Chase the Sun - CycleMountain Biking


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Lysterfield Lake, Victoria
Australia
Full Gas Promotions
Overcast
 		Total Time = 5h 02m 1s
Overall Rank = 172/225
Age Group = Solo Male
Age Group Rank = 49/70
Pre-race routine:

Got up. Ate two bits of toast, chucked bike on car and headed off. Helped set up the Superstore's 3 marquees.
Event warmup:

It's a 5 hour race...I'm not going to do a "proper" warm up. First lap is slow anyway.
Bike
  • 5h 02m 1s
  • 65.31 kms
  • 12.97 km/hr
Comments:

Went out very easy and got caught up in traffic - wasn't planning on going out hard in my first one. Next one I'll line up near the front and hit it hard. Didn't eat nearly enough - hit the wall after 3 hours and struggled home for the rest of the race. Quads started hurting more on the bunpy downhills (like pulled muscle type hurting). Was decending well though - not many passed me on the main singletrack downhill!
What would you do differently?:

Get my nutrition sorted. Try gels - if I can smash a couple of them down a lap I'll be fine.
Post race
Warm down:

Collapsed. Walked about 400m to the car with my stuff. Ate maccas.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not enough food. Arms/hands started fatiging badly on the last lap which didn't help.

Event comments:

Great course - open enough so passing was easy but very hilly...painfully so (especially after 4.5 hrs).




Last updated: 2012-04-02 12:00 AM
Biking
05:02:01 | 65.31 kms | 12.97 km/hr
Age Group: 49/70
Overall: 172/225
Performance: Average
Did 6 laps. Average HR 141, some spikes up to 170.
Wind: None
Course: Lap was a bunch of fire roads (with a great big hill) and a lap of the Comm Games track (so another two hills). 250m of climbing per lap. Techy downhill on the Games track but the other two decents were firetracks (hitting 50-60km/h, top speed of 64).
Road: Rough Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4