Odd race for me today. At the end I hurt more than I have in any of the races this year, but during points of the race, I thought that I could go faster (but I couldn't). Then when reviewing heart rate info, I was pleased about several of the laps and yet others were wimpy.
I placed 3rd in the Cat 1 Masters category and I think 10th or 11th overall. I did match my 1st lap goal of 32min, but lap two dropped too far in time. Lap3 was much better, 4 was ok and 5 sucked. I haven't seen the full results yet, but I think that I came within 3-5min of a few that I was marking. Everyone was hurting, it was hot and humid.
Congrats to Rick on the Cat2 open win. Has to be his best race yet. Also congrats to Jed, I heard a story of a two singlespeeder sprinting (uphill) for 2nd in the Cat1 race. Apparently they locked bars and both fell over. It turned into a running race for the finish. If this is true, I hope someone has video, sounds great!
I saw lots of photographers on the course, if someone knows of links to photos, let me know.
3 comments:
Congrat ST on another strong finish. Racing in conditions like that has to really tough. The only tip I can offer...try some baby blue lycra shorts when the weather is that hot.
Good race yesterday Tom. I think that course just happens to suit my abilities and I felt good on the bike despite the heat where it seemed a lot of others were suffering pretty good.
Sounds like you did pretty good for your age. You really need to watch that heart rate. I heard your family has heart problems!!!
Keep up the good work.
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