Quote Originally Posted by CatBerge
was many times the hardest. I am the wimpiest of all girls. Had tried road racing.... but would get so nervous before a race... that I quit racing. So how come I could not tackle the small races... but am able to tackle the super-challenging ones? ...
Whew! So glad you are visiting and posting! I'm 39, new to biking but competetive in nature. I decided to try racing and did so a few weeks ago (very friendly teach-the-newbie type of atmosphere). It's every Monday night at the local car race track. But here's the thing, even today, 4 days before the next race, my heart is going a mile a minute, I'm scared out of my wits and SO afraid I'll get lapped or worse! It's all I think about when I think about racing. I'm really struggling with this mentally because I'm so afraid of making an idiot of myself...you know, the old chick just starting out on a bike and racing with those young women anyway.

But now I've read your post and I feel a little better. I figured EVERYONE who races is either so confident or they are laid back enough that they don't care if they get lapped. It's nice to know other women might feel the way I do but still really want to do it. I really hope in my heart that if I get lapped everyone doesn't think I'm a big slow fool out there....I'll keep your positive attitude in mind and hope that's what they think instead (if I happen to get lapped...that sure is a great motivator to pedal till you are ready to pass out, lol!).

And sorry, for some reason I'm not expressing myself very well today, hmph!