The 2013 Race Results Thread
07-27-13, 05:47 PM
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as long as you didn't put your hands int he air
In other news, in my continuing (and highly successful) campaign to embarrass myself in front of hundreds of my peers I thought I won the sprint in my crit today, but it was the bell lap, not the finish. Fully gassed, I shot out the back of the pack and came in off the back. FML. I did win a $20 prime earlier in the race, though. so there's that.
07-27-13, 07:07 PM
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Oak Ridge Velo Omnium - Cat 4. The RR and TT was today, the crit tomorrow. RR was about 50 miles with two loops. It started raining a quarter into the race and rained off and on during the whole race. The field pretty much stayed together. The finish was 1K up a hill with a kicker at about 300m to go. I was where I wanted to be going into 500m (about 6th or 7th wheel) where the road turns to the right then back to the left to the line. As the group turned two guys in front of my bumped together. Neither went down but I had to go way left to miss them. By then the there was a gap to the leaders. I went as hard as I could and was able to pick guys off and finish 6th.
TT was a 7.6 mile loop. I've done okay in the TTs so far this year but there had always been a decent time gap to the top 2 or 3 guys. This was the first one I've done where I've had a power meter on my TT bike. I've only had one on my road bike, but I had ordered a disc cover to use with my wife's power tap wheel. I knew what watts I wanted to keep for the entire thing and ended with a NP within 2 watts of my goal. I had no idea how I would finish based on the power number I was shooting for. I did pass two guys on the course and almost passed my 30 sec guy who had gotten second in the RR (I was within 3 seconds of passing him at the finish). I was a little shocked to see that I had won when they posted results. My first win on the road. Too bad it won't count for upgrade points, but it's a good confidence boost nonetheless.
TT was a 7.6 mile loop. I've done okay in the TTs so far this year but there had always been a decent time gap to the top 2 or 3 guys. This was the first one I've done where I've had a power meter on my TT bike. I've only had one on my road bike, but I had ordered a disc cover to use with my wife's power tap wheel. I knew what watts I wanted to keep for the entire thing and ended with a NP within 2 watts of my goal. I had no idea how I would finish based on the power number I was shooting for. I did pass two guys on the course and almost passed my 30 sec guy who had gotten second in the RR (I was within 3 seconds of passing him at the finish). I was a little shocked to see that I had won when they posted results. My first win on the road. Too bad it won't count for upgrade points, but it's a good confidence boost nonetheless.
07-27-13, 08:56 PM
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Hunter Classic cat 4, 17th of 66. Big sprint finish of 32 guys after 77 miles / 4100 feet.
Hot and crowded. I've done all 4 editions of this race and there's been a crash in 3 of them. The problem is that the climbs aren't hard enough to drop everyone, but the race is long enough that guys get really gassed and wobbly by the end (myself included).
Stayed with the front group throughout. Dropped a bottle at about mile 20 and as a result was cramping pretty badly by the last climb.
With about 10 miles to go, somehow 2 guys snuck away and got in front of the pace moto. This led to a lot of conversation: "there's two guys away! " "no there's not, the moto is right there!" etc. In any event, we didn't chase and they stayed away.
With about 8 miles to go, cruising along at about 25 mph, the guy in front of me swerved, hit my front wheel, and my life flashed before my eyes. I unclipped both feet and made pontoons sliding down the road. By some miracle I didn't go down, although I'm pretty sure guys went down behind me. By the time I clipped back in I had gotten gapped by maybe 10-15 seconds. I hammered to get back on for what felt like about 2 hours. Looking at Strava it was about 4 minutes. I suffered greatly. Just when I was about to throw in the towel, the moto ref took pity and sort of paced me back, which might have been fun if I wasn't half dead and the motorcycle carburetor had been tuned recently. I was very psyched to get back on, but by this point I was cramping really badly and had burned an entire matchbook.
I tried something new that I have been thinking about recently: the more it hurt, the more I tried to smile. I actually think it helped, as stupid as it sounds.
Anyway, the sprint got all messed up because a guy tried to go at about 1k, was all over the road, and the moto ref sent him back. By the time that got sorted it was 300m to go. I sort of mailed in the sprint and finished in the middle of the group.
Hot and crowded. I've done all 4 editions of this race and there's been a crash in 3 of them. The problem is that the climbs aren't hard enough to drop everyone, but the race is long enough that guys get really gassed and wobbly by the end (myself included).
Stayed with the front group throughout. Dropped a bottle at about mile 20 and as a result was cramping pretty badly by the last climb.
