Skinny #1 Racing

So today I went to the Red Rocks Community College cross race. I raced Cat 4s, so I was expecting to do pretty good. The course was pretty mountain bike-esque, and probably would have been faster on a nice light hardtail. I didn't get a good start and ended up about mid pack after the first lap (31 starters). In this situation I usually would have freaked out and tried to push it super hard to get to the front of the pack, but the new improved Tim Halliday showed up to race today, boys! I was just like, "I'm faster than almost all these guys, and we're only 5 minutes into the race...so I'm just gonna pick up the pace a little bit and see how many of these people I can pick off." This strategy worked pretty well because I ended up in 3rd place...not too bad considering the start that I had. The running has definitely helped. Tomorrow I'm doing the Foothills cross race, except I'm racing Cat 3s, which should be a little bit more challenging. I wond a 6 pack of beer, which I so generously gave to the driver. What a nice passenger I am.