Last night I participated in maybe my fifth Fiesta Island Thursday Night Workout / Crit Practice / Crash Avoidance Seminar. My experience at the FITNW/CT/CAS has largely been a comedy of errors. The first few times I had no idea where it actually started so I ended up circling until I was swallowed up by the pack, only to be spit out the back because I had to use all my energy getting up to the group's speed. Then another week I figured out that there's actually an official START ("Oohhh there it is..."), i.e., it's not just a group of random people who glom together. Then another week I figured out that there's actually a set number of LAPS, as if it's some kind of RACE. Interesting. This was two weeks ago, a workout which ended up with me being run off the road into the sand when the group rapidly decelerated for unseen reasons and everyone in front of me surged to the left. (No harm, but I got dropped.)
Yesterday I learned another valuable lesson. At least I think I did. Apparently the FINISH line is not the same line as the STARTING line. I could be completely wrong about this (there could have been a breakaway that I didn't see from my strategic aft position), but on the last lap, as I was thinking, "OK time to start hammering and see what I can do here..." everyone was soft pedaling already. Ugh. So where IS the finish line? I have no idea. All I know is I finished the workout, which felt really good.
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