Originally Posted by
arai_speed
I did my first road race yesterday. UCLA RR Master 35+ 4/5. 3 laps, 1500 per lap. A few 10% grade sections, wind, cold...got shelled out the back on the first lap. My race was now a solo TT and I decided to make the best of it. Found some stragglers on the downhill and was making up spots when I got a massive high speed wobble on. I slowed thinking I had a flat but it was just the wind...no confidence descending after that. I was DFL save for 2 guys that DNF. I'll stick to Criteriums or flat RR from now on :-)
On the upside, the views were pretty spectacular:
Stick to it man! Getting better at rolling road races makes you better across the board. Don't give up because of one bad day. Use it as motivation in training and you'll kill it next year!