Definitely didn’t think of the towel… I’ve got disc brakes so that one is covered. Some of my competitors have already moved up to cat 4, so if luck comes my way I’m going with the “muddy cross look” for the podium!
Original plan was to ride the 15 miles into the race, and get my warmup, race, and then do a depleted ride home. Hoping the early AM weather is good enough to ride in and not drive, even if it then starts really raining…