My first race after state championships in May came two months later, an unusually long time to go without competing.
What's more, it wasn't even on my mountain bike, but my first road race ever, in the famed Cat 5 category.
I lined up with 25 other riders, 20 of whom didn't have to go through the travails of junior gearing- I had to race without my four hardest gears, making it tough on the descents to keep up with the massively geared masters and middle aged Cat 5…
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