Warm up for tne "Condo Cross" at Topaz Park.

Did course set up from 0800 - 1030, then home to help the family out with Thanksgiving dinner prep (actually just home long enough to eat, taste pumpkin pie, and grab gear for race), then back to Topaz Park.

1 PM

biking race (Cross) 50:24 [5] 17.34 km (2:54 / km) +120m 2:49 / km
ahr:160 max:167

Fast race....this was a course that did not demand technical riding skills. Fitness would translate to speed. I prefer a technical course and not the lungburner style course that crushes the weak and inefficient (aka, me).

I put together the southern half of the course which incorporated most of the technical riding; however the north part comprised of a lot of flat, long sections that paralelled the soccer pitches and thus this turned into a sprinters paradise on grass that begged for attacks.

The first two laps were 'sprints,' typical of X racing. I hung on as best I could, but dropped off and settled into a steady cadence. My gruppo wasn't set up for this type of course and I didn't feel comfortable in my choice of gearing: I was either spinning too fast or under load and didn't have a happy medium.

Anyway, fun race. Weather was great: a little damp and soggy on the ground. The rain was off and on during the beginners through to expert women/masters race, then opened up on the expert men which meant lots of crashes on the slick, off camber sections.

biking warm up/down 2:13 [1]

Cool down.....Hardly worth mentioning, but hey....

Saturday Oct 8, 2011 #

3 PM

biking (Roadie-isming) 1:10:17 [3] 31.21 mi (2:15 / mi) +230m 2:12 / mi
ahr:123 max:153

Lazy ride.

Thursday Oct 6, 2011 #

5 PM

biking 1:50:03 [3] 63.03 km (1:45 / km) +338m 1:42 / km
ahr:124 max:165 rhr:41

Thurs nite club ride...and then there was beer.

Good pace, not too balls-out at the end...had a good uphill sprint.

Wednesday Oct 5, 2011 #

6 PM

biking warm up/down (X) 7:37 [2] 3123.0 km ( / km) +104m / km
ahr:106 max:137

biking race (x) 30:01 [4] 8.19 km (3:40 / km) +65m 3:32 / km
ahr:158 max:167

ok race....gained a lot of positions; good start for me and moved up in the pack, had one dab but otherwise ok.

biking warm up/down 14:24 [1] 5.72 km (2:31 / km) +50m 2:25 / km
ahr:125 max:144

Tuesday Oct 4, 2011 #

5 PM

biking (Roadie-isming ) 1:10:32 [3] 34.85 km (2:01 / km) +295m 1:57 / km
ahr:130 max:163

Head winds along Dallas turned to tail winds heading north. Nice ride....kept it casual.

Sunday Oct 2, 2011 #

12 PM

biking warm up/down 18:02 [2] 4.13 km (4:22 / km) +30m 4:13 / km

Warm up and course preview. Nice single track with some technical sections.

1 PM

biking race (Cross ) 45:25 [5] 12.12 km (3:45 / km) +104m 3:36 / km

Started as far back from the front row as one could as I wasn't seeded. First 100 m was spent snaking my way up front before the first left handed corner, then a bit of acceleration to dive into the first tight L hand turn and then a switchback...carnage with bumping and elbowing.

Wasn't able to bridge past my 14th place finish (however that was with one mechanical and my attempt to take out a tree with my head on the single track).

Overall, a so-so race - have to be more aggressive at the start as this is where you gain position. I held back somewhat and it cost me - there were few places to pass on this course and I didn't capitalize.

2 PM

biking warm up/down (Cross) 7:50 [1]

Saturday Oct 1, 2011 #

8 AM

biking 1:14:31 [3] 36.24 km (2:03 / km) +262m 1:59 / km
ahr:130 max:156

Boring ride...too lazy to mix it up. Race on the weekend: Lumbar Cross in Port Alberni

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