With about 10 miles to go, somehow 2 guys snuck away and got in front of the pace moto. This led to a lot of conversation: "there's two guys away! " "no there's not, the moto is right there!" etc. In any event, we didn't chase and they stayed away.
With about 8 miles to go, cruising along at about 25 mph, the guy in front of me swerved, hit my front wheel, and my life flashed before my eyes. I unclipped both feet and made pontoons sliding down the road. By some miracle I didn't go down, although I'm pretty sure guys went down behind me. By the time I clipped back in I had gotten gapped by maybe 10-15 seconds. I hammered to get back on for what felt like about 2 hours. Looking at Strava it was about 4 minutes. I suffered greatly. Just when I was about to throw in the towel, the moto ref took pity and sort of paced me back, which might have been fun if I wasn't half dead and the motorcycle carburetor had been tuned recently. I was very psyched to get back on, but by this point I was cramping really badly and had burned an entire matchbook.
I tried something new that I have been thinking about recently: the more it hurt, the more I tried to smile. I actually think it helped, as stupid as it sounds.
Anyway, the sprint got all messed up because a guy tried to go at about 1k, was all over the road, and the moto ref sent him back. By the time that got sorted it was 300m to go. I sort of mailed in the sprint and finished in the middle of the group.
It was better than the rumor I heard about the cat 4 in the spring race. Some guy basically took a swing at another guy and caused a pile-up on the finish straight, or so I heard.
BTW, I think I talked to you after the finish, you've got a beard and your teammate came in 5th?
07-27-13, 09:15 PM
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San Rafael crit. Cat 4. 13/63
A few other club members and myself rode to the race (~26 mi). 4 blocks from my teammate Jim's place he rolled over a razor blade and double flatted his tubs. Good thing we were so close to his house. After a quick run/wheel change we were back on the road. Thankfully we left early and this wasn't a huge deal. We arrived with ~40 minutes until our start and were able to do a couple laps of the course. Perfect warmup.
I had two other solid teammates and 3 other allies in the group. Our plan was to line up early and go hard right out of the gate and try to split the field early.
We succeeded in the first two, but only managed to string out the field and didn't split it where it mattered. After a couple laps of this, Jim attacks hard and I try to go with him. I couldn't close the gap so I eased up a bit and he established a good 15 second lead. Zach (other teammate) and I stayed neared the front and chased down anyone else who tried to to go (there weren't many). After about 10 laps of this, the pace starts to pick up and start to chase for real. Jim was caught soon after that. I ducked back a bit to recover and then started to make my way to the front, again.
Another attack went and, with Jim on my wheel, I followed it. Neutralized. I was starting to get close to redlining so I slid back to recover. Jim tried a few more attacks and got a gap for a lap or two but was reeled back in and I was too tired to chase anything down at that point. With 3 to go the pace really picks up and Jim is caught. He pops on the second to last lap and rolls in near the back. Meanwhile, I start moving up with 2 to go and catch a good wheel. 1 lap to go and I'm about 15 wheels back when my previously-strong wheel pops. Riders go around as he slows and I'm only able to find a gap by the time I'm ~25 wheels back. I see my teammate who had been pack surfing come to my left with someone latched to his wheel. I follow him and make up a few spots but there is some pinching on turn 3. Final turn. I take it on the outside and I see people already standing up to sprint (that's a loooong sprint) so I do too. Passed a handful of people and almost make it to my teammate ahead.
I take 13th, Zach takes 8th.
Today felt great. SO much better than foothill. My fitness is on point and my race awareness is coming back. I was able to think in this race and it helped immensely. Jim is a ****ing animal, but could have used some help towards the end of the race. Bummer I was starting to get fried by that point. If he would have been able to hold on for one more lap...
The three of us. Jim is on the right, Zach is on the left. Club kit comes in soon!
The break: (sorry for crap quality, his gf had to zoom in on her phone)
A few other club members and myself rode to the race (~26 mi). 4 blocks from my teammate Jim's place he rolled over a razor blade and double flatted his tubs. Good thing we were so close to his house. After a quick run/wheel change we were back on the road. Thankfully we left early and this wasn't a huge deal. We arrived with ~40 minutes until our start and were able to do a couple laps of the course. Perfect warmup.
I had two other solid teammates and 3 other allies in the group. Our plan was to line up early and go hard right out of the gate and try to split the field early.
