Headed down from suburban Denver to the shadow of Pike’s Peak.  The family came along because anytime you head to the ’Springs you should focus on the family.  With a not so stellar race in Breck I wanted to get another good start and sort it out from there.  Things did seemed to click as i did get a decent start sliding into around 5th as we hit the dirt. I held my position well for a few laps until a rider went down in front of me coming off the a tar section into some loose dirt.  This slowed me down enough that two chasers were able to get on my wheel. A slight bobble in a rough bumpy section and they gased it passing easily. Worked hard to get back up to them but the damage was done. Ended up 8th in cat 4, 35+.