The Race Report Thread 2009-2012
06-16-10, 01:29 PM
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Thanks! I'm doing another hilly RR on Saturday, so HH is going to be a sufferfest.
06-16-10, 01:43 PM
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Several years ago I was fencing in one of the big tournaments in Florida that draws people from all over the Southeast. I'm fencing Veterans (40+) foil and I make it to the quarterfinals. I'm scheduled to fence a former Olympian and he is simultaneously deep into the "Open" competition. He withdraws from the Veterans event to concentrate on the Open so I win in a walk-over.
I lose a close bout in the semifinals and end up with "bronze".
It is a beautiful medal, but it is stashed away in some drawer. I would rather have fenced and lost than to have that medal.
06-16-10, 02:06 PM
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06-16-10, 03:12 PM
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06-16-10, 07:20 PM
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Isn't the NJ state rr mostly flat?
06-16-10, 07:36 PM
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06-16-10, 07:52 PM
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3/4 weekly crit today.
Active early and active late. Bridged to a break with all the big teams represented and a few strong 3s. I burned a bunch of matches to get to the break, break got caught, called it a day 10 minutes from the end.
Lessons learned:
3/4s are no less sketchy than 4/5s.
I can be a factor with the 3s.
Bridging is harder than it looks.
Race:
Duration: 33:24
Work: 540 kJ
TSS: 60.9 (intensity factor 1.046)
Norm Power: 308
VI: 1.14
Pw:HR: 10.38%
Pa:HR: 2.05%
Distance: 14.356 mi
Elevation Gain: 323 ft
Elevation Loss: 407 ft
Grade: -0.1 % (-85 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 1262 270 watts
Heart Rate: 78 193 178 bpm
Cadence: 38 246 95 rpm
Speed: 0.4 41.2 25.9 mph
Active early and active late. Bridged to a break with all the big teams represented and a few strong 3s. I burned a bunch of matches to get to the break, break got caught, called it a day 10 minutes from the end.
Lessons learned:
3/4s are no less sketchy than 4/5s.
I can be a factor with the 3s.
Bridging is harder than it looks.
Race:
Duration: 33:24
Work: 540 kJ
TSS: 60.9 (intensity factor 1.046)
Norm Power: 308
VI: 1.14
Pw:HR: 10.38%
Pa:HR: 2.05%
Distance: 14.356 mi
Elevation Gain: 323 ft
Elevation Loss: 407 ft
Grade: -0.1 % (-85 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 1262 270 watts
Heart Rate: 78 193 178 bpm
Cadence: 38 246 95 rpm
Speed: 0.4 41.2 25.9 mph
06-16-10, 10:05 PM
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NashvilleCyclist.com crit, Cat 4.
Felt pretty good early in the race, both physically and mentally. Felt very safe, good in corners, not panicking over position. There were a couple incidents later, one of which involved me, but no one crashed and overall people were riding well.
Got a bit aggressive in the meaty part of the race, started getting tired pretty fast; wicked crosswind on backstretch really weakened me every lap. We had a guy off the front from the first prime on that most of the field didn't even know about, he was so far OTF. Decided to go for the last prime, timed my sprint perfectly and launched from 7-8 wheels back on the windy backstretch, a bit before the second-to-last corner. Won it by a mile, which felt good. I had a gap, so I put my head down and hammered, but the tank was empty and I knew. Caught on the next time around the windy backstretch, dropped on the windy backstretch the lap after that. Rode the last 3 or 4 laps in to a 25th place finish (out of 31 or so).
Won a tire rotation, but my car is heading north with the GF, who's moving back to NY. Luckily, the guy who won the coffee prime was delighted to make a trade, so I've got a nice bag of coffee beans chilling out in the freezer. Not a bad night at the races, all things considered. I can be happy with a great prime sprint.
Felt pretty good early in the race, both physically and mentally. Felt very safe, good in corners, not panicking over position. There were a couple incidents later, one of which involved me, but no one crashed and overall people were riding well.
Got a bit aggressive in the meaty part of the race, started getting tired pretty fast; wicked crosswind on backstretch really weakened me every lap. We had a guy off the front from the first prime on that most of the field didn't even know about, he was so far OTF. Decided to go for the last prime, timed my sprint perfectly and launched from 7-8 wheels back on the windy backstretch, a bit before the second-to-last corner. Won it by a mile, which felt good. I had a gap, so I put my head down and hammered, but the tank was empty and I knew. Caught on the next time around the windy backstretch, dropped on the windy backstretch the lap after that. Rode the last 3 or 4 laps in to a 25th place finish (out of 31 or so).
