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Escape Velocity Spring Series - Race 5 Bradner
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Comments: Stupid derailleur kept skipping out of the big ring. The course was hilly. I and 5 other girls (including Connie & Monica-my teammate) got dropped coming up the hill on 59th Ave in the first lap. We worked together for a lap and then dropped two of the girls, so there were 4 of us. It was pretty exciting working in an eschelon with the girls again. Lots of people behind us. We passed a few guys as people just kept falling off of the lead pack. With two laps to go, we picked up a guy who worked with us, but he maintained a blistering pace. So the pace picked up and I fell off on the uphill just before 58th Ave just before the bell lap. Arghh. Up the road I noticed that Monica was beginning to fall off too. I guess the guy we pick up was shredding apart our little group of women. I worked really hard on the downhill and caught up with Monica. Gave her some of my gatorade. Then we decided we'd cross the finish line together. I had absolutely nothing left in my legs the last 2 times up the big hill and of course at the top was where the coach was watching. Going up the hill both those times my legs felt like they were on fire. It was seriously hard. So Connie managed to cross the line just before me. But it was good to finish this race. What would you do differently?: Stay with the lead pack!  Post race
Warm down: South along Bradner Road and back. What limited your ability to perform faster: Hills! Event comments: Tough tough race. Everyone said so. When the Bs lapped me, David told me that they passed a lot of people before they passed me and he kept expecting to see me back there but was glad that it took them so long to pass me. Last updated: 2006-03-27 12:00 AM
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 2006-03-27 6:45 PM |
Pro  4578    Vancouver, BC |  Subject: Escape Velocity Spring Series - Race 5 Bradner |
| 2006-03-28 9:28 AM in reply to: #380841 |
Master 1320  Chilliwack, BC | Subject: RE: Escape Velocity Spring Series - Race 5 Bradner |
| 2006-03-28 10:51 AM in reply to: #380841 |
| Subject: RE: Escape Velocity Spring Series - Race 5 Bradner Hills.. AND you maintained that speed??? You're my hero. |
| 2006-03-28 3:50 PM in reply to: #380841 |
Master 2314 Gulf Shores, AL | Subject: RE: Escape Velocity Spring Series - Race 5 Bradner How does the group thing work. In the US, it's categories. You start out as a 5 and some people move up. I think you need to move up to a B. Keep rocking and where is the new bike? |
| 2006-03-29 12:00 PM in reply to: #381788 |
Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: Escape Velocity Spring Series - Race 5 Bradner Our categories are the same as yours. Women only have 4 categories. For non sanctioned races though, the organizers decide the categories. These are training races, so there are only 3 categories A, B and C. You seed yourself. I've notice that a lot of races at the track have only A, B and C categories as well. |
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I knew that I should have completed this RR sooner. I can't remember! I think that I ate a bowl of vector and I ate an Oatmeal to go bar before I started.
Rode the course with Heather and Monica. Noticed that it was a bit hilly.