Saturday Rachel was a lone ranger, due to Jen's work schedule and Lori's ribs (she's still hurting from Tulsa). Saturday was Age based State Crit Championship. The ladies all raced together, so it was a pretty good turnout, but the Flyers definitely had the field advantage with 4 or 5 riders. The race started out fast because of Brain & Spine's Chris Wolfe attacking from the gun; combined with all the turns at the Driveway, the field automatically split up. The main group was now made of about 15 girls. Being a lone ranger, Rachel sat in, following important moves, or attacking a couple times, just to keep the race exciting. The Flyers had some great attacks and counter attacks. About half way through the race, Rachel flatted at the bottom of the course at the drawn out 180 degree turn. She managed to stay upright, even though she swayed to and fro a few times. After getting her wheel changed successfully, she got back in, ready to ramp it up. She sat in great position for most the race, got a little out of place (further back than ideal,) the last two laps. With one to go, going into the last 180, the pack was strung out (due to Flyers train), with Rachel sitting fifth wheel. She came around a few people after Daniele W (Flyers) attacked on the steep little climb. Rachel managed to hold off the other girls in her age group to win the State Championship. All in all, it was a fun race.