Won a tire rotation, but my car is heading north with the GF, who's moving back to NY. Luckily, the guy who won the coffee prime was delighted to make a trade, so I've got a nice bag of coffee beans chilling out in the freezer. Not a bad night at the races, all things considered. I can be happy with a great prime sprint.
06-17-10, 05:34 AM
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City Park Crit:
My teammate was in great form this weekend. I was honored to help in any way possible.
In this race I was pretty active holding the field, pulling back breaks he wasn't in, and suffering until the end.
Our team leader broke across once the break was established to help him as well. It worked pretty good. We were able to get him 2nd in this race. He also got 4th in Friday's race (3rd for NC Crit Champs.)
Video is of Sunday's race.
My teammate was in great form this weekend. I was honored to help in any way possible.
In this race I was pretty active holding the field, pulling back breaks he wasn't in, and suffering until the end.
Our team leader broke across once the break was established to help him as well. It worked pretty good. We were able to get him 2nd in this race. He also got 4th in Friday's race (3rd for NC Crit Champs.)
Video is of Sunday's race.
06-17-10, 07:50 AM
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Tried to get a break going a few times last night. Got away for a short while with 2 other guys but it didn't stick.
Everyone was back together near the end. Slowed down with about 500 or 600 m to go. To hell with that. I attacked. It worked.
Everyone was back together near the end. Slowed down with about 500 or 600 m to go. To hell with that. I attacked. It worked.
06-17-10, 12:12 PM
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NashvilleCyclist.com crit, Cat 4.
Felt pretty good early in the race, both physically and mentally. Felt very safe, good in corners, not panicking over position. There were a couple incidents later, one of which involved me, but no one crashed and overall people were riding well.
Got a bit aggressive in the meaty part of the race, started getting tired pretty fast; wicked crosswind on backstretch really weakened me every lap. We had a guy off the front from the first prime on that most of the field didn't even know about, he was so far OTF. Decided to go for the last prime, timed my sprint perfectly and launched from 7-8 wheels back on the windy backstretch, a bit before the second-to-last corner. Won it by a mile, which felt good. I had a gap, so I put my head down and hammered, but the tank was empty and I knew. Caught on the next time around the windy backstretch, dropped on the windy backstretch the lap after that. Rode the last 3 or 4 laps in to a 25th place finish (out of 31 or so).
Won a tire rotation, but my car is heading north with the GF, who's moving back to NY. Luckily, the guy who won the coffee prime was delighted to make a trade, so I've got a nice bag of coffee beans chilling out in the freezer. Not a bad night at the races, all things considered. I can be happy with a great prime sprint.
Felt pretty good early in the race, both physically and mentally. Felt very safe, good in corners, not panicking over position. There were a couple incidents later, one of which involved me, but no one crashed and overall people were riding well.
Got a bit aggressive in the meaty part of the race, started getting tired pretty fast; wicked crosswind on backstretch really weakened me every lap. We had a guy off the front from the first prime on that most of the field didn't even know about, he was so far OTF. Decided to go for the last prime, timed my sprint perfectly and launched from 7-8 wheels back on the windy backstretch, a bit before the second-to-last corner. Won it by a mile, which felt good. I had a gap, so I put my head down and hammered, but the tank was empty and I knew. Caught on the next time around the windy backstretch, dropped on the windy backstretch the lap after that. Rode the last 3 or 4 laps in to a 25th place finish (out of 31 or so).
Won a tire rotation, but my car is heading north with the GF, who's moving back to NY. Luckily, the guy who won the coffee prime was delighted to make a trade, so I've got a nice bag of coffee beans chilling out in the freezer. Not a bad night at the races, all things considered. I can be happy with a great prime sprint.
06-17-10, 09:06 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Driveway M35+, 5th or 6th.
Four teams had really good representation, and it was looking like the pack would just drag the series leader to his sprint win. Again. I was by myself again. This time I didn't mess around with trying to get a good break going, because nothing had representation from the right teams in it, and a couple guys have been taking me off the front to work me and leave me hanging. The big sprinter's team was just going to reel stuff in anyway.
I did go for a prime and got beat by 1/2 a wheel. One of the sponsors was racing (ChrisT) and he asked if I wanted to go for the prime. I guess he wanted to lead me out for it, and he did. Clean gap. Nice gesture, but I didn't deliver with that other guy on my wheel. Well, there goes a match.
Afterwards I had a bit of an asthma episode and thought I'd have to pull out so I could cough up a lung. Nearly puked from that, but stayed in the top 15 or so through it. Unpleasant -- I should probably start hitting the albuterol before races again for a while
The course had a 180 turn about 800m from the finish line (~1 mile course?). On the last lap, I made sure to be in the top 10 and fresh. Legs didn't feel too 100%, but my plan was my plan: launch 25m before the turn and don't look back.
