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Spring Fling #2 Cat 5
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Comments: Having finished my race just 2.5 hours earlier I wasn't sure what to expect in this one. I did notice a few guys that were also in the Cat 4/5 race so a lot of us were in the same boat. Last week I finished 5th in this race so I was hoping for similar results in this 19 person field. The start was clean and uneventful and again, I was happy staying in the rear and trying not to be too aggressive. This race would only be 8 laps with one prime in lap 4 or 5. First few laps were fine but then there was separation. Four or Five guys took off from the front and I was in the back group. We went around a few laps and they pretty much took the prime as at least 5-6 seconds were between them and us. I rode much better this race than last in terms of staying on someones wheel. I'm also learning to accelerate out of the saddle while keeping my hands on the bottom of the bars. With about 3 laps to go I was feeling pretty good and I accelerated in an attempt to leave the second group and see if I could make some ground on the lead 4. I did gap the group by a bit but they recovered in half a lap. So I moved left, slowed and let them go by so I could get in behind them. We were a pack of 4, all other riders were well back by now. As we were on a straight away heading towards the start line and bell lap the three in front of me slowed a little and I again, took off and this time they could not recover. They award points for top 8 and only 4 riders were ahead of us so maybe they just didn't care about where they placed as long as it was top 8. Either that or they were just "done" for the day. So that's two weeks in a row I was 5th. What would you do differently?: We'll see how I feel next week. I may try and stay with the front group or at least in the front if the group stays together. Our pace this week was faster than last, 24.5 mph average compared to last weeks 23.7. There was some tough wind last week, very little this week so that's part of it. I'm still happy I could sustain that pace after the Cat 4/5 race earlier.  Post race
Warm down: About a 5 minute easy ride then had to pack up and go home. Last updated: 2016-03-05 12:00 AM
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 2016-03-06 8:58 PM |
Master  3888      Overland Park, KS |  Subject: Spring Fling #2 Cat 5 |
| 2016-03-08 2:43 PM in reply to: #5170785 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Spring Fling #2 Cat 5 5th, that's awesome!! Great work! Thankfully this race sounds much less nerve-wracking than the 4/5 race. |
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Revolution Racing, LLC
60F / 16C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 5/19
Age Group = Cat 5
Age Group Rank = 5/19
This race followed the Cat 4/5 race I did earlier in the day
which you can read about here http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp...
After the Cat 4/5 race I sat and watched the Cat 3/4 race and one of the women's races (Cat 4 I think).
Took a warmup spin for about 13 minutes and again, was last to show up at the start, in the back row.