Star City CX at Tanker Hill - Cycle


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Lincoln, Nebraska
United States
78F / 26C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 30m
Overall Rank = 2/9
Age Group = 18-99
Age Group Rank = 2/9
Pre-race routine:

Worked all day, then went straight to race from work. Changed in the car at the race.
Event warmup:

One loop around the course just before race start.
Bike
  • 30m
  • 6 miles
  • 12.00 mile/hr
Comments:

Got to the shoot first and stayed in the lead for the 1st 2 laps, then got passed by a gal. Just didn't have the legs to stay with her up that big hill on lap 3. I'm not very good on hills. Slid out on one turn due to bumps in the grass. Wish I would have tried to catch back up to her and stay with her. Once she passed me I slacked off a bit. Only 1 good straight section where you could get some speed. Otherwise quite a technical course.
What would you do differently?:

Tried to stay with the gal who passed me. I would have sighted ahead on the turns. I did a bad job of this during the race because i was so concerned about pine cones and bumps on the turns. I could have taken the turns better if I would not have been looking down right in front of me. I do this way too often and need to practice looking a head and remember to look ahead of the turn. Grr....
Post race
Warm down:

Ate a slice of watermelon and downed a bottle of water.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Hills. Needed a few more gears like a mtb. This course would have been much easier on a mtb.

Event comments:

This course was beautiful to watch. You could see nearly the entire race from standing in 1 spot. Best race to spectate. Really hard course with that hill, but it's great to be pushed and get to test new skills.


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Last updated: 2013-10-15 12:00 AM
Biking
00:30:00 | 06 miles | 12.00 mile/hr
Age Group: 2/9
Overall: 9/9
Performance:
Don't actually know if the race was 6 miles or not. Just a guess. Usually each lap is around 1 to 1.5 miles in length.
Wind:
Course: Big hill. Great big hill. Huge hill. Did I mention there was this really big hill? And lots of off camber turns. This was quite a difficult race due to both of those. And bumpy. Really bumpy. Bucking Bronco bumpy in sections. Good think I was clipped into the pedals or I might have been bucked off a few times.
Road: Rough  Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills:
Race pace: Drinks:
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized?
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]