Covi, I really appreciate you sharing your experience with me! I’ll certainly reach out if I want to pick your brain further 
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hello, i am no longer with velo 360, but i was pleased to see both theia’s and covi’s names on the registration list for the women’s age group race that ran this morning.
i rarely race, but this race fit into my schedule nicely. the race was fantastic and i had a blast. i was able to see all the riders from all the pens, so finding people to ride with was easy. the winning group had riders from a,b,c, and d pens. i rode with people from c, d, and e pens. the volcano climb shattered the riders, but many small groups quickly reformed. the spread of times was large, but there were many women riding. i was a little hesitant to start, seeing the caliper of some of the riders, but i easily found people with which to ride and i had a blast. i am not sure if i will do the other events in this series due to scheduling issues, but i hope the next events are as well attended, too. i have never done a women’s only event; the numbers are usually too small or they require you to be on a team. i don’t really care what people are sitting on, anyway. it was a great ride and despite coming in no where near the front, i had plenty of people to ride with. i recommend it.
-ellis
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@Elliswall so glad to read a post from you! It’s also fun when we bump into each other in Zwift 
I signed up for this week but had a conflict today and Saturday is looking too nice not to ride outside. I hope to make to one of these races, and it will probably be on a Saturday.
It was great seeing you at the race @Elliswall !
The event was great. As you said, easy to find smaller groups to ride with.
I rode as a domestique today for one teammate and it was so much fun. I am just getting back into the groove of training so I was more than happy not to kill myself during the race but it was still a nice steady effort and I felt pretty good.
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Appreciate these posts from Covi and @Elliswall. I love hearing how much fun the event was. Between this post, @Coach_Theia’s wise words, and some other messages I’ve received this week, a switch seems to have flipped for me. This morning, I found myself really feeling (as opposed to telling myself, but not really believing) that there is no pressure. I know, I know, you all have been saying this. But sometimes it’s takes a while for a truth to be internalized. I also know that I’ll likely feel that pressure arise again. But for today – I’m happy to feel a lightness around competition.
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This is wonderful! I am still working on this and still feel a huge amount of pressure with each event but I’m beginning to just get “used” to it. lol As you said, a slow process and a work in progress.
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I participated in a TT with a new team – the Pink Cheetahs – and I had a ball! It felt good to push within my capability rather than previous experiences when I would be in the red zone and still getting dropped. Having said that, I don’t recommend doing the Double Punch workout before TTT 
Especially when it’s Hilly Route X3. But…I figured maybe Double Punch would be a good warm-up? And I wasn’t sure how hard the Cheetahs ride.
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It sounds like the Tuesday race was a success. That is so wonderful. Maybe filling that spot was a good idea for women who have been racing on Tuesday’s all season. I hope the Saturday slot is as successful! Here’s to more women racing!
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Does anyone here know anything about ECRO racing? This new team invited me to join them for the next season (session?) starting next week. I don’t think I’m ready to commit to that when I’m just dipping my toe back into racing. But also – I can’t quite figure out what it is or what the routes are. Seems like there’s a fee, but I’m not sure how much.
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as usual i’m behind - i don’t know much about ECRO but yes there is a fee and its not clear to many of us team managers what people get for paying the fee - most of the info is behind the paywall so unless you get a login and not sure if you have to pay $ right away, there’s little info available
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Yeah, that’s been my experience so far. Can’t find out much of anything on the public (free) part of their site. I think I’ll let that one lie for now.
I know there are alot of folks from my team who are racing on ECRO and I think our parent team has a ECRO team. 
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