Motivation...
Nothing like trying to "not get dropped" to provide the necessary motivation to go pretty damn hard - that was the case this past saturday!
So, I toe'd the line at the San Diego Cycl-vets omnium this weekend.
Friday was a two loop affair (8.2 mile, 13.4k) TT on fiesta island. Went pretty fast for me for this time of year - just under 19 minutes on 286 watts. Felt like I underperformed 10-15W or so. Guess I need to ride the TT bike more than the night before for 20 minutes!? :-)
Seriously, I probably would have only needed one or two good rides on the TT bike to feel more normal - just wasn't used to sitting down for 20 minutes straight... D'oh!
RR on Saturday was an eye-opener - pretty crazy for me actually. Got dropped on the very first hill - while I was making 5.7 W/kg for 3.5 minutes and 5.1 W/kg for 6 minutes.
Hey, this master's racing is supposed to be easier than the Pro 1,2 stuff! :-)
Oh well, guess I just need to lose another 5kg's! It's possible, I reckon. But damnit, cheeseburgers taste good. And porkchops taste good, too!!!
Here's the file screenshot when I popped:
you'll see that I surged a bit to cross a gap (just prior to 3 min into the effort) to get to a little group of about six guys that were shreddin' the field. I got on and recovered a bit, but the next little surge put me at my limit. I never looked at the PM, mind you, when I'm racin' you either make the group, or you don't - it don't matter what the gizmo's are tellin' ya!
Guess, what, I didn't make the group - hell, that's bike racin'. Next year, maybe there'll be a headwind up those climbs! :-)
Sunday (today) was a crit - rain shower moved through during the 45 minutes prior to the race, soaking everyone and the course down. Real tentative on the wet roads for me - dude, I like my skin!.
I had surprisingly heavy legs, no real top end so to speak. No moves got more than 10 seconds or so on the field, so I just stayed put and rode what felt like hard tempo pace to stay in the field. Moved to the front with 5 to go and tried to stay in the top 10-15. Slotted my way onto Brett and Mark's wheel just prior to the last corner, probably 10th wheel or so - but that was just about all I could muster. Maybe wound up in the top 15. Just don't have the snappity-snap like the big dogz!
Well - that was a pretty good spring campaign for me - the most bike racin' I've done in a really long time. Probably more racing in the last couple months than I've done in the last 9 years combined. Good to be back, I'll say!
I'll be taking next week off from racing, it'll be a nice little break.
Crap, better get my taxes done here pretty soon too - those are due next month, right! ;-)
So, I toe'd the line at the San Diego Cycl-vets omnium this weekend.
Friday was a two loop affair (8.2 mile, 13.4k) TT on fiesta island. Went pretty fast for me for this time of year - just under 19 minutes on 286 watts. Felt like I underperformed 10-15W or so. Guess I need to ride the TT bike more than the night before for 20 minutes!? :-)
Seriously, I probably would have only needed one or two good rides on the TT bike to feel more normal - just wasn't used to sitting down for 20 minutes straight... D'oh!
RR on Saturday was an eye-opener - pretty crazy for me actually. Got dropped on the very first hill - while I was making 5.7 W/kg for 3.5 minutes and 5.1 W/kg for 6 minutes.
Hey, this master's racing is supposed to be easier than the Pro 1,2 stuff! :-)
Oh well, guess I just need to lose another 5kg's! It's possible, I reckon. But damnit, cheeseburgers taste good. And porkchops taste good, too!!!
Here's the file screenshot when I popped:
you'll see that I surged a bit to cross a gap (just prior to 3 min into the effort) to get to a little group of about six guys that were shreddin' the field. I got on and recovered a bit, but the next little surge put me at my limit. I never looked at the PM, mind you, when I'm racin' you either make the group, or you don't - it don't matter what the gizmo's are tellin' ya!
Guess, what, I didn't make the group - hell, that's bike racin'. Next year, maybe there'll be a headwind up those climbs! :-)
Sunday (today) was a crit - rain shower moved through during the 45 minutes prior to the race, soaking everyone and the course down. Real tentative on the wet roads for me - dude, I like my skin!.
I had surprisingly heavy legs, no real top end so to speak. No moves got more than 10 seconds or so on the field, so I just stayed put and rode what felt like hard tempo pace to stay in the field. Moved to the front with 5 to go and tried to stay in the top 10-15. Slotted my way onto Brett and Mark's wheel just prior to the last corner, probably 10th wheel or so - but that was just about all I could muster. Maybe wound up in the top 15. Just don't have the snappity-snap like the big dogz!
Well - that was a pretty good spring campaign for me - the most bike racin' I've done in a really long time. Probably more racing in the last couple months than I've done in the last 9 years combined. Good to be back, I'll say!
I'll be taking next week off from racing, it'll be a nice little break.
Crap, better get my taxes done here pretty soon too - those are due next month, right! ;-)
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