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Tuesday 27 May 2008 - core | Pacific Raceways CR
posted by: Martin
Hrs. Sleeping: 6
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Time of Day: gym - 5:15 am
race - 7:00 pm
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Time (total): gym - 30 min
Time (moving): 1:05
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Workout Type: core | Pacific Raceways CR

Breakfast: 6:30 am - cereal
9:00 am - Promax bar
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Workout Food: G2 the "low calorie hydrator"
It was all I could find at the store; marketing, sheesh...

Course: gym: plank - 180 sec, 120 sec, 60 sec to each side
2x40 clam knee lifts to each side, 40 side leg lifts to each side
30 ball passes, 30 twisters - 10 lb, 80 steam engines, 70 leg extensions
40 back extensions (20 straight, 20 twisting) - 25 lb

race: clockwise up the escape road
Results: Masters - 3rd
official results
Comments: Oh my...

This (not local) Excel guy took OFF from the f'n gun and seeing as no one was going with, 100 m later I jumped to join him. I got away clean and it took me about 500 m to catch him and we got to work. He pulled down the hill, I pulled up and we swapped the lead on the flats. As we approached the hill for the second time he turned to me and said, "I think we have a better chance if you lead on the hill." I was like fine, I pulled into the hill, up the hill and he was gone.

Shit, this is way too early to go solo I'm thinking. Once the field sees this guy coming back they are going to chase me down pronto. But what can you do? I opted for the 'put your head down and go anyway' plan.

Cut to 20 minutes later and Rory is ringing the bell for prime number one. I'm out of site and feeling pretty darn good considering it has been ages since I have put out an effort like this. 15 minutes later I get the bell for the second prime and the pack is still nowhere to be seen but I'm not going quite as fast as I was earlier...

Brian S was walking the circuit and gave me the time gap a couple of times. First I had one minute and then I think it was up to 1:30 before it started coming back down. And then I saw it. As I rounded the corner at the top of the descent you can see way back along the course and there were three riders coming after me. With four laps to go they were gaining but by then it was just two. I could recognize Kerry F and the other one was wearing orange so I was hoping it was Dave H.

As I crossed the line with three laps to go Kerry and Dave caught me. Damn. I think Kerry must have pulled three straight laps to do this - he is amazing!

In retrospect Dave should have gone right then but he was tired. Turns out Kerry was even more tired. Anyway, I kept pulling for a bit (I kinda got a second wind) and by the time we started attacking Kerry he had pretty much recovered. We got in two attacks each and then it was time to sprint. Other than the short attacks, the pace of the last two laps was pretty sedate and that gave Kerry the edge he needed. I lead it out and Dave could only watch Kerry pass him and take the win.

I found out later that the third rider was Matt H but he was not feeling too hot today and then he had a pedal blow up! That will slow you down every time. :(

Oh well, two primes and 3rd is not bad. Three more laps would have been even better.

If anyone cares, I was in the 53x23 on the climb each time (in the saddle) and in the 53x14 on the flats up top. When I saw I was getting caught I managed to stuff it into the 13 for one lap. 53x12 on the descent.
Equipment: Ti Cycles Hyak, 42/53, 12-25, Zipp 404 wheels

Brian took some pictures at the race.

core | road race
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:33:40 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Related posts:
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