Wasn’t quite there

I can try and blame the course’s two tight corners for my getting dropped last night, but that would be lame. Bottom line is I could tell I was a little duller than I was before the cruise. I did like almost two laps with the group just right in front of me. Sigh. But I couldn’t quite catch them. 

Now, here’s the deal. I should not have been so far back in the group. I should have moved up and stayed up. But alas, I let myself slip back. I felt like I was having to work a little harder to stay in there, so it isn’t surprising that I couldn’t quite stay attached. 

But something else that I noticed was that when I was trying to chase back on, I didn’t try to get out of the saddle and really hammer, just for a few seconds, to get back on. I think that is something that I am going to have to work on. The ability to generate a short burst for situations like this. I think my consistent efforts have gotten much stronger, but I am still lacking in the bursts of power.

Of course, none of this is unexpected after the two weeks of no cycling with an extra week tacked on of no racing. Next Thursday we will be heading to Baton Rouge after the race, so I am hoping that I can have a better result. Next week is also one of the more normal courses, so I can just put that out of my mind and race.