Hadn't really been paying that close attention but had been stacking some pretty big weeks of training from the last week in September, through the BT Epic and after a few long rides with Robbie realized I needed some rest. Took 3 full days off and then ramped up a bit so I would feel good at Creve Couer, which worked. I made a few adjustments to the fit on the Cervelo, which really helped and was waiting on the 0 offset post to finish it off but was amazed at how well the bike handled on a very technical course, after only having ridden it twice on grass. The main apprehension I had with the longer front end actually turned out to be better for me in the tighter turns, which I did not expect at all. Now that I've changed to the 0 offset (post race), it feels nearly perfect.
The course was sick. Definitely a bike handlers/mtb course. There were tons of wet leaves but I wasn't having issues with traction and the course had enough climbing and tech that I figured it would suit me well, which it did.
There were a lot of SS and 40+ guys this week but I got a good start and started moving up quickly to catch Sam and Anthony. Sometime on the first lap I felt my rear tire was weird but passed the pit and kept chasing. I caught up to Sam and Anthony and then realized it was pretty much flat and had to pit to change my wheel. Dr Mark caught up to me but I stayed in front and got back on the gas quickly. I caught and passed Sam with 2 to go and was closing the gap to Anthony, who was 20-30 seconds ahead, but couldn't close it down and started to hit lots of lapped traffic on the last lap, which didn't help.
Overall really strong race and happy with the way I raced.
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