Originally Posted by
07BladeRider
As the others have mentioned, don't worry about the times. Everyone has a weekend where they're a little "off" their normal pace. Ask me how I know. Shake it off, come to round 5 fresh and not even thinking about it. You'll be back on your game.
As for being lapped by experts, it's staggering to see how fast they blow by you. I have been passed by 4 different riders so far. 3 have been really great about the distance they keep from you. Mainly, I believe, because they don't have any idea what you're going to do. I have also been hit twice now by the same rider and both times in T12, a tight area. I didn't go down, but possibly cost him a placement. Since both happened so fast, I don't have a clue what happened.
However, huge kudos to Scott Mullin. He came over to me and told me that I was doing nothing wrong, they just came in super hot and he managed to get around me in T11 before it tightened up. The other rider unfortunately, didn't. It happens and definitely not intentionally.