That’s basically what Heather and I were in today’s criteriums…filler of the pack. I had nothing left in my legs today and just hung out at the back of the pack for most of the 50-minute criterium. With about 15 minutes to go, I started moving up but when I got up near the front of the field but I didn’t have the power to stay there and things were getting sketchy with 5 laps to go. So I just stayed safe until the finish and finished with the same time.

Before and after the race I had to deal with the issue of my missing placement in yesterday’s road race, along with a bunch of other Cat 2’s. Long story, short: I ended up getting 23rd yesterday with a 5-second bonus for third in the KOM on the fourth lap. I didn’t realize there was a rider up the road at the time. I’m still not convinced the “final” results are totally correct—there were still people protesting when they started our awards ceremony, but I don’t think it would have changed the top 10 at all. So overall I was 11th.

I’m sure Heather will write her super-detailed race report later, but to summarize, she also finished with the pack in the criterium and held onto her 7th G.C. position. Overall a decent weekend.