This years Pacific Raceways race series started up last night. These races are held on a race track down south and are typically flat and fast affairs. I normally double up with two races (roughly an hour each with a 15 minute break between them).
There were big fields down for the first race of the season in both races, 45+ Masters and 35+ Masters. I sat in for the whole race on each one and felt really comfortable. This is a nice contrast to last year when I would often have a tough time sticking with the field for both races. This time my Garmin was actually telling me at the end that the primary benefit of the race was as a recovery ride so I should be able to go a good bit harder and do more in future races. All this while averaging over 26mph for the races
I actually set a personal best for the last 1K and 400m in my second race and seemed to be going at the same speed as the winners but had started towards the back so made no in roads on them in the sprint. It does give me some confidence to try moving up to the front coming up to the finish and see what I can do in future races.
We had a great showing from the team and good squads in all the races.
