Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Crit Race #8--Success!

Each race has been very different this season. Attendance has been sporadic, and although we've had up to 13 racers, tonight we had only 5.

Me, Marsha, Beth, Laura, and Jen

The more you have, the more likely you are to have a lot of action during the race. The fewer you have, the more likely you are to have everyone together and have the entire thing come down to the sprint at the end. Because we only had 5, I wasn't expecting much, even though I desperately wanted to race hard.

Here are the stats from the last races:

From Race #1: Race + cool down: 21:57; 7.77 miles; 21.5 mph; 169 HR (197 max); 2nd place.

From Race #2: Race + cool down: 21:29, 7.89 mi, 22.3 mph; 176 HR; 4th place in a field sprint.

From Race #3: 20:40; 7.50 mi; 21.8 mph; 165 HR (196 max); 3rd by a hair.

From Race #4: 20:14; 7.34 mi; 21.8 mph; 175 HR (196 max); 6th place behind a group of 5.

From Race #5: 33:43; 12.46 mi; 22.2 mph; 168 HR (196 max); 4th place behind a group of 3.

From Race #6: 19:38; 7.27 mi; 22.2 average; 164 MR (200 max!!!!!); 1st place.

From Race #7: 19:40; 7.29 mi; 22.2 average; 166 HR (198 max); 2nd place.

Today's Race #8:
  • Ride totals (I was supposed to ride 45 min and run 15 min): No stats from the warm up
  • Warm up: No stats, but I rode about 20 minutes, which means I was just shy of my prescribed 45 minutes, and I didn't run because I had a fan club :-)
  • Race: 20:15; 7.33 miles; 21.7 average; 175 HR (201 max--new high!!!)
  • Cool down: 2:30; 0.55 miles (just shy of one lap); 148 HR
  • First place.
Marsha seemed to not want to race, which didn't make any sense. She was only a few points behind me, and a win would have put her ahead. But every time she had a chance to lead, she would slow down. That meant that if we'd dropped Beth (which we did a few times), Beth would always catch up. I finally gave up trying to get away and just decided I'd take the last lap. And I did, in good fashion. Marsha gave up trying to catch me with at least half a lap to go. We dropped Laura and Jen about halfway through.

ARenee and UJohn were there with Luke and Lauren, and Abe was racing too, so Emma, his bro-in-law, and his dad were there. And, to top it off, Bill and Nancy came to watch the race! I was so excited when she told me they would be out there to watch!


Results through week 8


144 137 121 105 81 I am up 7 points on Marsha; 5 of those came because I beat her. If she had come in one position ahead of me, she would have earned 2 or 3 points. I still don't know what her strategy was, but I definitely dominated the race! Beth stayed in third place overall (I was hoping Lisa would have been on the podium with me, but that won't happen, unfortunately, unless she can race next week and Beth isn't there at all), but I have 23 points on her, which means the only way she'd have a chance at beating me is if I don't race and she wins. Lisa is down 39 points, but she could surpass Beth.... It really is all coming down to this last week!

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