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The Race Report Thread 2009-2012

Old 04-19-10, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Hida Yanra
Good job bdc - way to be be the hammer, not the anvil.

I stage raced this last weekend with MattM and Jordangerous - did alright.
With two stage races under belt and a decent number of races already for the year, I'm re-focusing my goals for the rest of this year and learning skills to target races next year.
"did alright"??

Dude, you beat about 70 guys in the RR yesterday! Including me... were you top 10 for that? Points?

Good work out there, and thanks for the extra water and mental support.
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Originally Posted by mattm
were you top 10 for that?
Good work out there, and thanks for the extra water and mental support.
nope, my head count had me as 11th... that said, next year I am going to go a bit faster at the TT and I am going to bring an entire world of hurt on that final climb.
I'm glad I could help, that's what teamates are for, eh?
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Pretty tough race at Carl Dolan 3/4 yesterday. I'm realizing that I can hang in a 3/4 race but not do much else. I apparently used all my energy because I went to sprint and there was nothing there (time to do some tabatas, I think). Got 17th out of the cat 4s. Helped a teammate get a prime though.

I need to go do a 4/5 race to boost my morale...
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73km road race (12 laps).

My first road race. Managed to stay with the group for the first four laps at which point I realized I was in over my head, and could no longer hold on to that final wheel.

Had a lot of fun, learned a lot, and can't wait until the next race.
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Old 04-19-10, 10:27 AM
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Woke up today and the calve feels much better def going to be off the bike for a few days it's real tender but at least I can walk. Playing hooky from work to speed up healing.
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Originally Posted by fauxto nick
Woke up today and the calve feels much better def going to be off the bike for a few days it's real tender but at least I can walk. Playing hooky from work to speed up healing.
Glad to hear you made it out of the crash in one piece.. how long before you're back in race shape, do you think?
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Suffered like hell yesterday at Vleeshuis Ronde road race in Bakersfield. The course was named after an old abandoned slaughterhouse along the course...and man it was a slaughter. We did 3X30 mile laps w/ ~2300ft of climbing per lap. It was 3 miles of flat to start then a solid 15 minute climb followed by 5 big rollers with no rest in between. After a few miles of descending there was 3 miles of flat followed by an 800m kick up to the finish line.

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It felt like there was nowhere to rest. The descents weren't long enough to get much recovery and a few guys were driving the pace on all the climbs. Once we hit the flats it was a constant series of attacks. I marked a few moves on the second lap and beginning of the third but got popped on the final time up the main climb. By that point the pack was down to 15 from ~50 at the start. I spent the last hour riding tempo by myself and ended up finishing 14th. After I got popped the pack split into multiple groups and I don't think any group came to the line with more than 3 people. Absolutely brutal.
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Old 04-19-10, 11:37 AM
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Congrats. You must be upgrading to C's then?
Thank you. Yeah, upgrading to C's. I've seen enough sketchy cornering (though i did one slightly bad cornering myself yesterday, but didn't come close to taking anyone down). Guys cutting the wrong apex, swinging wide, etc. That said, i won't be going to Eastern's as i have a defense coming up on the 27th for my graduate degree. Time to do a ton of threshold training & base miles in anticipation for the Cat5's races this summer. Scary thing is that people in C's would beat me by a good minute for the hill climb. I know most courses don't have that much climbing, but it's kinda scary regardless.

The crit yesterday was a total s**t show. Two crashes, both of them because people can't corner. With two laps to go i decided to jump to the front. I know i probably won't win, but it was a lot safer as i don't trust many in the field on taking at-speed turns (especially the 130 degree one near the end). As i have no teammates, i basically "led out" the field. Got caught at the line, and did a marginally acceptable bike throw for 2nd.
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Originally Posted by mattm
Glad to hear you made it out of the crash in one piece.. how long before you're back in race shape, do you think?
Not sure I've had a bad charlie horse before and I'd feel fine but as soon as I stood up to pedal it was like someone was stabbing me, so it could be a situation where I feel fine as early as tomorrow but as soon as I start to put force down the pain appears. Hoping that I'll be ready to race this Sunday but I'm not going to push it. Trying not to let any fear about racing get into my head, I'm more concerned about that happening than anything else.
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Tour of Walla Walla for me. Might be the last race as a 5. 5th in the TT, 22nd in the crit, and 3rd in the RR = 4th in GC. I had a great time. I took a look at my TT numbers as compared to the fast guys in Cat 4. It's gonna be a whole new world

mattm, et al, sorry I missed you guys. Hopefully we'll be racing together soon.

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Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich
Thank you. Yeah, upgrading to C's. I've seen enough sketchy cornering (though i did one slightly bad cornering myself yesterday, but didn't come close to taking anyone down). Guys cutting the wrong apex, swinging wide, etc. That said, i won't be going to Eastern's as i have a defense coming up on the 27th for my graduate degree. Time to do a ton of threshold training & base miles in anticipation for the Cat5's races this summer. Scary thing is that people in C's would beat me by a good minute for the hill climb. I know most courses don't have that much climbing, but it's kinda scary regardless.

