Date: Wednesday July 20thTime: 5pm
Distance: 20 miles
Goal: Under 1 hour
Well, outside the sun coming out and one bastard of a hill this was a fairly nice course.
I knew during the first lap (2.5 miles mind you) with the group I could not continue to average 24 mph so shortly after the first lap I was unceremoniously dropped. I proceeded to ride the next 6 laps alone. I am used to riding alone in triathlon, however this constitutes a ton more work for a lone rider. I wanted to finish all 7 laps so I had to race my own race.
The Climb
I climbed this section on each of the 7 laps. It was barley 2/10 mile but it was 100 sharp vertical feet up. I rode the climb on pride. I repeated to myself during this climb... I will not walk I will ride. Needless to say this one climb took my average speed down to 18.6 mph. Without this one climb I averaged 22mph.
The other 2.25 Miles
The rest of the course was rolling hills that I was able to gain momentum on the downhills and power on the uphills. The last mile of the lap was a nice downhill to a 1/4 mile false flat before "ascending" into that climb again.
Overall
I liked the race, but I need to master very steep uphills. Total 17.5 miles in 56:22 / 18.6mph average. Place 47/68
Next up I need to get my Crit on...
1 comments:
Nice! way to hit a good goal time. And I know dealing with that heat wasn't easy either. Good luck in the crit!
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