Hrm, I just found out that one of the guys I raced against last weekend (and the eventual winner of the race), is professional triathlete James Bonney who competes in races all around the world, including multiple Ironmans and marthons. And now he's racing Cat 5 USCF road races. Pshah!

fyi: when you start out racing road bikes, you have to ride Category 5 for until you've done 10 races, then you move up to Category 4. Based on performance, you move up to 3, then eventually Cat 2. With more time and performance, you get to Cat 1, then after a long ass time you can try to turn professional. This Bonney guy is probably on par with Cat 1 or professional riders, and therefore way stronger than anybody else in the Cat 5 field. I guess he needs to get his 10 races in before he can cat up to racing 4's (and even then it's not gonna be a fair match), but for the time being I hope to God he doesn't show up at the same races I do.