I'm racing the senior category basically the lowest adult category. First race run I had to wait up top ages so got really cold hands and didn't do so well, then 2nd run I had done maybe a quarter of my run when I punctured so not quite what I wanted to do but it's just a winter race so no big deal.

 I wish they would do the opposite and have the male pros race last, that way the trails are still fine when lower cats racers do their runs. I want to get back into racing this year but I need to shed some weight (a lot of it)!!! lol

 That's how it works over here, someone crashed and the track got closed for 35-40 minutes but I was there about 20 minutes early for my run so waited almost an hour at the top, then it started snowing. I really like racing, it means I get to ride a bigger variety of trails.