After a long off season I was ready to get back to racing.
I had half a day of Riding in Florida to break in my bike and get a little used to the sand and then it was off the River Ranch to the track.
Tuesday morning after walking the track I was ready to get to racing. I had practiced a lot of starts in the off season due to my poor starting technique last year, my practice paid off and I managed to enter the woods into 3rd place which I was happy about, I moved into 2nd and then into the lead about half way around the first lap.
My time away from racing hurt me a little bit in the first few laps as I tightened up a little more than I should have and dropped off the pace and back to about 5th place.
With three laps to go I started feeling better and riding a little stronger, I had moved my way back up to third and felt like I was catching the leaders.
On the second last lap I dropped my wheel in a whoop with a bunch of tree roots in it and went down pretty hard twisting up my bike a little. I dropped back to fourth and I was unable to make up any more positions after my crash finishing the race in 4th.
Overall I was disappointed with my result, I have worked hard again this pre season and to get a 4th place was not in my cards. The good thing is I scored points which I was happy about.
I look forward to the the next race.
