Don't get racked

Not making it to rack point made me extremely mad, so I wanted to crank it up a notch in order to finish the ride. However I learned the hard way of the rules of the road. I always want to test myself physically during rides and during uphill climbs I like beast it up that hill, however the “rules of the road” are very important on this trip for our safety. I broke one of those rules by getting too far ahead of my pace line, which is unsafe especially on an uphill climb. Therefore I was “racked” for the day after 5 miles. I was so frustrated, that I didn’t talk to anyone for like a half hour. I eventually cheered up and let it go, especially when I heard that J-Post’s whole pace line got racked for crossing a double yellow line.

We had a great friendship visit in Sacramento and I met Jimmy’s Vaeth’s aunt, uncle and cousin, who were generous enough to bring us two air mattresses to sleep on since we would be sleeping in a middle school gym for the first time.