7/6 2TG Dirt Crit #3, 10th/1st

 Got in some riding over the long weekend including a long, hard effort on Sunday which felt good and seemed to stoke the fire after the time off. The rain had firmed up the track a bit and the temps were a little cooler. About 50 meters into the start I popped out of my right pedal but managed to rodeo back in and stay upright. Aside from that, rode super conservatively up the glass block turn and a pretty much clean race. I definitely had more power to use through the field and was able to put in some good efforts which is really the main goal for me - ride hard and get some intensity in for the fall. Even after riding a bit in the morning and a good warm up after a quick first lap and my first hard effort on the second lap I bogged down a little and gave up the 3 or 4 spots I gained. As the race went on I moved up a couple spots and had got to within about 5 seconds of Bill's group by the second to last lap but a little bit of lapped traffic and them picking up the pace and it opened back up. Felt really good and saw more power for this race by about 30w than I have for any of the other ones. Good sign. Fun night.