Today was my third week doing the Plainville Crit series .. So far lot's of fun. I have been arriving in time to watch the CAT 4-5 race @ 9:00 and the CAT 3-4 race @ 10:00. Plus some of the CAT 1-2-3 race around 12:30
My race is the CAT 4-5 39+ @ 11:15 ...
This week we had 31 riders , I went off semi hard working my way round + round. I found today I was able to hit the corners and not let off so I was not fighting to fill the gap twice every lap on the 90 degree corners. So I used less energy and seemed to be able to work a bit less overall.
My issue this week was a few riders who seemed to just move where ever the hell they wanted to go with no regard for any other riders + and not looking back or to the side . This was not some new guy off the back but some of the guys who are up front and winning . Not good but no crashes , guess cause we have less riders we have more room to move about. I had to swerve several times when this same rider just swung in front of me or other riders.
So what is a Crit rider to do in these situations ????
As far as my personel race like I said it was good I'm getting more comfortable and on the 2nd prime I pushed real hard ( hit my MAx watts of 780 at this point) - This may not have been a good idea as I used a lot of reserve but I was 5th so that was COOL. In a short time I saw 4 laps to go and started moving up front. BUT on the back straight on the last two Laps I was pushed out in the wind and could not get a wheel.. So come the final sprint I was Semi - Toast I came around the last corner in mabye 8-10th ish and a few guys got past me before the line .. I think I got 12-14 ish.
Some Stats:
21 miles
53 min's
Av speed 24
Mx speed 31.25
Av Watts 198
Max Watts 780 ( #2 Prime ) 11.13 watts /kg
Final sprint could barly get to 350 Watts
30 sec - 456 watts - 6.7 watts /kg
1 min - 317 watts - 4.66 watts /kg
5 min - 237 watts - 3.48 watts /kg
PS: I was cold not as bad as the 9+10:00 races but cold .....
Come on Summer
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