This weekend took me all the way to the East coast with a 3hr time difference. The travel over wasn’t to bad. It consists of two 2hr:40m flights with stops. By the time I got into Florida I was looking at settling in asap so I could get some rest and get the weekend of to a good start. I remember being at the race last year and just being in complete survival mode due to my knee surgery I had had a year prior. The track look pretty similar with a few changes here and there. This was the first UCI points race of the year so I knew that all the heavy hitters would be in town but I knew I was prepared to do battle.
On day 1 racing went ok . I had taken notes from last weekend and worked on a few things in the week which I think helped. I transferred out of my heats in the quarters which are always stacked and was stuck on the outside in
2nd place going into turn 1. A little contact was made in turn which left me with little to none exit speed for the next straight. I battled to the line and finished 6th which left me out. I wasn’t too upset none the less because I knew I had the legs to go to the next round. Day 2 was a better day. I transferred out of my heats into quarters where I finished 2nd. From my quarters I went on into semis where I finished 3rd and made it to the main event. I felt good all weekend and managed to get out decent in the Main event . Outside lane choice on this track is a real disadvantage but I made the best of it and finished 8th in the main .
I was very happy with the weekends racing and look forward to continuing the momentum for the rest of the season.
This was my first main event since I had knee surgery 2yrs ago so it was a big step for me. Thank you all for the support.
Skizo
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