Good day of racing at Gravel Worlds. This year the weather cooperated with us and it was not windy and not too warm until the very end. The race started out very fast and just stayed that way throughout. There was a very large pack that rolled through the first 20 miles until we came to a bridge that we had to carry our bike over. This split up the group and I ended up in the second pack but we were able to pull them back by the 45 mile mark. Somewhere around 60ish miles I lost contact with the lead group, but right after the first checkpoint around 85 miles I got with a group of 6 or so guys that were stopped at a railroad crossing waiting for a train to cross. We ended up riding most of the second half of the race together. The group worked together fairly well, some more than others though. I was pleased that I had a good day on the bike and that my race plan went well. Only a couple things that I wish that I could of done differently, but that is bike racing and I will not let them happen again. Happy to be on the podium for the masters and to place in the top 15 considering how good and fast the field was this year.
