The Race Report Thread 2009-2012
04-18-10, 07:53 PM
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Mineral Wells SR stage3.
Yesterday's TT put us 1 and 4 in GC.
Today I set pace for almost the entire (48 mi) race and covered every single attack (there were many).
On the first lap's prime sprint I decided to lead out my teammate, but started the leadout too early - learned from my mistake. On the second lap (stage finish) I lead out my teammate with the correct distance, but moved laterally too far and accidentally gave someone else the draft, leaving my teammate in the wind. We need more communication for this to work, but it was incredibly fun to be able to try this in a race.
We ended up last, but still took him 2nd Team GC and my teammate tied for 3rd (5th in prize money). I had an absolute blast.
EDR: your teammate Connor put my in serious trouble by attacking so much =) he needs more staying power, but has insane acceleration on the hills.
Yesterday's TT put us 1 and 4 in GC.
Today I set pace for almost the entire (48 mi) race and covered every single attack (there were many).
On the first lap's prime sprint I decided to lead out my teammate, but started the leadout too early - learned from my mistake. On the second lap (stage finish) I lead out my teammate with the correct distance, but moved laterally too far and accidentally gave someone else the draft, leaving my teammate in the wind. We need more communication for this to work, but it was incredibly fun to be able to try this in a race.
We ended up last, but still took him 2nd Team GC and my teammate tied for 3rd (5th in prize money). I had an absolute blast.
EDR: your teammate Connor put my in serious trouble by attacking so much =) he needs more staying power, but has insane acceleration on the hills.
04-18-10, 07:57 PM
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04-18-10, 08:12 PM
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I raced. I won. Full report here.
04-18-10, 08:22 PM
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I didn't see anything about it here yet, but from fauxto nick's facebook "crashed at the torrance crit hard need crutches possibly abyone have any?"
04-18-10, 08:28 PM
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missed the break, helped lead out our sprinter for scraps
04-18-10, 08:41 PM
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so, yeah, 2nd in the race, first in the Series. After we printed the helmets with "Winner" and not "Leader" I decided to aware helmets to the winner. I also had enough shoe covers to give them to the overall winners.
I came home with a new pair of shoe covers, a new long sleeve jersey, and a new helmet.
My teammate Cliff did a totally insane leadout. I just looked at the clip quickly and I cannot, cannot, just cannot believe how hard he went. We came up on guys "sprinting" like they were standing still. I didn't realize how close I was to the win - maybe 10 feet.
The whole team was incredible. They totally controlled the field, riding 2-3 at the front, driving it when the pace eased, chasing when breaks went. A super active team, not negative. They did tons of work.
Last lap I just couldn't think of what I felt, I just did.
Now I'm tired
cdr
ps yes it's on helmet cam. it'll be a good one.
I came home with a new pair of shoe covers, a new long sleeve jersey, and a new helmet.
My teammate Cliff did a totally insane leadout. I just looked at the clip quickly and I cannot, cannot, just cannot believe how hard he went. We came up on guys "sprinting" like they were standing still. I didn't realize how close I was to the win - maybe 10 feet.
The whole team was incredible. They totally controlled the field, riding 2-3 at the front, driving it when the pace eased, chasing when breaks went. A super active team, not negative. They did tons of work.
Last lap I just couldn't think of what I felt, I just did.
Now I'm tired
cdr
ps yes it's on helmet cam. it'll be a good one.
04-18-10, 08:57 PM
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cdr - very cool, looking forward to the cam
04-18-10, 08:59 PM
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2nd race since moving to just bikes - same venue as last week for me. 40 degrees and rain this time. 4/5/masters field. Attacked on the second lap, a guy came with me, we stayed away the whole time and i won the sprint (he didnt really contest it).
Pics!
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04-18-10, 09:17 PM
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Had my first race crash today!
Did the Torrance criterium today, was going easy and sitting in the pack (idiot) while I gauged how much I had in my legs since I got dropped in my last two crits and was fearful of a mid season slump. Right as I decided that I was going to be fine and was going to move up to the front two guys went down at about 26 mph. I couldn't go left and I couldn't go right and ended up plowing into them and flipping over the bars and landing on them, then some people crashed into me.
