Crit Race #4

From Race #1: Race + cool down: 21:57, 7.77 miles, 21.2 mph (which means it was over 21.5 avg), 486 cal, 169 HR (197 max!); second place behind Marsha, who I couldn't catch up to in the allotted time--and she only had a few seconds on me...bummer!

From Race #2: Race + cool down: 21:29, 7.89 mi, 176 HR (we averaged 22.3 mph according to the bike before the CD and 22.0 according to the Garmin after the CD); 4th place in a field sprint

From Race #3: Race + cool down: 29:54, 9.91 mi, 158 HR (we averaged 21.8 mph); 3rd by a hair.

Today's Race #4:

• Multisport totals: I did not run because Grandpa Bob was here and I wanted to watch Luke race. 40:25; 12.62 miles; 731 cal, 158 HR
  
• Warm up: 17:41; 4.83 miles; 16.4 mph, 140 HR
• Race: 20:14; 7.34 mi; 21.8 mph; 175 HR (196 max); 6th place behind Lisa, Olga, Marsha, Beth, and Rachel. At 10:00, I took off with Lisa and hung for a few laps. I couldn't hang on when the rest of the group caught up because then Marsha took off. The 5 of them were then off, I was in the gap, Stephanie and Laura were behind me and caught me with a lap to go, and I won that sprint because Laura led me in.
• Cool down lap: 2:30; 0.45 mi; 10.8 mph; 160 HR

It turns out that I was riding on a near-flat front tire. My bike did feel a little sluggish, but I just thought I was tired. I looked at the back tire and it looked fine, but I didn't look at the front tire. Not that it would have changed anything, but at least I would have known while I was racing instead of finding out when I got home!