We succeeded in the first two, but only managed to string out the field and didn't split it where it mattered. After a couple laps of this, Jim attacks hard and I try to go with him. I couldn't close the gap so I eased up a bit and he established a good 15 second lead. Zach (other teammate) and I stayed neared the front and chased down anyone else who tried to to go (there weren't many). After about 10 laps of this, the pace starts to pick up and start to chase for real. Jim was caught soon after that. I ducked back a bit to recover and then started to make my way to the front, again.
Another attack went and, with Jim on my wheel, I followed it. Neutralized. I was starting to get close to redlining so I slid back to recover. Jim tried a few more attacks and got a gap for a lap or two but was reeled back in and I was too tired to chase anything down at that point. With 3 to go the pace really picks up and Jim is caught. He pops on the second to last lap and rolls in near the back. Meanwhile, I start moving up with 2 to go and catch a good wheel. 1 lap to go and I'm about 15 wheels back when my previously-strong wheel pops. Riders go around as he slows and I'm only able to find a gap by the time I'm ~25 wheels back. I see my teammate who had been pack surfing come to my left with someone latched to his wheel. I follow him and make up a few spots but there is some pinching on turn 3. Final turn. I take it on the outside and I see people already standing up to sprint (that's a loooong sprint) so I do too. Passed a handful of people and almost make it to my teammate ahead.
I take 13th, Zach takes 8th.
Today felt great. SO much better than foothill. My fitness is on point and my race awareness is coming back. I was able to think in this race and it helped immensely. Jim is a ****ing animal, but could have used some help towards the end of the race. Bummer I was starting to get fried by that point. If he would have been able to hold on for one more lap...
The three of us. Jim is on the right, Zach is on the left. Club kit comes in soon!
The break: (sorry for crap quality, his gf had to zoom in on her phone)
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07-27-13, 09:36 PM
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Probably swerved to avoid the rolled up dollar bill.
Good job. Especially against Quintana, who I guess won? Didn't he get a call up? If you're going to spend the money to have him come over, at least let him wear the polka dot jersey.
Good job. Especially against Quintana, who I guess won? Didn't he get a call up? If you're going to spend the money to have him come over, at least let him wear the polka dot jersey.
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07-27-13, 09:41 PM
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EDIT: Haha. Post-race haze. I'm an idiot.
No call ups, and someone named Chris Esparza won. Some strong-looking guys in the field but I don't particularly remember that jersey (which isn't really saying much - I have a **** memory). One thing I need to work on is marking strong riders better and remembering them as I move through the pack.
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07-28-13, 06:51 AM
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It was better than the rumor I heard about the cat 4 in the spring race. Some guy basically took a swing at another guy and caused a pile-up on the finish straight, or so I heard.
BTW, I think I talked to you after the finish, you've got a beard and your teammate came in 5th?
BTW, I think I talked to you after the finish, you've got a beard and your teammate came in 5th?
I was there in the spring, a guy got bumped off his line with about 500m to go, and retaliated by plowing into the field like a running back trying to make 4th and short, and knocking guys over like bowling pins (excuse the mixed sports metaphor). Basically a psycho move. I think the psycho broke his bike, and he's a 3 now.
07-28-13, 08:51 AM
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erm.... paging that one fast old guy.... you gonna give me a race report, or do I gotta beg?
FB photo teasers aren't nice.
FB photo teasers aren't nice.
07-28-13, 09:32 AM
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In other news, in my continuing (and highly successful) campaign to embarrass myself in front of hundreds of my peers I thought I won the sprint in my crit today, but it was the bell lap, not the finish. Fully gassed, I shot out the back of the pack and came in off the back. FML. I did win a $20 prime earlier in the race, though. so there's that.
07-28-13, 09:34 AM
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Nice job! You really think that sprint is long? I thought it was about 200m but I could be wrong.
FUN course, but a little sketchy I'd say.. especially at night. I'll post my report shortly, but I at least made it in the $$.
FUN course, but a little sketchy I'd say.. especially at night. I'll post my report shortly, but I at least made it in the $$.
07-28-13, 10:26 AM
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San Rafael Twilight Crit, p/1/2. 17th out of about 110 riders, I'll take it.
Especially since I started on the back of this pack: https://photos.marinij.com/2013/07/27...-criterium/#24
So I'd heard it was a big race, but I didn't realize it was THAT BIG.. I went to line up about 20 minutes before start, and everyone was already lined up.. ****. Started on the back, damn.
Women's p/1/2 podium happened just before we started, and right over our heads, and they sprayed champagne on a bunch of the peloton lol - I was luckily out of range of that..