I got up quick and stumbled around and checked everything, nothing broken, no deep cuts, just a gash on my knee and a horrible ache in my right calve. Couldn't believe my kit wasn't even ripped, so I went and sat on the grass and laid down. After about 30 seconds I decided I wanted more so I got up and went to the wheel pit checked in with USAC and hopped back in the pack a little bloody but pretty pumped with adrenaline. Ended up riding mid to front pack for the rest of the race I guess the adrenaline was so high I didn't notice how bad my calve was hurting. Even made a little jump off the front till my calve got the best of me after a few seconds. I ended up feeling a little shell shocked towards the end of the race and decided to take it easy for the last 3 laps and finished back of the pack.
As soon as I got off the bike I could barely walk and right now I either have the worst charlie horse in history or a torn calve muscle. I'm taking work off tomorrow and hoping that I'll just need to take a week off the bike, not sure if I'll have to sit out next weekends crit unfortunately. I got lucky today but I'm just trying to relax and not let this affect my attitude about racing hopefully I can just jump back in next race and hammer and not be nervous.
Did the Torrance criterium today, was going easy and sitting in the pack (idiot) while I gauged how much I had in my legs since I got dropped in my last two crits and was fearful of a mid season slump. Right as I decided that I was going to be fine and was going to move up to the front two guys went down at about 26 mph. I couldn't go left and I couldn't go right and ended up plowing into them and flipping over the bars and landing on them, then some people crashed into me.
I got up quick and stumbled around and checked everything, nothing broken, no deep cuts, just a gash on my knee and a horrible ache in my right calve. Couldn't believe my kit wasn't even ripped, so I went and sat on the grass and laid down. After about 30 seconds I decided I wanted more so I got up and went to the wheel pit checked in with USAC and hopped back in the pack a little bloody but pretty pumped with adrenaline. Ended up riding mid to front pack for the rest of the race I guess the adrenaline was so high I didn't notice how bad my calve was hurting. Even made a little jump off the front till my calve got the best of me after a few seconds. I ended up feeling a little shell shocked towards the end of the race and decided to take it easy for the last 3 laps and finished back of the pack.
As soon as I got off the bike I could barely walk and right now I either have the worst charlie horse in history or a torn calve muscle. I'm taking work off tomorrow and hoping that I'll just need to take a week off the bike, not sure if I'll have to sit out next weekends crit unfortunately. I got lucky today but I'm just trying to relax and not let this affect my attitude about racing hopefully I can just jump back in next race and hammer and not be nervous.
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04-18-10, 09:34 PM
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Torrance Crit - 1/2 mile loop - Cat 3
Brutal training ride Saturday.
Because future plans changed, decided I need to race the Torrance Crit on Sunday.
Underslept.
Drank 3 cups of coffee with breakfast & drove to race.
Got a good warmup.
Took a shot at 2nd prime - failed.
1 1/2 lap bridge to break that sensed my arrival & fell apart.
While recovering missed winning break.
Positioned myself well (3rd wheel) for field sprint.
Nearly fell off the bike when leg exploded in massive cramp. See first 4 lines of report.
23rd.
Most fun I've had in a race this year
Brutal training ride Saturday.
Because future plans changed, decided I need to race the Torrance Crit on Sunday.
Underslept.
Drank 3 cups of coffee with breakfast & drove to race.
Got a good warmup.
Took a shot at 2nd prime - failed.
1 1/2 lap bridge to break that sensed my arrival & fell apart.
While recovering missed winning break.
Positioned myself well (3rd wheel) for field sprint.
Nearly fell off the bike when leg exploded in massive cramp. See first 4 lines of report.
23rd.
Most fun I've had in a race this year
04-18-10, 09:36 PM
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Well I raced(ha) Boulder Racing's Louisville crit today. 35+ 4's (aca). Let's keep it short and sweet: I lasted 15 of 45 minutes. Got yanked after about 5 laps. Oh I love the learning year.