So, I launched with what little peak I had and didn't feel like I was making much ground, but I eased by the front of the pack with nobody on my wheel. I hit the turn really hard and came out pretty strong. So that portion of the kilo felt about right, after the missing explosion at the beginning (only took off with 1200W). Once I got out of the turn, it was IAB and head down. I looked under my arm once and liked what I saw: 50m gap.
Nailed it all the way to the line, but the sprint caught me about 15m away. Final 57 seconds at 676W, which is better than I'd have guess with the lame launch.
So it goes. Driveway this year: 10th, 8th, 7th, 6th(?)... this progression is too slow!
Best moment of the night: dude in a full Disco kit come by me and says "That guy off the front trains with Lance."
"Umm. Yes. Yes he does." I figured I wouldn't be rude, because it was exciting for him to be racing with College. No reason to take that away from him, but it was a bit of a chuckle.
Four teams had really good representation, and it was looking like the pack would just drag the series leader to his sprint win. Again. I was by myself again. This time I didn't mess around with trying to get a good break going, because nothing had representation from the right teams in it, and a couple guys have been taking me off the front to work me and leave me hanging. The big sprinter's team was just going to reel stuff in anyway.
I did go for a prime and got beat by 1/2 a wheel. One of the sponsors was racing (ChrisT) and he asked if I wanted to go for the prime. I guess he wanted to lead me out for it, and he did. Clean gap. Nice gesture, but I didn't deliver with that other guy on my wheel. Well, there goes a match.
Afterwards I had a bit of an asthma episode and thought I'd have to pull out so I could cough up a lung. Nearly puked from that, but stayed in the top 15 or so through it. Unpleasant -- I should probably start hitting the albuterol before races again for a while
The course had a 180 turn about 800m from the finish line (~1 mile course?). On the last lap, I made sure to be in the top 10 and fresh. Legs didn't feel too 100%, but my plan was my plan: launch 25m before the turn and don't look back.
So, I launched with what little peak I had and didn't feel like I was making much ground, but I eased by the front of the pack with nobody on my wheel. I hit the turn really hard and came out pretty strong. So that portion of the kilo felt about right, after the missing explosion at the beginning (only took off with 1200W). Once I got out of the turn, it was IAB and head down. I looked under my arm once and liked what I saw: 50m gap.
Nailed it all the way to the line, but the sprint caught me about 15m away. Final 57 seconds at 676W, which is better than I'd have guess with the lame launch.
So it goes. Driveway this year: 10th, 8th, 7th, 6th(?)... this progression is too slow!
Best moment of the night: dude in a full Disco kit come by me and says "That guy off the front trains with Lance."
"Umm. Yes. Yes he does." I figured I wouldn't be rude, because it was exciting for him to be racing with College. No reason to take that away from him, but it was a bit of a chuckle.
06-17-10, 09:17 PM
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1) Who's College?
2) How did you launch at 1200W going into a hairpin? did you manage to not brake somehow
3) good job
2) How did you launch at 1200W going into a hairpin? did you manage to not brake somehow
3) good job
06-17-10, 09:43 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
The 180 is a sweeper, not a 1-cone turnaround. I had 70 meters at 1100W before that sharp portion, then coasted 3 seconds right there. Since I was going 10-15% faster than the pack at that point, that's where a lot of my gap started (since they couldn't jump at that point).
Thanks, I'm starting to make something of the season, and really doing some soul-searching on that kilo thing in September.
A platoon or maybe even a full division at the Driveway would be fun, for sure. I like it when anyone else shows up, but I know it's such a haul on the travel side.
06-17-10, 10:18 PM
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Driveway M35+, 5th or 6th.
Four teams had really good representation, and it was looking like the pack would just drag the series leader to his sprint win. Again. I was by myself again. This time I didn't mess around with trying to get a good break going, because nothing had representation from the right teams in it, and a couple guys have been taking me off the front to work me and leave me hanging. The big sprinter's team was just going to reel stuff in anyway.
I did go for a prime and got beat by 1/2 a wheel. One of the sponsors was racing (ChrisT) and he asked if I wanted to go for the prime. I guess he wanted to lead me out for it, and he did. Clean gap. Nice gesture, but I didn't deliver with that other guy on my wheel. Well, there goes a match.
Afterwards I had a bit of an asthma episode and thought I'd have to pull out so I could cough up a lung. Nearly puked from that, but stayed in the top 15 or so through it. Unpleasant -- I should probably start hitting the albuterol before races again for a while
The course had a 180 turn about 800m from the finish line (~1 mile course?). On the last lap, I made sure to be in the top 10 and fresh. Legs didn't feel too 100%, but my plan was my plan: launch 25m before the turn and don't look back.
