Racing!
Hello,
I have now gotten the first races of the season under my belt! I had fun, and had a successful weekend. I traveled with my friend, and fellow racer Amity Elliot. Our trip started off a little late, and after a few direction boo boos we did not arrive at the motel until about 1 am. We had to wake up at 6:30am for the race on Saturday. The motel was a little seedy. For example, after I waded through the crack heads, a drunk guy kept asking me for a metal clothes hanger, but we survived. So, now onto the races.
Saturday was a 30 minute crit on a .5 mi. circuit with rough pavement surface (press and seal). I checked in and got an ok warmup in, but had to set tempo and launch extra attacks during the race to get my legs going. With about 3.5 laps to go a rider from a team called Tripower (Sally) launched a very good attack, and I was quick to be on it. I looked back and saw we had a gap. I helped maintain the gap for the rest of the laps and then pulled off beside her to have a side by side sprint. I was able to take the sprint which gave me a win in my first race of the season. My friend, Amity, was super strong during the race, but got boxed in for the field sprint. She raced some of the 30+ mens race later in the day to get some extra workout in her legs.
Sunday was a 40K TT...well it ended up being around 41.5K. The course was pretty much an out and back course with a tailwind out and a headwind back. Due to a few more direction errors, we arrived late at the TT course, so we only got in about 15 min. warmup, but despite this my legs started off fine. I got my heart rate right up at LT and was able to hold it. It came to 92% of my max sprinting heart rate . I was able to win the TT by 1.5min. I felt good through the TT, and was able to keep a very steady pace with my heart rate only varying a few beats a minute. It was a fun weekend, and I cannot wait to race again.
Thanks for reading,
Rachel
I have now gotten the first races of the season under my belt! I had fun, and had a successful weekend. I traveled with my friend, and fellow racer Amity Elliot. Our trip started off a little late, and after a few direction boo boos we did not arrive at the motel until about 1 am. We had to wake up at 6:30am for the race on Saturday. The motel was a little seedy. For example, after I waded through the crack heads, a drunk guy kept asking me for a metal clothes hanger, but we survived. So, now onto the races.
Saturday was a 30 minute crit on a .5 mi. circuit with rough pavement surface (press and seal). I checked in and got an ok warmup in, but had to set tempo and launch extra attacks during the race to get my legs going. With about 3.5 laps to go a rider from a team called Tripower (Sally) launched a very good attack, and I was quick to be on it. I looked back and saw we had a gap. I helped maintain the gap for the rest of the laps and then pulled off beside her to have a side by side sprint. I was able to take the sprint which gave me a win in my first race of the season. My friend, Amity, was super strong during the race, but got boxed in for the field sprint. She raced some of the 30+ mens race later in the day to get some extra workout in her legs.
Sunday was a 40K TT...well it ended up being around 41.5K. The course was pretty much an out and back course with a tailwind out and a headwind back. Due to a few more direction errors, we arrived late at the TT course, so we only got in about 15 min. warmup, but despite this my legs started off fine. I got my heart rate right up at LT and was able to hold it. It came to 92% of my max sprinting heart rate . I was able to win the TT by 1.5min. I felt good through the TT, and was able to keep a very steady pace with my heart rate only varying a few beats a minute. It was a fun weekend, and I cannot wait to race again.
Thanks for reading,
Rachel
posted by Juice Plus+ @ 6:00 PM
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