Almost bailed when the swelling from the bee sting I took to the forehead on the Hamburg Wed sunk from my forehead to both my eyes and vision was pretty impaired. It cleared up dramatically from Sat morning to Sat night so I said fuck it and threw down some duckets and registered so I wouldn't back out Sunday morning.
Pulling into the lot at Queeny I was recalling how bad my last experience there was and hoping I didn't regret the decision and start the season off on the wrong foot. When Dan and Harre commented on how thick the grass was and that it was pretty much the same course as States last year, I was not feeling the stoke. As it turns out, I think the course was actually harder with less flow and thick grass that was slow, even going down hill.
Was happy they decided to race the SS group and masters together but changed my mind when I realized Kukla and Devin were going to pace each other all race. Race was pretty uneventful other than one near full speed meeting with the tree at the bottom of the downhill (after the parking lot) before the 180. Came in super hot and narrowly avoided it. The race was super hard and I was watching the clock after a few laps, which is never good. Once the lap cards went up I was devastated to see 5 to go but kept pushing on. Most laps were consistent other than the tree lap, where I lost about 10 seconds. No man's all race but think I probably finished about a minute back from Devin and closer to 2 mins on Jon Bell in 3rd.
Happy with the first race of the year and also pleased to see that my power was up compared to the State race last year. 254avg / 275 np vs 248avg/ vs 268.
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