Well, I had to look up criterium, so I think it's closest to a crit. This was an amateur race, no category. I guess the closest would be category 5.

I'd guess we did closer to 19.6 mph average when you take out my cool down lap. And yes, that was the average...so of course, the headwind we were slower, the tailwind we were faster.

LOL, yeeeaaahhhh...I guess I've got the bug

There were only 12 women...I just checked the results and I was dead-center, 7th place. I was in 10th almost the whole race, couldn't figure out how to get into the middle of the pack. Then when they sped up on the last turn, I pulled out and figured out they were sprinting and gave it my all. I couldn't even get out of the saddle, too tired and wobbled like crazy immediately. But I caught up a little.

I thought a criterium is a pack race? We were all in a line (pace line?) until the last lap.

Hmmm...speeds....like in the mid teens to low 20's, depending on direction and wind. The corners were fine since we were all in a "pace line" kind of thing the whole race. We had a few very brief moments out of the line and had some issues w/tire overlap, but cornering was kind of fun!

The men's amateur had a nasty crash, from what I heard. I'm sure this is one of those things that the more I learn, the more scared I'll be. (Kind of like going downhill).