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Ironcrotch - Cycle

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Houlton, WI
United States
http://www.countycycles.com/public/event.html
40F / 4C
Sunny

Total Time = 2h 45m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/

Pre-race routine:

we (bill, aka mr. autumn, aka 1speed) woke up around 6am. had some oatmeal and coffee. dressed in tights and wool jerseys (sunny day, but cold & windy). loaded the bikes and headed to wisconsin. grandma stayed at our place with our two girls, so this ride was as close to a date as we've had in a while!

Event warmup:

hopping up and down to stay warm. a little stretching.

Bike

2h 45m
44 miles
16.00 mile/hr

Comments:

we were going around 12-16 mph the first 20 miles, and 15-19 the last 20. max speed was 35 or something.

What would you do differently?:

not have a cold?

Post race

Warm down:

stretched. ran around the block in my clogs after my husband started joking about doing a brick. no sure about being able to run a 1/2 marathon after a ride like that (the 1/2 im i'm looking at is a 56 mile ride w/ similar hills), but my legs felt surprisingly good afterwards.

and of course - dairy queen! :)

What limited your ability to perform faster:

wind and a cold.

Event comments:

iron crotch was very low key. we had an easy time finding the registration area, but got lost on our way to the start of the 40+ mile route (each route had a different start point). glad we stuck with the 40 instead of the 60, since this cold is still hanging on. will hopefully do the 60 next year. chatted with some other bike geeks along the route, which was nice. passed a pack of tri-ers (at least, they looked like it - a cervelo, a quintana roo, and a friend on a bianchi). they weren't very chatty even though we were leap frogging each other. we lost them at the dairy queen. anyway, it was a good time. really nice to ride w/my husband w/o either of us having to pull the kids in the burley!

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Last updated: 2005-04-15 12:00 AM

Biking
02:45:00 \| 44 miles \| 16.00 mile/hr
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Good
Wind:	Strong with gusts
Course:	northerly wind, so head wind on the way out, side wind on the cross over, and a nice tail wind on the way back. of course, on the ride out, there was headwind AND the biggest of the hills.
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:
Turns:	Good	Cornering:	Good
Gear changes:	Good	Hills:	Average
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	3
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	Yes

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]	4