Quote Originally Posted by mtbdarby
Renee, which class is easier??
Citizen is easier than Sport. I'll warn you...there are some pretty tough and extremely competitive chicas in both classes. Though I'm sure there are many Sports moving up to Expert as well as Citizens moving up to Sport for 2006. So it hopefully won't be as bad.

Quote Originally Posted by mtbdarby
It takes me 10 miles to get in my zone so the thought of that race scares the crud out of me - I just wanted to meet up with you but figured if I was heading out there I might as well race in it, right?
Yup, if you are heading out to this race, you might as well take part in it!

Citizens race ~10 miles/2 laps
Sports race ~15 miles/2 laps

So you have to really warm up before the race. Everyone takes off like a bat out of hell from the start line. Every race I'd try to stay with the lead pack, usually get dropped and spend the whole first lap trying to just stay within reach (I really hate race starts...they are not my strong suit). By the second lap many have to slow down and that is when I usually catch up. I would be terrible at short track racing. The course is not very technical, it's fast and it's pretty fun.

Quote Originally Posted by mtbdarby
Besides, I figure any race experience is good experience. Do you come up the night before or just up and back for the day? We definitely need to hook up - I haven't met a TE woman yet!
My brother and I will show up the day before to pre-ride the course. I usually like to ride 2 laps so I can learn the course.

Here is a link to last year's citizen women's times.
http://www.wors.org/results/results....=o&cat=citizen
Last year's Citizen race was around 11.5 miles total.

A rough map of last years tenative course:
http://www.wors.org/news/article.php?id=58