Got in my first serious wreck

dice2833

My first wreck was in the State Crit of Iowa!

I was in third place, and a friend of mine was in second. He had been making jumps the entire race to wear out the other guy with us. So we were coming up on turn 3 (of 4), which was right before a hill. We were going slow (18 mph) to see what was going to happen next. My friend motioned for me to make a sprint, to see if we could bonk the other racer.

So I stood up, and sprinted off. Rounded the corner (still standing mind you), went up the hill about a third of the way still standing, and then I turned my head to see what kind of a gap I had created. As I turned, my right foot unclipped, and I went down hard. I was going at about 28 mph!

Somehow, during the wreck, my body was turned 180 degrees, and I was laying on the ground, and looking at the racers flying towards me!

The worst part of all...the race's format was 30 min.+2 laps...if I hadn't crashed, the finish line was the end of the 30 min.! I only had two laps (.6 mile per lap) to the finish! I know that I could have held my gap! I would have been the State Champ!!!!!!!!! Oh well, my friend took first, so at least one of us got it.