Cherry Creek Time Trial Series #3
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Cherry Creek Time Trial Series #3 - Cycle
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Comments: I honestly don't remember ever being more miserable on a bike than today. The wind was so strong that the tall grasses lining the road were laying down flat. I'm not a big person, so it doesn't take much wind to throw me around, but today I almost got launched into space. It was all I could do to stay on my bike. During the cross-wind sections, I was leaning so far into the wind, I probably looked like I was riding drunk, not to mention the weaving I was doing because of the gusts. I was so freezing too. I finally got so numb that I couldn't feel my legs or my feet, so I had trouble really pushing it. They weren't listening to my brain's commands to go harder and faster. During the one short, pathetic, measley tailwind section, I was going close to 30mph and I could feel the rain drops hitting my back...that's how bad the wind was. I couldn't feel any rain hitting the front of my body and I was going almost 30. Crazy. It was so depressing to look down at my speed and see that I was going only 15mph into the wind at full gas. While I was suffering, I was trying to think of something positive to get me through it. I came up with this: I had so much rain on my face that you couldn't tell the difference between the rain, the snot, or the spit. So there! What would you do differently?: Stay home, lay on the couch by the fire, drink hot tea. Post race
Warm down: Warm down? Heck, I never warmed up! I crossed the finish line, went to my car, stripped off my sodden clothes, put on dry clothes and left. Just like last week, I had the body-wracking seizure chills. I'm sure I looked like an epileptic while I was driving home. After my shower, I wrapped my body in all the fleece I owned and even wore a fleece ski hat around the house. What limited your ability to perform faster: 30 mph winds, rain, 40 degree temperature, freezing cold numb body. Event comments: My time was even slower than last weeks. I guess that's to be expected with the conditions, but I was really wanting to see some progressive improvement one of these days. :( Last updated: 2005-04-28 12:00 AM
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American Cycling Association
40F / 4C
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Age Group = Cat 4 Women
Age Group Rank = 12/18
As I was driving to the race, every flag I saw was flying straight out because of the wind. "Uh oh," I thought.....it only got worse.
(Sorry if it seem like all I do is bitch about the weather in my race reports, but the weather has been dismal.)
Warmed up on the trainer for about an hour. At this point it was cold but it wasn't raining and I didn't think it would, so I didn't bother with the thermal booties this time. Hmmm. Big Mistake. About 15 minutes before my start time, I take my bike off my trainer and the rain starts. I put on my race wheels, stop at the bathroom, and it's raining harder. The thermometer said 52 when I got to the race, now it's saying 41. Nice. I head back to my truck with about 9 minutes to spare, put on my full-fingered gloves and a skull cap under my helmet. No time for the booties. Get to the start line and everyone is bitching about the fact that it feels like we're in Belgium. Forgot to get my bike in the proper gear before the start so I started on the small ring. Nice. Not that it would matter though - the 30mph winds were the big problem.