With a 4:30pm start (more on that later), I had all morning to do nothing. I went over to the shop and got all my things together and headed back home. I noticed there was a ship notice from Quarq in the email box so my powermeter might come in that day or on Monday. I ran over to the Farmer's market to get some lunch and relaxed for a bit. Then John called me and said my CinQo came in!
I packed up the rest of my things, loaded my spare bike (with no crank) and headed back to the shop. I had to swap over my crank on my A bike to the B bike and install the CinQo. With integrated BB's, the process is very simple.
I opened the box and in there contained my CinQo with new rings (46/38) and to my surprise they also sent me a water bottle, some extra magnets and the new BB mount Magnet holder! Quarq is a class company. They really take care of you. I didn't even ask to have the unit shipped back by a certain date but they Express mailed it to me anyway.
So the CinQo went on, and I had to set up my B bike. Not something to be doing right before the race but had no option. Set the seat height and setback and swapped a stem. Loaded back up and left about 5 minutes behind schedule. The drive was pretty easy and got there about 50 minutes prior to start.
That is if they didn't move up the start time to 4:00pm. All I had time for was to register, suit up, and put on some tires. My warm up consisted of riding to the start line. I would have liked to at least ride the course once but there was no time. Having not raced cross for a year, I put way too much pressure in my tires.
We started the race and got going. Flier said 60 minutes and we all decided to do 45, in reality we did around 55. The course was really nice. Mostly grass, one section of paved path and lots of gravel path. I ate it in once of the gravel sections and had one of those crashes where it seemed like you kept on crashing forever. Nothing major, just a dinged up knee and bashed in shifters. I was able to bang the shifters back into position while riding and kept on going.
I ended up getting lapped on the last lap but I was ok with that. I had no warm up, I crashed and it was my first race. I just needed to get that effort in. However, my Garmin 310XT really sucks. I pretty much have useless data because of all the Data drops. Garmin connect says I averaged 280 watts, while Training Peaks says I averaged 180 watts. I'm going to say I averaged more on the 280 than 180w but I am completely unsure. I may have to just ditch the 310XT and just use it for running. It's just great that I have a $300 dud of a Garmin.
Afterwards, I headed over to Columbus to get some dinner with Isaiah. There was an Ohio State game in town so everywhere but downtown was busy. Lucky for us since we didn't have to wait for a table. I also rode Isaiah's new Honda RC51, a 1000cc V-Twin Superbike. That thing scared the crap out of me. I rode down the street, popped it into second and hit the gas. I was probably doing 90 instantly. The road just instantly blurred and you get tunnel vision. Oh and nothing beats the sound of a V-Twin.
So next week I have two races coming up and hopefully I get a better result. But the season is still long and there is no use winning races this early. My target race is States so if all goes well, I should be flying by then.
Miles: 215
YTD:5449
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