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07-22-07, 09:33 PM
Had a pretty disapointing weekend at french broad, I went in knowing I was not going to be the strongest rider out there but with two wins recently I had the confidence.
TT - Got there late, no warm up at all. My HR went through the roof trying to hold myself back for first 2.5ks. Started to open it up and feel good. Convinced myself to suffer on the way back and ended up with somewhere around 28 minutes. and 27mph. I definatly need to spend more time on the TT bike. My form is twice as good as it was the last time I rode the course and I felt a lot better plus better pacing but I only rode 20 seconds faster.
RR - felt good, a few gaps went on the little climb, I always found myself in the leap group. Break goes with a lap to go of 8 riders two of which I knew to have marked. I do a little work to bring it back in the last 5 miles but a guy from portrait homes brings it back almost, break falls apart 2 men still up the road. I feel great going into the sprint but I didnt do **** to fight for position so I'm sitting 30th or so. I never really sprinted but ended up ~15th after some guys cracked.
Crit- feel good the first lap, started far back so I start to claw my way up. The course is a dragstrip on the front side uphill and downhill on the back with a tight corner going into the front. ~20 minutes in I settle with the realization that if the pace continues like this I'm going off the back. half the field is already gone. ~25 minutes in I get gapped and didnt have the legs to make it back. Only about 1/3 of the field finished the race.
TT - Got there late, no warm up at all. My HR went through the roof trying to hold myself back for first 2.5ks. Started to open it up and feel good. Convinced myself to suffer on the way back and ended up with somewhere around 28 minutes. and 27mph. I definatly need to spend more time on the TT bike. My form is twice as good as it was the last time I rode the course and I felt a lot better plus better pacing but I only rode 20 seconds faster.
RR - felt good, a few gaps went on the little climb, I always found myself in the leap group. Break goes with a lap to go of 8 riders two of which I knew to have marked. I do a little work to bring it back in the last 5 miles but a guy from portrait homes brings it back almost, break falls apart 2 men still up the road. I feel great going into the sprint but I didnt do **** to fight for position so I'm sitting 30th or so. I never really sprinted but ended up ~15th after some guys cracked.
Crit- feel good the first lap, started far back so I start to claw my way up. The course is a dragstrip on the front side uphill and downhill on the back with a tight corner going into the front. ~20 minutes in I settle with the realization that if the pace continues like this I'm going off the back. half the field is already gone. ~25 minutes in I get gapped and didnt have the legs to make it back. Only about 1/3 of the field finished the race.