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Pre-Race: I woke up at 4:30 and got a really early start. My dad woke up 15 minutes later and then we got dressed and left. I slept in the car and when we got there, I got on the trainer to warm up a little while my dad helped my little brother. My race was first so I had to warm up first. After a while we had to do some laps on the course so I did 3 or 4 laps then went to roll out. I passed with no problems, did another lap to get in the right gear and lined up. I was racing 4 other girls including Katrina Howard, Claire Jensen, a racer on team Chico, and a racer from Los Gatos.
Race: At the starting whistle, I got in the first main group that included Katrina Howard, Claire Jensen, and 2 girls I don't know very well (editor's note: they started with the 10/12's too, so ten girls total). I stuck on the back and hung on as Katrina and Claire established a strategy that everyone was going to race with. Katrina did some little attacks to split up our group of five but we stuck together. At one point a racer on Team Chico went off the front and nobody was really excited to go catch her. Eventually she fell back and stuck on my wheel. At 5 laps to go Katrina attacked and nobody could catch her. Claire, the racer on Chico, and I were the chase group and we did our best to catch her, but it is pretty much impossible to catch her from that jump. She had a solo finish and left the rest of us to duke it out for the 2nd,3rd, and 4th places. At the last turn before the straight away, I jumped just before the turn and sprinted my heart out to the finish, barely taking 2nd place on the podium.
Post-Race: During the cool-down lap, the racer on team Chico caught up to me and we talked for a while and I pretty much felt like I was going to pass out right there on the floor. Luckily, I didn't and stayed alive long enough for the podium pictures, and team pictures. My max speed was 26.2mph and my average speed was 20.5. Overall it was one of the best races I have done this year and I am looking forward to the next one I will participate in. And good job to my teammates Jon C. for taking 5th, Robbie for taking 6th, Stuart for taking 7th, and Robert T. for taking 10th.
-Thanks for reading, Sophie