So I raced this weekend and I made sure I wasn't a jerk or anything. Things went pretty well I feel I'm making progress. As of this race I decided I need to emphasize training on hills. The race was about a 5 mile loop with one steep climb. I kept falling behind on the climb but then I'd still catch the front group out on the flats. Unfortunately the finish was at the top of this evil hill so I didn't place all that great but oh well. This particular race was my first race last year and it was really a tough course for me. It didn't seem quite so bad this year and I felt like I was able to work some of the other riders more. Will keep working at it.