my first road race has the same tagline as my first duathlon...

which is..."I totally wasn't last!"*

I also didn't:

• get pulled
• crash
• come anywhere near a pack finish

I was dropped like a hot potato about 2 miles into the first lap, and another 2 miles down the road, I couldn't even see the women's 4 field anymore. The only time I wasn't racing utterly by myself is when the men's fields lapped me several times. And then the women's P/1/2/3 field, once. :) But you know what? It was my first race, and I finished. It was the hardest 25 miles I've ever done, and I don't regret a single foot of it. Well, except that I didn't ride it faster.

*I was 28th of 29 finishers in my category. :P

Good for you for finishing the race!!! Sometimes that's the hardest part! Congrats!!