My third bike race of the season is coming up on Sunday. This is my first year racing, so it's also my third bike race ever. In races #1 and #2, I was very concerned about being dropped from the pack and finishing last. The result? I was so conservative that I got dropped early and raced the remaining 40 miles in no-man's land desperately trying to avoid last place. The results are on the Cat 4-5 Male pages here and here. I avoided last, but it wasn't pretty.
So for this next race, the Chicken Dinner Road Race, I've decided to stop worrying about losing. I'm just going to go out there and have fun. And now after getting dropped in two races, I know that I'd rather be in the lead group, blow up on the last lap, and not finish, than get dropped, ride in no-man's land, and finish. After all, you have to be with the lead group to even have a shot at winning.
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