So, I launched with what little peak I had and didn't feel like I was making much ground, but I eased by the front of the pack with nobody on my wheel. I hit the turn really hard and came out pretty strong. So that portion of the kilo felt about right, after the missing explosion at the beginning (only took off with 1200W). Once I got out of the turn, it was IAB and head down. I looked under my arm once and liked what I saw: 50m gap.
Nailed it all the way to the line, but the sprint caught me about 15m away. Final 57 seconds at 676W, which is better than I'd have guess with the lame launch.
So it goes. Driveway this year: 10th, 8th, 7th, 6th(?)... this progression is too slow!
Best moment of the night: dude in a full Disco kit come by me and says "That guy off the front trains with Lance."
"Umm. Yes. Yes he does." I figured I wouldn't be rude, because it was exciting for him to be racing with College. No reason to take that away from him, but it was a bit of a chuckle.
Four teams had really good representation, and it was looking like the pack would just drag the series leader to his sprint win. Again. I was by myself again. This time I didn't mess around with trying to get a good break going, because nothing had representation from the right teams in it, and a couple guys have been taking me off the front to work me and leave me hanging. The big sprinter's team was just going to reel stuff in anyway.
I did go for a prime and got beat by 1/2 a wheel. One of the sponsors was racing (ChrisT) and he asked if I wanted to go for the prime. I guess he wanted to lead me out for it, and he did. Clean gap. Nice gesture, but I didn't deliver with that other guy on my wheel. Well, there goes a match.
Afterwards I had a bit of an asthma episode and thought I'd have to pull out so I could cough up a lung. Nearly puked from that, but stayed in the top 15 or so through it. Unpleasant -- I should probably start hitting the albuterol before races again for a while
The course had a 180 turn about 800m from the finish line (~1 mile course?). On the last lap, I made sure to be in the top 10 and fresh. Legs didn't feel too 100%, but my plan was my plan: launch 25m before the turn and don't look back.
So, I launched with what little peak I had and didn't feel like I was making much ground, but I eased by the front of the pack with nobody on my wheel. I hit the turn really hard and came out pretty strong. So that portion of the kilo felt about right, after the missing explosion at the beginning (only took off with 1200W). Once I got out of the turn, it was IAB and head down. I looked under my arm once and liked what I saw: 50m gap.
Nailed it all the way to the line, but the sprint caught me about 15m away. Final 57 seconds at 676W, which is better than I'd have guess with the lame launch.
So it goes. Driveway this year: 10th, 8th, 7th, 6th(?)... this progression is too slow!
Best moment of the night: dude in a full Disco kit come by me and says "That guy off the front trains with Lance."
"Umm. Yes. Yes he does." I figured I wouldn't be rude, because it was exciting for him to be racing with College. No reason to take that away from him, but it was a bit of a chuckle.
06-17-10, 11:25 PM
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Put in a good effort at the 3/4's Thursday training race, led the pack for the first two laps for no good reason, went for first preme (lost by a little), went for the third preme (won it by a lot).. and hit a new 1-min power! 587w or 8.6 w/kg. Just in time for Cat 3...
Seward park 3/4's - 15th or so, won a preme:
Duration: 46:38
Work: 668 kJ
TSS: 89.6 (intensity factor 1.074)
Norm Power: 311
VI: 1.3
Distance: 19.051 mi
Elevation Gain: 2031 ft
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 989 239 watts
Heart Rate: 114 201 175 bpm
Cadence: 21 131 78 rpm
Speed: 1.9 48.8 24.5 mph
Crank Torque: 0 1790 241 lb-in
Seward park 3/4's - 15th or so, won a preme:
Duration: 46:38
Work: 668 kJ
TSS: 89.6 (intensity factor 1.074)
Norm Power: 311
VI: 1.3
Distance: 19.051 mi
Elevation Gain: 2031 ft
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 989 239 watts
Heart Rate: 114 201 175 bpm
Cadence: 21 131 78 rpm
Speed: 1.9 48.8 24.5 mph
Crank Torque: 0 1790 241 lb-in
06-18-10, 06:10 AM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Nice race again Mike! Found myself around you often and I knew that was a good thing. We have got to get JK, you and I together off the front at least one time out there. I think there would be a few butt puckers going on behind us. Throw in Duva or another power guy and it could get ugly for the chase group!
Looks like I got 7th. My vision was narrower than I thought at the finish
06-18-10, 06:32 AM
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06-18-10, 07:22 AM
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Its hard to count riders with blood in your eyes! Looks like I got 10th. Team went 5th,9th,10th, 11th. Lots of fun for sure.
