You Spin Me Round, Like a Record

Friday night under the lights at Alkek Velodrome. I haven't raced at the velodrome since 2004, and thought it was time to get back at it. If you are ever on the west side of town on a Friday night, stop by the velodrome for some fun free entertainment. Racing is broken up into categories, by age and skill. You earn your skill levels, and they stay with you for life. So even though I haven't raced in 7 years, I race at that same level now, Cat 3. Usually you will race in 3-4 different events throughout the night. Since the Cat 1-2 and 3 fields are small we usually race together.

12 Lap, Point a Lap - Pretty much what it sounds like. The first rider to cross the line on each lap gets a point. Total up your points at the end of 12 laps and who ever has the most points wins, 2nd most points gets second and so on. I sprinted for points on laps 3 and 4, but had no luck. I lost contact with the front group and drifted backwards and latched on with a second group and just spun my legs out. What was I thinking?

Miss-N-Out - Each lap the last rider across the line gets pulled, and is last place and so on until 3 riders are left and they sprint for 1-2-3. I finished 5th. I was outflanked and out gunned.

20 lap Scratch Race - This is the simplest to follow. The first rider to finish wins, 2nd and so on. I made the break in this race and finished 4th, 1st Cat 3.

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