The crit yesterday was a total s**t show. Two crashes, both of them because people can't corner. With two laps to go i decided to jump to the front. I know i probably won't win, but it was a lot safer as i don't trust many in the field on taking at-speed turns (especially the 130 degree one near the end). As i have no teammates, i basically "led out" the field. Got caught at the line, and did a marginally acceptable bike throw for 2nd.
No shame in 2nd. Too bad about Easterns. I'm looking forward to it though, it should have a nice crit.
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Originally Posted by JimmyA
Tour of Walla Walla for me.
yes, the TT times start getting fast in a big hurry - but not to worry, you'll be fine. Come look us up before/after a race, or when you are racing in the 4s, ask any of the RCR guys for Matt or Ian - we race almost everything around here.
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Originally Posted by Hida Yanra
yes, the TT times start getting fast in a big hurry - but not to worry, you'll be fine. Come look us up before/after a race, or when you are racing in the 4s, ask any of the RCR guys for Matt or Ian - we race almost everything around here.
Thanks Hida - will do.
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Old 04-19-10, 03:29 PM
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Nick, foam roller/use a rolling pin/the stick on your calf. It'll hurt like hell but feel better faster. Loosens it up real good. Also icy hot or equivalent.
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First race - Hermann RR, combined 4/5's.

Pretty much everything everyone has said about first races was true except for one thing - this nonsense about "attack attack attack". Sheesh, you gotta be kidding - more like "hang on, hang on, hang on".

But it was definitely a good learning experience and has me wanting to come back for more.
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Originally Posted by JayhawKen
First race - Hermann RR, combined 4/5's.

Pretty much everything everyone has said about first races was true except for one thing - this nonsense about "attack attack attack". Sheesh, you gotta be kidding - more like "hang on, hang on, hang on".

But it was definitely a good learning experience and has me wanting to come back for more.
Congrats. Entire post makes sense except for your indicated location
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Originally Posted by JayhawKen
First race - Hermann RR, combined 4/5's.

Pretty much everything everyone has said about first races was true except for one thing - this nonsense about "attack attack attack". Sheesh, you gotta be kidding - more like "hang on, hang on, hang on".

But it was definitely a good learning experience and has me wanting to come back for more.
there ya go, keeping the rubber side down is the most important thing
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Originally Posted by JayhawKen
First race - Hermann RR, combined 4/5's.

Pretty much everything everyone has said about first races was true except for one thing - this nonsense about "attack attack attack". Sheesh, you gotta be kidding - more like "hang on, hang on, hang on".

But it was definitely a good learning experience and has me wanting to come back for more.
Good! Once you get a feel for the ebs and flows it gets a bit easier.
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Off the front for 20 of the 23 laps of second crit of the day.

Netted me a 2nd place and puts the Cat 2-o-meter at 112%. Woot.
Nice & nice!
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Originally Posted by JimmyA
Tour of Walla Walla for me. Might be the last race as a 5. 5th in the TT, 22nd in the crit, and 3rd in the RR = 4th in GC. I had a great time. I took a look at my TT numbers as compared to the fast guys in Cat 4. It's gonna be a whole new world

mattm, et al, sorry I missed you guys. Hopefully we'll be racing together soon.

-Jimmy
Sounds like you did pretty well, I'm sure you'll be fine in the 4's. I didn't think the 5->4 jump was all too big, though I never got to do any 5-only fields so maybe that's why.

And to put some of the TT times in perspective, there were at least three sandbaggers in the 4's that I know of at Walla Walla, two who had points but were already registered as a 4, and one who had 30 points but wants some to expire so he can get a win. And the Cat 4 TT winner's parents are supposedly super-duper athletes of some sort, so there's that too.

In a sense the 4's just got a little easier over the weekend.. but then guys like local Dave Z who's been killing sprints in the 5's (you know him?), and will soon be mixing it up with us in the 4's - so it starts all over again.

Anyway see you in the 4's soon! Did you send in the upgrade request yet?
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Originally Posted by mattm
Did you send in the upgrade request yet?
Just got my approval email. If anything, the 4s usually have more reasonable start times than the 5s.
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@ jimmy - did we talk at the pizza place by the crit on saturday night? I get the impression that we quite possibly did since there weren't many guys from your squad there... I was wearing an RCR windbreaker and talked to two guys from your team that evening.
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@ hida - of course! I completely missed the connection. You were chatting with Dave and I.
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Race Report from Sunday - Circuit Francis J Clarke, last of the Bethel Spring Series. It's a long post, even I think so, therefore it's a War & Peace kind of thing. If you finish reading it in less than 54 minutes then you read it quicker than how long it took to actually race 30 laps.

https://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...arke-2010.html

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Originally Posted by carpediemracing
Race Report from Sunday - Circuit Francis J Clarke, last of the Bethel Spring Series. It's a long post, even I think so, therefore it's a War & Peace kind of thing. If you finish reading it in less than 54 minutes then you read it quicker than how long it took to actually race 30 laps.

https://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...arke-2010.html

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Awesome post as always aki. That one was chock full of emotion and all. Kind of made me remember why I love to ride as much as I do.

Congrats again.
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