Road Race

Finished my first road race and I'm very happy with the results. I finish 21st out of about 45. I stayed with the lead group for the first of 5 laps. About 3/4 mile before the start/finish line the paved road transitions to a dirt-gravel road. As we turned right (90 degrees) on to the gravel, two riders wiped out right in front of me and to my right. I had to slow to a crawl and ride around them. By then I lost the lead group. I stayed in a group of about 8 for the remaining laps until the last one, which was just my teammate and myself then. They shortened our race from 5 to 4 laps because of the heavy rain that started to fall during lap two and continued until the end of the race.

Overall I'm very happy with my performance and my finishing position. I look forward to the next one.