04-18-10, 09:56 PM
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Scott Z showed up at our p123 crit today-- turns out that yeah, he's pretty fast. He went up the road with 6 others, including two of my teammates (he attacked later and rode the last 5 laps on his own). The rest of us duked it out for the field sprint. I came painfully close to winning it, but had to go too long and got swarmed just at the line, ended up 6-7th.
04-18-10, 10:09 PM
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Tour of Walla Walla Stage Race Cat 4 - TT (38th), Crit (5th), RR (14th).
Saturday 9.3 mi TT: passed my 30 second man/carrot, but got passed once. Need to work on the TTing..
Saturday Crit: Points, mofo, I got points. 90-something Cat 4's in a 25-minute crit with 6 turns. Fun stuff, I love crits. Zero crashes, btw.
Sunday RR: 58 miles, 3km uphill finish (5%). One kinda bad crash at 30-35 mph, btw.
Executed a 12 mile solo breakaway, though it was perhaps ill-timed at 9 miles into ~60 mile race. Pack was slow so I went to see what happened.
The best part about the break was getting time checks from the moto guy - first one after a few minutes was "25 seconds, and no attacks." Cool, I attacked my attack, and got a 2nd wind. The winding roads & rolling hills of the course allowed me to get out of sight a few times, so in the back of my head I was thinking maybe there was hope? Well not really, but how long could I stick this?
5-10 minutes later, the time check was "35 seconds, still no response."
At points I sat up and looked back, but the pack was so far away that after coasting for few seconds I'd just put in another dig, and get going again. Moto guy was even saying "you might as well go for it!" when I told him I was throwing in the towel.
The next time check was "45 seconds, but they're responding." After about 12 miles/35 minutes I hit the 3 km climb (course was a loop) and went back into the pack. Only I couldn't rest just yet - there was still 2.5 km of the 5% grade until I could rest. Ouch. Held on, but had to really fight for stay in the pack. (thanks Hida for the words of encouragement!)
Once back in the pack we rode around in a big group ride for 30-something miles, then the last 5k were pretty animated.
Pack splits into two groups on the 3km finish climb, finished at the back of the first one. Ugh, that hurt.
The weekend was a blast, got to race with forrest_m, Hida, and a bunch of other folks.
Saturday 9.3 mi TT: passed my 30 second man/carrot, but got passed once. Need to work on the TTing..
Saturday Crit: Points, mofo, I got points. 90-something Cat 4's in a 25-minute crit with 6 turns. Fun stuff, I love crits. Zero crashes, btw.
Sunday RR: 58 miles, 3km uphill finish (5%). One kinda bad crash at 30-35 mph, btw.
Executed a 12 mile solo breakaway, though it was perhaps ill-timed at 9 miles into ~60 mile race. Pack was slow so I went to see what happened.
The best part about the break was getting time checks from the moto guy - first one after a few minutes was "25 seconds, and no attacks." Cool, I attacked my attack, and got a 2nd wind. The winding roads & rolling hills of the course allowed me to get out of sight a few times, so in the back of my head I was thinking maybe there was hope? Well not really, but how long could I stick this?
5-10 minutes later, the time check was "35 seconds, still no response."
At points I sat up and looked back, but the pack was so far away that after coasting for few seconds I'd just put in another dig, and get going again. Moto guy was even saying "you might as well go for it!" when I told him I was throwing in the towel.
The next time check was "45 seconds, but they're responding." After about 12 miles/35 minutes I hit the 3 km climb (course was a loop) and went back into the pack. Only I couldn't rest just yet - there was still 2.5 km of the 5% grade until I could rest. Ouch. Held on, but had to really fight for stay in the pack. (thanks Hida for the words of encouragement!)
Once back in the pack we rode around in a big group ride for 30-something miles, then the last 5k were pretty animated.
Pack splits into two groups on the 3km finish climb, finished at the back of the first one. Ugh, that hurt.
The weekend was a blast, got to race with forrest_m, Hida, and a bunch of other folks.
