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Ok not really, but I had to recently say that to my spring racing season.  Actually, it’s been weeks since I called it quits on racing for a bit (spoiler alert: this was a good decision). I’ve been wanting to write something about this for a while; but keep scrapping ideas and haven’t really known where to go with things at risk of sounding too narcissistic (I mean who really cares about my splits and times, etc.), or worse: too ‘fluffy’ (or is it extra?? Okay moving on). I am, however, a believer in finding something useful out of any experience if at all humanly possible. So a three-race season it is! I thought I’d share with you all some lessons and observations I made along the way from a short, but moderately successful racing season. I’m always learning things as I move along, and I hope at least a thing or two that someone may find useful and/or interesting as well. So let’s get into it. The best laid plans.... Are just plans; but we need to make them anyway. An