Then the call-ups.. I knew a lot of big dogs were showing up, but jeez - the 10 guys they called up were champ-this, champ-that, won some race in Europe blah blah. Gonna be fun!! And hard.
Anyway once we were off I started the task of moving up.. a little on the downhill backside, a bunch on the slightly uphill home stretch. It took 20 minutes or so but I eventually found my way to the front of the pack.
Last year a break lapped the field, but this year nothing was sticking - but of course people tried. I tried to bridge to a move of 7-10 guys, but couldn't do it.. but it was NICE to take the corners smoothly on the front!!
The course was a bit of a sketch-fest, especially how it squeezes coming into turn 3, then it's downhill into turn 4.. holy **** did we hit turn 4 fast!! Of course there was a pileup in turn 4 with three or so to go, but I luckily avoided it.
Then one guy went down on the backstretch with two to go, had to brake for that and then catch back up.. ugh.
The race came down to a field sprint, of which I played no real part.. on the last lap the gaps were already forming and I was in the 2nd group. Came in near the front of my group, but I think I can do better next year with a) team mates and b) lining up closer to the front and c) better fitness.
Anyway in the end 17th isn't that great of a result, but when about half the field DNF'd, and with such big names there, not too shabby for this no-name cat 2.
Especially since I started on the back of this pack: https://photos.marinij.com/2013/07/27...-criterium/#24
So I'd heard it was a big race, but I didn't realize it was THAT BIG.. I went to line up about 20 minutes before start, and everyone was already lined up.. ****. Started on the back, damn.
Women's p/1/2 podium happened just before we started, and right over our heads, and they sprayed champagne on a bunch of the peloton lol - I was luckily out of range of that..
Then the call-ups.. I knew a lot of big dogs were showing up, but jeez - the 10 guys they called up were champ-this, champ-that, won some race in Europe blah blah. Gonna be fun!! And hard.
Anyway once we were off I started the task of moving up.. a little on the downhill backside, a bunch on the slightly uphill home stretch. It took 20 minutes or so but I eventually found my way to the front of the pack.
Last year a break lapped the field, but this year nothing was sticking - but of course people tried. I tried to bridge to a move of 7-10 guys, but couldn't do it.. but it was NICE to take the corners smoothly on the front!!
The course was a bit of a sketch-fest, especially how it squeezes coming into turn 3, then it's downhill into turn 4.. holy **** did we hit turn 4 fast!! Of course there was a pileup in turn 4 with three or so to go, but I luckily avoided it.
Then one guy went down on the backstretch with two to go, had to brake for that and then catch back up.. ugh.
The race came down to a field sprint, of which I played no real part.. on the last lap the gaps were already forming and I was in the 2nd group. Came in near the front of my group, but I think I can do better next year with a) team mates and b) lining up closer to the front and c) better fitness.
Anyway in the end 17th isn't that great of a result, but when about half the field DNF'd, and with such big names there, not too shabby for this no-name cat 2.
07-28-13, 11:48 AM
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Nice Mattm!!!!
One gold, one bronze in the National Senior Games. Details in the old farts forum.
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07-28-13, 12:52 PM
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Maybe my distance seemed off, but the sprint felt long. Maybe because I'm not a sprinter
Sorry I couldn't stick around for the main event. I wasn't able to find a vehicle to hitch a ride back and ended up riding home with my teammate. Without lights, we had to leave early.
07-28-13, 01:23 PM
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07-28-13, 02:48 PM
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07-28-13, 02:51 PM
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Hit up Wells Ave for the first time this morning, combined A/B race today (apparently everyone was off at Norwell). Holy hell is that a bumpy course. Not sketchy or anything, just bumpy. Anyway, chased after a couple of primes, got one (a bagel), was active at the front a while then saved for the sprint. Not much jump right now and crap positioning got me a pack finish. Someone in front of me lost their saddle in the sprint, that was interesting. Met some new people, got some compliments for smart/strong/aggressive racing. Which is nice, I'm kind of "in the market" for a team, making a good impression might help me shop around a bit.
Awesome!
Awesome!
07-28-13, 04:32 PM
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Provincial Road Race - 96km - 12 laps - 3km climb @ 5.5%
This time was with Juniors and cadets instead of the usual E3.
Riders included: National TT/crit champ - 3+ other nationals riders including 3, 9 and 11th National TT champs - a couple riders who are going to worlds in September - and Junior track Pan Am rider, that's all that I can think of for now. The Elite 1/2 field had Ryan Roth though, he won by 26sec of course.