04-18-10, 10:25 PM
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Tour of Walla Walla Stage Race Cat 4 - TT (38th), Crit (5th), RR (14th).
Saturday 9.3 mi TT: passed my 30 second man/carrot, but got passed once. Need to work on the TTing..
Saturday Crit: Points, mofo, I got points. 90-something Cat 4's in a 25-minute crit with 6 turns. Fun stuff, I love crits. Zero crashes, btw.
Sunday RR: 58 miles, 3km uphill finish (5%). One kinda bad crash at 30-35 mph, btw.
Executed a 12 mile solo breakaway, though it was perhaps ill-timed at 9 miles into ~60 mile race. Pack was slow so I went to see what happened.
The best part about the break was getting time checks from the moto guy - first one after a few minutes was "25 seconds, and no attacks." Cool, I attacked my attack, and got a 2nd wind. The winding roads & rolling hills of the course allowed me to get out of sight a few times, so in the back of my head I was thinking maybe there was hope? Well not really, but how long could I stick this?
5-10 minutes later, the time check was "35 seconds, still no response."
At points I sat up and looked back, but the pack was so far away that after coasting for few seconds I'd just put in another dig, and get going again. Moto guy was even saying "you might as well go for it!" when I told him I was throwing in the towel.
The next time check was "45 seconds, but they're responding." After about 12 miles/35 minutes I hit the 3 km climb (course was a loop) and went back into the pack. Only I couldn't rest just yet - there was still 2.5 km of the 5% grade until I could rest. Ouch. Held on, but had to really fight for stay in the pack. (thanks Hida for the words of encouragement!)
Once back in the pack we rode around in a big group ride for 30-something miles, then the last 5k were pretty animated.
Pack splits into two groups on the 3km finish climb, finished at the back of the first one. Ugh, that hurt.
The weekend was a blast, got to race with forrest_m, Hida, and a bunch of other folks.
Saturday 9.3 mi TT: passed my 30 second man/carrot, but got passed once. Need to work on the TTing..
Saturday Crit: Points, mofo, I got points. 90-something Cat 4's in a 25-minute crit with 6 turns. Fun stuff, I love crits. Zero crashes, btw.
Sunday RR: 58 miles, 3km uphill finish (5%). One kinda bad crash at 30-35 mph, btw.
Executed a 12 mile solo breakaway, though it was perhaps ill-timed at 9 miles into ~60 mile race. Pack was slow so I went to see what happened.
The best part about the break was getting time checks from the moto guy - first one after a few minutes was "25 seconds, and no attacks." Cool, I attacked my attack, and got a 2nd wind. The winding roads & rolling hills of the course allowed me to get out of sight a few times, so in the back of my head I was thinking maybe there was hope? Well not really, but how long could I stick this?
5-10 minutes later, the time check was "35 seconds, still no response."
At points I sat up and looked back, but the pack was so far away that after coasting for few seconds I'd just put in another dig, and get going again. Moto guy was even saying "you might as well go for it!" when I told him I was throwing in the towel.
The next time check was "45 seconds, but they're responding." After about 12 miles/35 minutes I hit the 3 km climb (course was a loop) and went back into the pack. Only I couldn't rest just yet - there was still 2.5 km of the 5% grade until I could rest. Ouch. Held on, but had to really fight for stay in the pack. (thanks Hida for the words of encouragement!)
Once back in the pack we rode around in a big group ride for 30-something miles, then the last 5k were pretty animated.
Pack splits into two groups on the 3km finish climb, finished at the back of the first one. Ugh, that hurt.
The weekend was a blast, got to race with forrest_m, Hida, and a bunch of other folks.
MATT!! what an EPIC break! You were really impressive all weekend man! Keep it up, and after a few more weekends like this.....you will be up-----grading! I will need the company/allies in the 3's so hurry up man!
