Orig­i­nally posted 2010-03-13 13:41:13.

Too expen­sive (and too far away) to do all three stages, I just did the stage 2 cri­terium in down­town Murrieta.

Fast race, hard, and I rolled across the line in the pack. Very hard at first and I was just hang­ing on. For some rea­son, our group was slam­ming on their brakes going into the cor­ners and sprint­ing out of them. Six cor­ners per lap and it takes it out of a person.

Even­tu­ally, we set­tled down and smoothed out a lit­tle bit. But by then, I was pretty spent and had noth­ing left for the finish.

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