daytonian

Bingo, we have a winner.

carlfreddy

I definitely didn't jump into my Cat4 upgrade.

Even though this was my first season racing bikes, I raced a min of once a week every week, all summer. Some would say I sand-bagged by not upgrading as soon as I had 10 starts.

Personally, I want the upgrade so I get the chance to race with larger fields, and race with the rest of my team (I was the only 5 on the team).

wfrogge

Some events still have citizen races BTW. Also CAT 5 dosent nor was ever supposed to = slow. Beginer racers are fast plain and simple.

waterrockets 

It's crossed my mind actually. Does your coach have any extra srms laying around?



I've done some tactics coaching for a couple friends in the Tuesday Nighter and bumped them out of the Cat 4 slump they were in, going on to race 3s.

UT_Dude

Haha... He had Leipheimer's SRM at his office at one point, but no extras.

I'll get there soon now, I think

waterrockets 

Yeah, you're flying in the TTs. I'd like to see you out in the 'nighter though!

Snuffleupagus

Riding with faster guys, means you're riding faster. Riding faster, makes you faster.

Consequently...

I do 1/2/3 races whenever I can. Despite the fact that I'm generally outclassed, I know it makes me a better racer.

UT_Dude

Yeah... Right now I'm not doing much of any intensity during the week because (1) MTB races and (2) I'm tired out from all of this

Plus, I'm stuck at work 'til 5:00 on Tuesdays/Thursdays. I promise I'm not avoiding the thing, it just hasn't worked out...at all.

NomadVW 

Personally, I didn't want to stay a 5 so I could race the longer races. Pack size, speed, etc... whatever. I just hate the idea of showing up for a 30 minute race.

Snuffleupagus

Dude, you'll be a 3 so fast you won't have time to get a feel for racing in the 4s. All it takes is 3 wins in a row

Speedee

Same here.

waterrockets 

Yeah, unfortunately, I'm going to miss it next week. I haven't decided on RunFar the following week, but there just aren't going to be too many more Tuesday Nighters this year. They'll surely be taking the As down to three laps soon so everyone can ride home before pitch dark. From there, it's probably only one or two weeks before the Bs dissolve into the As, so just one group goes. Strange with this extended DST, but I love having a few extra Tuesday Nighters

substructure

I'm in no real, big hurry. I've done 7 races this year - the ones I wanted to do, and had time to do.
If I hadn't had so many things going on in my life, I would have easily done a lot more racing. But I want to enjoy it, make it count, do the best I can with what I have. I knew at the start of the season that it was going to be tough to get in the 10 races I needed - let alone win any of them. With my wife working on the weekends, kids going to their games, bringing work home to keep caught up, I was in over my head. But I survived.

Now my wife doesn't work on the weekends and hopefully I can train harder and race more.
See you on the other side.

roadbuzz

Well, I didn't really rush, but I wanted to get out of the 5s because 1) the 5 events fill up even faster than the 4s, and 2) I wanted to get into the masters. I think the 4s are just as sketchy as the 5s, maybe more so because a lot of the 5s are generally still a little cautious.

Plus, I felt like I was sandbagging riding with the 5s. I'm not great, but I could finish fairly well, and don't really have any particular aspirations. Figured I should get out, let the younger guys get their creds, and see if I could hold my own (or even hold on) with my peers.

ElJamoquio

Cedar Creek Cat 5: 17 Miles, 6 Places (Medals)
Cedar Creek Cat 4: 51 Miles, 10 Places (Money)

https://www.wmcoastriders.org/docs/cedarcreek2007.pdf