Not much to report about. It was a beautiful day, legs were feeling pretty good, there was nothing to complain about except for the crazy fast winds! oh and the 3km climb
Hung on the first lap quite well, lots and lots of surging, could have positioned myself a little better but didn't want to go to the back and try and fight my way up around the pack and risk getting dropped at the back. I was sheltered from the right cross wind on the climb though, and that's where coach wanted our whole team to be so that was good. The climb wasn't too bad but then after it when my legs weren't fully recovered yet, there was yet another surge and it gapped me from the field, I was able to get up back to the pack quickly but then another surge just after that just popped me. Cool thing though, is that I actually completed the loop 20 seconds faster on my second lap than my first lap. Got pulled at the start of 6th lap because I was 13 min behind. I never got lapped and was only 13min behind after 5, mostly solo, laps, that's pretty good to me.
This was the first race that I actually tried to have fun with and not stress over finishing with the pack. It didn't help me achieve my goal, but I did have fun!
Positives I can take away from this:
- I found out for the first time all year that I lack surging abilities. I can hang with the pack all day at a steady pace, but surges hurt me
- I had a ton of fun otb with the other 100+ dropees
- I met rbart !!
- I had fun.
Sorry if this is all over the pace, I'm not good at writing race reports! I'll let rbart fill in the rest.
This time was with Juniors and cadets instead of the usual E3.
Riders included: National TT/crit champ - 3+ other nationals riders including 3, 9 and 11th National TT champs - a couple riders who are going to worlds in September - and Junior track Pan Am rider, that's all that I can think of for now. The Elite 1/2 field had Ryan Roth though, he won by 26sec of course.
Not much to report about. It was a beautiful day, legs were feeling pretty good, there was nothing to complain about except for the crazy fast winds! oh and the 3km climb
Hung on the first lap quite well, lots and lots of surging, could have positioned myself a little better but didn't want to go to the back and try and fight my way up around the pack and risk getting dropped at the back. I was sheltered from the right cross wind on the climb though, and that's where coach wanted our whole team to be so that was good. The climb wasn't too bad but then after it when my legs weren't fully recovered yet, there was yet another surge and it gapped me from the field, I was able to get up back to the pack quickly but then another surge just after that just popped me. Cool thing though, is that I actually completed the loop 20 seconds faster on my second lap than my first lap. Got pulled at the start of 6th lap because I was 13 min behind. I never got lapped and was only 13min behind after 5, mostly solo, laps, that's pretty good to me.
This was the first race that I actually tried to have fun with and not stress over finishing with the pack. It didn't help me achieve my goal, but I did have fun!
Positives I can take away from this:
- I found out for the first time all year that I lack surging abilities. I can hang with the pack all day at a steady pace, but surges hurt me
- I had a ton of fun otb with the other 100+ dropees
- I met rbart !!
- I had fun.
Sorry if this is all over the pace, I'm not good at writing race reports! I'll let rbart fill in the rest.
07-28-13, 04:38 PM
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Oak Ridge Velo Omnium - Cat 4. The RR and TT was today, the crit tomorrow. RR was about 50 miles with two loops. It started raining a quarter into the race and rained off and on during the whole race. The field pretty much stayed together. The finish was 1K up a hill with a kicker at about 300m to go. I was where I wanted to be going into 500m (about 6th or 7th wheel) where the road turns to the right then back to the left to the line. As the group turned two guys in front of my bumped together. Neither went down but I had to go way left to miss them. By then the there was a gap to the leaders. I went as hard as I could and was able to pick guys off and finish 6th.
TT was a 7.6 mile loop. I've done okay in the TTs so far this year but there had always been a decent time gap to the top 2 or 3 guys. This was the first one I've done where I've had a power meter on my TT bike. I've only had one on my road bike, but I had ordered a disc cover to use with my wife's power tap wheel. I knew what watts I wanted to keep for the entire thing and ended with a NP within 2 watts of my goal. I had no idea how I would finish based on the power number I was shooting for. I did pass two guys on the course and almost passed my 30 sec guy who had gotten second in the RR (I was within 3 seconds of passing him at the finish). I was a little shocked to see that I had won when they posted results. My first win on the road. Too bad it won't count for upgrade points, but it's a good confidence boost nonetheless.
