Also racing was DeathRow Velo teammate Eric Rubottom. Eric raced in the men's Cat.1 19-29 and had a great weekend of racing finishing 5th and 12th in the two races. Great to meet a fellow DRV racer!
On Sat. was the 4.5 mile time trial race. Not having ever ridden the course it made for interesting riding when you are going as hard as you can for about 18 minutes. Using my heart rate monitor I blasted out of the gate and watched my heart rate hit 190 and stay there for the next 18:18.. Brutal! Picked a few wrong lines and got stuck in the wrong gear a couple of times, but ended up 7th in the cat.1 40-49 men's race. All good!
Sunday was the 31 mile XC race. Again, not used to racing this short of race, I was not expecting much. I knew everybody would go out hard and fast. Watching my heart rate climb into the high 180's again, I knew I had to back it off a little and just pace myself for a while. It would have been nice to have someone to work with and draft a little, but, I got stuck in no mans land for the first bit of the race. When the race hit the first steep ie; 20-25% grade I caught up with a lot of the guys.. From then until the end of the race I just got stronger and felt great! Ended up finishing in 2:28.. good enough for 9th place in the Cat.1 40-49. Out of 30 riders in the group I was more than happy with my race!
Sara finished a great 5 hr ride just in time to see me finish and got a couple of photos.
The drive back to Denver took forever in sleet/rain/snow couldn't see, slick roads.. it just sucked! But, looking forward to driving back over the mountains next weekend for a 1 day ride of the 100 mile White Rim in Moab! Will be nice to hang with Sara for the day and enjoy our time together!
2 comments:
Great race, wasn't it! Beautiful views. You did well on the races! It is different than the longer races we do.
Wow! Where do you get your energy?
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