Doubled up on 3/4 crits tonight. While it can get a little boring, having a purpose-built bike racing circuit is pretty amazing. Bigger field in the first one and a group of 4 got away almost from the gun. I had a teammate in the move and the other 3 have teammates in the field too. Anyway, racing behind was pretty negative and it ended up being a really boring and sort of sketchy race. There was a nasty crash late in the race. Sprinted for 12th. Meh.
2nd one was maybe 20 starters vs 40 in the 1st, and it was really animated. Teammate and I were really active, as were other folks. Ultimately came down to me sprinting to be first through a couple of tight left handers before maybe 75m to the finish. Got through first but couldn't hold it to the line. I started my first sprint to 'win' the corners way too early. 4th.