sprinted as hard as I could to make up ground but it just wasn't enough. I just could not seem to catch a break. About the half way point of the first lap my chain popped off. I have no idea why, it just didn't want to be on for some reason. I lost two spots because of that and knew I was in trouble. The second lap I was still trying to work through the large amount of racers in other classes and just could not seem to get my timing right. I felt as though I was being held up the entire race. I lost two more spots on this lap because my chain decided to pop off again and I was forced off one of the bridge drops by a crashing rider. It was a two foot drop off the side of the bridge and I crashed with him. I crosses the finish line in a disappointing 7th. My teammate Adam Cohen was able to pull out the win on his home course and give the CycleYouth/LeRoy's Bikeworks team some valuable points. Now I'm looking forward to the next race at MY home course.
Me: 7th--15-18
Adam: 1st--15-18
Sam: 3rd--11-14
Jordan: 5th--11-14
Ethan: 6th--11-14
Morgan: 8th--11-14
Madison: 6th--W3
Jared: 16th--11-14
I don't have a video of this race because my Mom had my helmet cam in her camera bag out on the trail and the bike patrol would not let anyone out there. I will have one for the next race though.
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