Quick King's Valley Road Race recap

King's valley is a very small town not far from Philomath, Oregon. It is a beautiful place, and the race organizers put on an excellent event. I wish I could have had a better result, but I made some tactical errors, had some bad luck, and came in at the back of the main group. As a triathlete, I don't really need to be involved in a sprint; I'm trying to get race experience and there's no sprint finish into T2. That being said, I don't think I could've mustered much of a sprint anyway :) I was pretty blown.

Race Timeline

-First few miles sat comfortably, talked to racers in the peloton
-Mile 5 got a front flat. Quick change thanks to great race support
-Mile 15-ish finally caught back on to the group
-Mile 22, 25, 28 covered attacks by prominent players
-Mile 42, 43 made attacks of my own in the crosswind
-Mile 54 made my final attack, got a gap, but blew up monumentally with 600 to go
     *At the end of all this I discovered my cycling computer was off and when I thought I was attacking with   1      mile to go, I actually had 2.5 miles to go.

I feel like I probably could have held my final move if I hadn't had to bridge back after the flat, and then made 5 significant efforts to cover moves and make attacks. If I had been a bit more patient, I would have had more gas in the tank for the final move. The winning move.

Lesson learned, had fun, got stronger. Mission accomplished. Podium would have been a bonus :)