Long Street Tour + Training

This past Saturday, I went up to Columbus to do the Long Street race. Its always a good time with a good crowd. This race where I claimed my first win. The course is nice with 5 turns and a u-turn.

I packed up and headed out the door at 8am, filled up the tank and on my way. I really lucked out on the driving because it was an OSU football weekend and luckily did not run into traffic there or back.

The prize list was big, paying $600 for the win, paying 20 deep. Less than 20 were preregistered so I thought it was going to be easy money. However, that was what a lot of other people were thinking, close to 40 toed the line. We were set to do 60 minutes plus 5 laps.

During the race, I sat in at my favorite place in the race, near the back. It's not really ideal but I don't have to fight to keep position, which you really had to do in this race up front. At the front, you couldn't sit in or you would find yourself in the back. I did get lazy a few times and got gapped out in the corners forcing me to chase a little but I wised up at the end. 5 to go I made sure I was up front. The last two laps were the fastest and I was in good position to finish. However some guy decided to sit up in the last corner and I had to slow down. I lost a chance at a good result but still ended up in the money at 18th place. Good for $10.

After the race, I headed over to Front Runner, a running store. I needed to pick up a new pair of running shoes for my cyclocross training. I've never been fitted for running shoes and only recently did I know there were different types of shoes for different types of feet. All the employees at Front Runner are runners so they knew what to look for. I tired out many shoes to fit my feet and walking/running style and came to a decision. I highly recommend stopping there if you need new kicks.

So now I'm in full cyclocross mode. I sent in my Quarq CinQo in to get my 46 and 38 rings installed and calibrated. Doing workouts specific to CX and getting ready for my first race this Saturday. My first double weekend is next week on the 19th and 20th then a few days off while I hit the Vegas Strip.

Miles this race:200

YTD: 5234