Hyde Park Blast prelim update

Wow, that was the toughest crit I think I have ever done. It was HOT. The course had two tight technical sections. There was wind on the LONG finishing stretch. And we were called up to the start in the order we registered, so we started near the back and had to work just to get up into a decent position. The official results haven't been posted yet. Team IB had their guys in the front group at the finish of both the 3s and the 4/5s but we just weren't able to move up far enough to contest. I absolutely was on the brink of dropping out just 15min into the race but decided to continue as an exercise in mental toughness. I don't know about the rest of the team but I was suffering bad and recovered slowly after the race. Did I mention it was HOT? More to come...