I'm not very good at updating! But here I am a few months later racing as a cat 2. Training has been well and still with the same coach called Nathan. I think I have gotten a little bit faster and my sprints have been a bit more clean/quicker. I did my first race as a cat 2 in Arizona at Valley of the Sun stage race. It had a "cat 2 only" field. I thought I'd have a better chance not getting dropped here haha. I decided to go all out and do this stage race as my first because I have done well in this race before and have won the road race. I think I was just comfortable with it and decided to go for it, but unfortunately, it didn't go as well as I wanted it to. I got dropped in the road race, but I did get my first top 10 as a cat 2 that weekend. It was on stage 3. The crit! I managed to do no work and get through no problem. Probably the best sprint I have ever done with the *new bike we have.
*We are now sponsored by DiamondBack and the majority of the team are riding their podium 7. It's the stiffest bike I have ever ridden. It's just so responsive, too!

Last weekend was my 2nd race as a cat 2. Also the first road race I've done in the Pro 1/2/3 field combined. It wasn't that long, but it was fucking difficult with that wind blowing at 45 mph. I got dropped that day, but I did get another top 10 finish on stage 2. The crit...Again.. Though I'm wondering why they never saw me finish that day as they didn't put me down on the results. I did protest but never got anything back from them. I do have pictures anyway which is totally cool. After all, I went to that race to support and have fun racing with my mates for the first time! I really did get my ass kicked, though haha