Barrio Logan Grand Prix, CA State Criterium Championships!

When they say "barrio" they are not lying! We were only 10 miles north of Mexico, definitely not a place I would go on my own!
Though it was a great race! The course was a fast figure 8 with a good uphill stretch into two quick 90's and 150m finish. The field was super big today because it was for the State title...technically I should not have been in the race, oh well!
From the gun it was fast and furious! Though no breaks got away, there was a strong headwind down the back stretch...which meant tailwind on the finishing straight.
Definitely the fastest race I have done in awhile...Superweek fast no joke!
And of course, being in the Cat 3 field, crashes were bound to happen! I avoided one major one where a girl flipped over her bike trying to pedal through a turn...
and then before the final turn a girl dropped her chain right in front of me. I had to wait and see where she was going to go, lost a bit of time there and came in 10th. But hey, I have been top 10 for the past 6 weeks straight...though I am STILL five points away from my upgrade!

Tomorrow is the big day, I start my drive home to CO...17 hours in the car!!!