Originally Posted by
VanceMac
First crit of the year. 50+ with many of the usual suspects keeping the pace strong (my garmin shows 25.6 mph). I felt very good, and linked up with strong teammate with 2.5 to go. Almost immediately, though, my left calf cramped. Okay, now I'm at the back of the pack. Shake it off, and make my way back up to within sight of the front. Then, with less than half a lap to go, calf totally seizes. I've never had cramping issues before, but this is 3 times in the last couple months (all calf). Must figure it out.
Very frustrated, I made it over to VSC for the track time trials. I was worried about the calf, which was still very tender and painful to walk on, but managed a good 3k Team Pursuit with Hermes and MEA. Those are a lot of fun. And riding with them just made me even more eager to put together a committed 4k team for states.
Then lined up for my individual 2k, which I had never done before (and still in drops because I haven't tested out my aero bars yet). Pretty pleased with my time, but holy cow did that hurt! At the 1k mark I remember thinking "Oops, I think I went out at kilo pace." Managed to not completely blow up, but I'm sure the lap times were steadily increasing.
Shameless schill plug: Hammer Nutrition Endurolytes.