Wells' Avenue Criterium - CycleCriterium


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Newton Center, Massachusetts
United States
boston road club
45F / 7C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

It being Mother's Day, I told the boys they had no choice but to come with me so we left the house at 7:30....I had coffee and half a banana.
Event warmup:

did 3 loops of the crit - nice course, no major debris, open to cars, mostly well marshalled.
Bike
  • 00m
  • 12 miles
  • 0.00 mile/hr
Comments:

Max Power 645
avg power 141
avg speed 18.64
max speed 25.65
avg. cadence 88

What would you do differently?:

not let anyone cut me off!!! stay on the outside on the turns.
Post race
Warm down:

we stayed to watch the men's C race - which on the 3 of 4 weeks a month without a women's race is what I will have to race with....the good news is their pack is big - so lots of drafting potential.




What limited your ability to perform faster:

the near crash that took me out of the pack, so much of the race I was doing a time trial

Event comments:

this is a training crit that happens weekly (weather dependent) though not the women's race...well organized, lots of support and cheering.




Last updated: 2008-04-30 12:00 AM
Biking
00:00:00 | 12 miles | 0.00 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Happily survived the crit and rubber stayed down! on the 3rd or 4th loop, I was in the pack towards the front, and on the inside on a turn, got cut off, went into the other bike and happily in spite of contact was able to stay upright - really thought I was going down - hurray I am getting bike handling skills! so never caught the pack but after feeling pretty shaken up stayed in it and finished. Pace lined with 2 of the coaches and another girl - it was fun. The boys cheered every time I went by.
Wind: Headwind
Course: we had a head wind that increased as the race progressed, this certainly affected my speed and definitely made the slight inclines feel like mountains by the end. At one point lost a lot of speed when I had to brake for a car - our whole paceline broke up there, but then we got back together.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence: 88
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 5