04-19-10, 01:28 AM
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i'm sick so i didn't expect much. got there late, kitted up, forgot helmet. doh. bethel cycle guy helped me out. did a 5 minute warm up, and hoped to warm up in the race. felt decent as we got going. had 1 teammate in the race, who was near the front the whole time. i saw him make a mini surge, so i surfed onto his wheel, and found we had gapped the field a bit with a 6-7 other guys. tried to organize a rotation, but all for naught. sat in to recover, and finished with the pack.
04-19-10, 05:35 AM
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I raced. I won. Full report here.
04-19-10, 06:34 AM
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Thanks
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04-19-10, 06:43 AM
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Making a kilometer blurry
04-19-10, 06:52 AM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Mineral Wells SR stage3.
Yesterday's TT put us 1 and 4 in GC.
Today I set pace for almost the entire (48 mi) race and covered every single attack (there were many).
On the first lap's prime sprint I decided to lead out my teammate, but started the leadout too early - learned from my mistake. On the second lap (stage finish) I lead out my teammate with the correct distance, but moved laterally too far and accidentally gave someone else the draft, leaving my teammate in the wind. We need more communication for this to work, but it was incredibly fun to be able to try this in a race.
We ended up last, but still took him 2nd Team GC and my teammate tied for 3rd (5th in prize money). I had an absolute blast.
EDR: your teammate Connor put my in serious trouble by attacking so much =) he needs more staying power, but has insane acceleration on the hills.
Yesterday's TT put us 1 and 4 in GC.
Today I set pace for almost the entire (48 mi) race and covered every single attack (there were many).
On the first lap's prime sprint I decided to lead out my teammate, but started the leadout too early - learned from my mistake. On the second lap (stage finish) I lead out my teammate with the correct distance, but moved laterally too far and accidentally gave someone else the draft, leaving my teammate in the wind. We need more communication for this to work, but it was incredibly fun to be able to try this in a race.
We ended up last, but still took him 2nd Team GC and my teammate tied for 3rd (5th in prize money). I had an absolute blast.
EDR: your teammate Connor put my in serious trouble by attacking so much =) he needs more staying power, but has insane acceleration on the hills.
Yeah, Connor is a boy-wonder. We've got a 15 year-old Cat 3 who's got a wicked sprint too.
Glad to hear you came up able to ride. Hope the calf heals rapidly.
04-19-10, 06:52 AM
#3623
Making a kilometer blurry
Mineral Wells SR stage3.
Yesterday's TT put us 1 and 4 in GC.
Today I set pace for almost the entire (48 mi) race and covered every single attack (there were many).
On the first lap's prime sprint I decided to lead out my teammate, but started the leadout too early - learned from my mistake. On the second lap (stage finish) I lead out my teammate with the correct distance, but moved laterally too far and accidentally gave someone else the draft, leaving my teammate in the wind. We need more communication for this to work, but it was incredibly fun to be able to try this in a race.
We ended up last, but still took him 2nd Team GC and my teammate tied for 3rd (5th in prize money). I had an absolute blast.
EDR: your teammate Connor put my in serious trouble by attacking so much =) he needs more staying power, but has insane acceleration on the hills.
Yesterday's TT put us 1 and 4 in GC.
Today I set pace for almost the entire (48 mi) race and covered every single attack (there were many).
On the first lap's prime sprint I decided to lead out my teammate, but started the leadout too early - learned from my mistake. On the second lap (stage finish) I lead out my teammate with the correct distance, but moved laterally too far and accidentally gave someone else the draft, leaving my teammate in the wind. We need more communication for this to work, but it was incredibly fun to be able to try this in a race.
We ended up last, but still took him 2nd Team GC and my teammate tied for 3rd (5th in prize money). I had an absolute blast.
EDR: your teammate Connor put my in serious trouble by attacking so much =) he needs more staying power, but has insane acceleration on the hills.
Yeah, Connor is a boy-wonder. We've got a 15 year-old Cat 3 who's got a wicked sprint too.
Glad to hear you came up able to ride. Hope the calf heals rapidly.
04-19-10, 07:08 AM
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Thanks. This was the most aggressive race I've ever ridden - i still can't believe I got the result I did.
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04-19-10, 08:06 AM
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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.
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.