Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Hyde Park + Grandview
A big weekend of suck! I DNFed both days. A quick look at the data says that my normalized power was 25-30 watts above my Threshold! I couldn't hold that too long.
I guess I need to do some work.
I've got three more weeks of racing then I'm quitting and gearing up for cross season.
Miles: 391
YTD: 4267
I guess I need to do some work.
I've got three more weeks of racing then I'm quitting and gearing up for cross season.
Miles: 391
YTD: 4267
State Road Race
Well the State Road race didn't go that well. The shortened course equaled more time up the hill with less time to recover. I lasted 4 laps.
Miles 290
YTD: 3876
Miles 290
YTD: 3876
Monday, June 22, 2009
Tour of Ohio
This past week, I was doing neutral support for all the boys competing in Tour of Ohio. The promoter, Tym, called me up early in the year to see if I wanted to do the support. I had originally planned on racing it myself, but the money offer was too good to pass up.
I really lucked out during the whole race. I had to do minimal wheel changes. Wheel changes are especially hard doing it yourself. Usually I would not be driving and sitting in the back seat and pop out to do a change. But this week, I had to pull off, grab a wheel, make sure the car was out of gear (I stalled it once), look back to make sure my door doesn't get ripped off, then finally change the wheel.
Lots of driving! With 4 road stages, I spent most of the days sitting behind the wheel. Transfers to stages were not too bad except for the last day up near Toledo. I spent approximately 25 hours driving and racked up 1040 miles in 6 days!
I did manage to get out and ride during the week. I was also able to do half days at work. It was a good pay day at week's end.
Hyde Park and Grandview is the weekend so doing some training early this week and resting up for the weekend!
I really lucked out during the whole race. I had to do minimal wheel changes. Wheel changes are especially hard doing it yourself. Usually I would not be driving and sitting in the back seat and pop out to do a change. But this week, I had to pull off, grab a wheel, make sure the car was out of gear (I stalled it once), look back to make sure my door doesn't get ripped off, then finally change the wheel.
Lots of driving! With 4 road stages, I spent most of the days sitting behind the wheel. Transfers to stages were not too bad except for the last day up near Toledo. I spent approximately 25 hours driving and racked up 1040 miles in 6 days!
I did manage to get out and ride during the week. I was also able to do half days at work. It was a good pay day at week's end.
Hyde Park and Grandview is the weekend so doing some training early this week and resting up for the weekend!
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Gambier Crit
I traveled up to Gambier today with John to do Tym's ABR State Crit.
A simple 4 turn crit, one side going down a hill, and the other side going up. I thought it was going to be pancake flat the hill wasn't as bad as it looked.
John went first in the Master's race and looked pretty comfortable the whole race. He pulled off a nice W!
I followed soon after. We had a piss-poor field of only 5 guys. Might as well make the most of it though. The other 4 guys were not so motivated to go hard so I hit a nice hard tempo going up the hill and often sprinting up at the top to the start finish. I guess our race was so boring, Don pulled out a $5 and put up a prime. The other guys were saying why should they get all fired up for 5 bux and we should all split it 5 ways.
Anyway I gunned it at the top of the hill to grab the prime (which I never collected since I paid reduced entry fee, a nice gesture) and kept on going. I wanted to see if I could distance myself and get away. No such luck so I sat back into our field of now 4.
I tried several time to push it hard and try to drop another person but it didn't happen. At least one of the guys looked like he was in the serious hurt zone but never came off.
At the end, I was getting a little paranoid that someone might jump me. I had shown all my cards to the others but none of them have. I expected someone to attack me in the closing laps but no one ever did. So coming around on the last lap, I decided to jump a little earlier than I did in the previous laps to hopefully catch them off guard. I also got stuck in the little ring and one guy came around me and held it to the end. I was the first to lose.
I know I shouldn't dwell on it too long, but I pretty much had that race in the bag. But a simple tactical mistake cost me the race. I should have stuck to my original plan of jumping up near the top of the hill, cutting inside on the turn and sweeping out and ride in for the win. But it just didn't work out that way.
But my power has gone up considerably since the last time I raced in Atlanta. So I'm really happy with that. I guess doing a 100 mile mountain bike does wonders to your power.
I should be ready for the USAC Ohio State Road race at Ceasar's creek next week. The following week I'm working Neutral Support for Tour of Ohio. It looks like I will be able to still ride during the week, before or after the stages so I'll definitely make the most of it and probably do lots of intervals. Two weeks later, its Hyde Park and Grandview.
Miles 223
YTD: 3586
A simple 4 turn crit, one side going down a hill, and the other side going up. I thought it was going to be pancake flat the hill wasn't as bad as it looked.
John went first in the Master's race and looked pretty comfortable the whole race. He pulled off a nice W!
I followed soon after. We had a piss-poor field of only 5 guys. Might as well make the most of it though. The other 4 guys were not so motivated to go hard so I hit a nice hard tempo going up the hill and often sprinting up at the top to the start finish. I guess our race was so boring, Don pulled out a $5 and put up a prime. The other guys were saying why should they get all fired up for 5 bux and we should all split it 5 ways.
Anyway I gunned it at the top of the hill to grab the prime (which I never collected since I paid reduced entry fee, a nice gesture) and kept on going. I wanted to see if I could distance myself and get away. No such luck so I sat back into our field of now 4.
I tried several time to push it hard and try to drop another person but it didn't happen. At least one of the guys looked like he was in the serious hurt zone but never came off.
At the end, I was getting a little paranoid that someone might jump me. I had shown all my cards to the others but none of them have. I expected someone to attack me in the closing laps but no one ever did. So coming around on the last lap, I decided to jump a little earlier than I did in the previous laps to hopefully catch them off guard. I also got stuck in the little ring and one guy came around me and held it to the end. I was the first to lose.
I know I shouldn't dwell on it too long, but I pretty much had that race in the bag. But a simple tactical mistake cost me the race. I should have stuck to my original plan of jumping up near the top of the hill, cutting inside on the turn and sweeping out and ride in for the win. But it just didn't work out that way.
But my power has gone up considerably since the last time I raced in Atlanta. So I'm really happy with that. I guess doing a 100 mile mountain bike does wonders to your power.
I should be ready for the USAC Ohio State Road race at Ceasar's creek next week. The following week I'm working Neutral Support for Tour of Ohio. It looks like I will be able to still ride during the week, before or after the stages so I'll definitely make the most of it and probably do lots of intervals. Two weeks later, its Hyde Park and Grandview.
Miles 223
YTD: 3586
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