Well Hilly Billy Roubaix didn't go so well for me. I was having a very hard time holding onto the leaders, they dropped me, then the chase group dropped me. This all happened before mile 10. Then at mile 10 I was flying down a gravel hill and I hit a huge ditch in the road. I went over my handle bars, crashing hard. I got back up and I thought I could keep racing until I noticed that my knee was very swollen. I could not move it. Luckily JR (race promoter) was right around the corner in a truck, he gave me some ice and I called it a day.
Since then I have recovered with no problems. I just have a huge bruise on my knee.
I am not sure why I was dropped so easily at the beginning of the race, I should have been able to hang onto the leaders. I have been having some pre-race heart palpitations on nights before races recently. I think it is due to being nervous or anxious about the coming race. Those heart palps make me feel weak. I am working on resolving this issue so that I can continue to race and enjoy it!
Thom Parsons of cyclingdirt was nice enough to interview me post race.. even though I was a DNFers.
http://bigbikesmedia.cyclingdirt.org/coverage/249501-Hilly-Billy-Roubaix/video/643981-Patrick-Blair-Taken-out-by-a-pot-hole
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