TT was a 7.6 mile loop. I've done okay in the TTs so far this year but there had always been a decent time gap to the top 2 or 3 guys. This was the first one I've done where I've had a power meter on my TT bike. I've only had one on my road bike, but I had ordered a disc cover to use with my wife's power tap wheel. I knew what watts I wanted to keep for the entire thing and ended with a NP within 2 watts of my goal. I had no idea how I would finish based on the power number I was shooting for. I did pass two guys on the course and almost passed my 30 sec guy who had gotten second in the RR (I was within 3 seconds of passing him at the finish). I was a little shocked to see that I had won when they posted results. My first win on the road. Too bad it won't count for upgrade points, but it's a good confidence boost nonetheless.
07-28-13, 05:00 PM
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norwell circuit race
3/4:
got shuffled backwards on the descent before the finish. planned to move up on the left hand side of the road like i had done every other lap. there's a hole i'm moving up...naturally there's some ****ing lapped riders rolling down the road at 15mph. here's a ****ing tip that'll get you far in life: if you're off the back/lapped in a race get ALL THE WAY THE **** OFF THE ROAD when the field comes by. your race is over. accept it, damn.
someone crashed VERY hard on a descent (ambulance, fire truck, hospital trip etc.) andI have a sneaking suspicion it may have been BF's own dmuzzonmuller (sp?). If it is, I hope you're alright dan I saw that out of the corner of my eye and it looked brutal.
123:
just about 30 people racing, **** was fast from the get go with no where to hide. i felt surprisingly decent for the first couple of laps, was able to move around the pack, and thought i had a chance of finishing. well **** BLEW THE **** UP and my legs decided they were pissed off and wanted to cramp. popped a gel but the cramps only got worse, eventually fell off the back with 4 laps to go.
ANYWAY if i wasn't a moron i'd learn to skip the 3 or 3/4 race and just do the 123 race considering i get infinite more enjoyment out of them even when i get dropped but i'm still convinced i can get a result in a 3/4 race...
norwell circuit race
3/4:
got shuffled backwards on the descent before the finish. planned to move up on the left hand side of the road like i had done every other lap. there's a hole i'm moving up...naturally there's some ****ing lapped riders rolling down the road at 15mph. here's a ****ing tip that'll get you far in life: if you're off the back/lapped in a race get ALL THE WAY THE **** OFF THE ROAD when the field comes by. your race is over. accept it, damn.
someone crashed VERY hard on a descent (ambulance, fire truck, hospital trip etc.) andI have a sneaking suspicion it may have been BF's own dmuzzonmuller (sp?). If it is, I hope you're alright dan I saw that out of the corner of my eye and it looked brutal.
123:
just about 30 people racing, **** was fast from the get go with no where to hide. i felt surprisingly decent for the first couple of laps, was able to move around the pack, and thought i had a chance of finishing. well **** BLEW THE **** UP and my legs decided they were pissed off and wanted to cramp. popped a gel but the cramps only got worse, eventually fell off the back with 4 laps to go.
ANYWAY if i wasn't a moron i'd learn to skip the 3 or 3/4 race and just do the 123 race considering i get infinite more enjoyment out of them even when i get dropped but i'm still convinced i can get a result in a 3/4 race...
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07-28-13, 05:19 PM
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Crit was today. It was a pretty short course with a tight 180, slight uphill, right corner with more uphill, left slightly downhill, the left downhill very long straight to the finish. Sat near the front the entire race, jumped on an attack with two corners to go, was out front after the last left and went as hard as I could to the finish. Got passed by two guys (one of which was the guy that won the road race and has been winning all the Cat 4 races lately) to end up with 3rd. Also captured 3rd in the omnium. This was my best finish in a crit and first omnium podium, so I'm pretty happy.
07-28-13, 06:05 PM
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Nice! That's a MASSIVE field for such a small course!
Maybe my distance seemed off, but the sprint felt long. Maybe because I'm not a sprinter
Sorry I couldn't stick around for the main event. I wasn't able to find a vehicle to hitch a ride back and ended up riding home with my teammate. Without lights, we had to leave early.
Maybe my distance seemed off, but the sprint felt long. Maybe because I'm not a sprinter
Sorry I couldn't stick around for the main event. I wasn't able to find a vehicle to hitch a ride back and ended up riding home with my teammate. Without lights, we had to leave early.
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I've talked to David and he's planning to upgrade - not sure if before the end of the year or after the season. I ended up getting 5 total upgrade points this weekend, which gets me closer to what I need. There weren't 30 people in either race so I can't count top 10s, but if I keep going like I have been I should be able to upgrade at the end of the season. My original plan was to upgrade before the end of the season but I think after this weekend, I'll be sitting 3rd in the TBRA points standings. I may finish the season as a 4 so I can maintain the podium spot. See you on Wednesday.