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11.11 Veteran’s Day CX Boulder Res.
It was cool out and the course was looking fast. It’s mostly flat. No big climbs. Always a visit to the volleyball sand pit. We lined up to start and with 1 minute to go ! saw my front tire was getting soft. Damn. ! headed back to the monster truck for Amber. They started. ! had to wait for the whole pack to pass by before ! could get on the road. Then ! had to ride back to the start line and come back up. !’m slow anyways and now ! just spotted everyone ¼ mile and rode my MTB on a ‘cross bike course. ! hammered and hammered. ! liked the course. After ! got it figured out ! could sweep through the corners almost without touching the brakes. Some bumpy sections. On the last part of the last lap ! was dicing with a ‘cross bike. There was a long road section to the finish. 180* turn, short straight then 90* right hander onto the finish straight. ! started picking it up and got next to him. He started speeding up. We were haulin’ ass over the finish line. ! nipped him by maybe an inch. It wasn’t far past there to the first corner. It was marked with tape and there was pavement beyond it. No way was ! going to make that turn at that speed. ! was hard on the brakes and looking at the spectators in the way. ! just barely got stopped in time. No one moved. 25th of 30. 1.5 miles/lap lapped once. 9.6 miles, 12.1 mph avg., 27.8 max, 47:32
Race 2
! spent most of the time between races fixing the Jackal’s flat. ! parked Amber in the pit and went to the start. Joe Haulman and one of his little kid friends joined us. The little one was fast. Joe pulled out halfway. He was overheating. ! felt fast. Some of the loose corners were sketchier than on Amber with her fat tires. Still ! was sweeping through. ! got lapped midway through my 6th lap instead of the 3rd like the race before. The whole field is faster and ! was faster. ! was dicing with a Trek carbon hardtail MTB. Mostly he was wheel sucking. He could sneak by after the sand pit and hang on past the finish line. ! couldn’t get away from him. ! decided to not worry about him as long as ! could stay with him. ! knew ! could kill him in the final sprint. Half way through the last lap my front tire went squishy. ! pitted and felt it. It probably wouldn’t last the rest of the lap and no way ! could push those last corners on it. Amber was in. The guy had a big gap now and ! was slowed down. ! tried, but he was gone. Into the final straight ! attacked guy in 4th place. He answered and his chain jammed. ! kept going and beat him. Too bad he was a lap ahead of me. 40th of 46 6 laps. Lapped once. 9.4 miles, 12.4 avg., 25.2 max, 45:47. 1:01>170>28:40>160>16:02
After the race ! went to Performance in Boulder. The Jackal needed a new rear wheel and lots of tubes. ! was looking around and saw “20% off all wheels” and a Dura-Ace wheel set for $460 already marked down from about $800. Too good to pass up. Sara could use some sweet new hoops. Her current wheels would be nice ‘cross gear. So $428 and ! left with sweet wheels and 8 tubes and ! get 10% credit for Team Performance. A couple hours in the garage changing tires around.
11.12 Red Rocks Elementary in Morrison.
Another fun course. Wheels in one pit and Amber in the other. They have that damn long, steep driveway for the start. It was cold. Light drizzle when ! left the house. It got heavier as ! went West. Great ‘cross weather. ! decided since it was so cold that ! would run a lap instead of ride to see how it looked. That really warmed me up. The tourets pit looked to be the easiest !’ve ever seen it. The rest was long sweepers. Stay smooth and go fast. After the big driveway climb we went on the flat briefly around one of the classrooms then up the steep dirt hill. ! just couldn’t get the power down to ride all the way to the barriers. It felt like ! was @ 12,000’. ! was dying up there. ! could barely carry the Jackal over 2 barriers then push her another 20 feet to turn around and come back down the hill. ! could dive into the tourets pit, but could only ride about ½ way up the other side. The basketball court had a sharp corner that was getting muddy and looked slick. Then another one into the sand pit. ! could ride part of it then run and remount before ! got out of it. Around the back of the school we turned right so the climb wasn’t as steep as usual. The old course was still visible, just taped off. That actually helped me a lot. Just about every lap ! saw the wrong line and knew ! had to hit it hard to make that steep climb. Then ! would realize ! had just cranked up the power for a short hill. ! sure made it up fast. Other than the big climb to the top ! felt pretty good the whole race. 1.2 miles/lap. 6 laps. Lapped once. 29th of 33. 7.7 miles, 9.9 avg.,20.5 max, 46:23 0>170>3:21>160>43:02
Race 2
Between races ! talked to baby brother about problems at the horse farm. http://www.saddlebredtalk.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10523 ! hear it’s “all over the web”. It’s not our fault. We were delayed a few minutes. As soon as the whistle blew little sleet pellets started falling. ! had a tough time on that climb. There were still racers around me. On lap 2 on the last downhill section where it is bumpy and fast my seat post bolt snapped. It was scary. ! rode the next ½ mile standing up. Near the top of the climb before the finish line ! dropped my chain. That was scary too. Finally made it to Amber and took off again. A total of 4 laps on Amber. The 2nd and 3rd times through the tourets pit ! actually rode it all the way. First time ! did a track stand on the lip and just managed to grunt it over. Next time ! did better. ! could ride the sand too. 6 laps. Lapped once. 29th of 30. 7.8 miles, 9.6 avg., 19.5 max, 49:22 0>170>2:54>160>46:28
11.11 Veteran’s Day CX Boulder Res.
It was cool out and the course was looking fast. It’s mostly flat. No big climbs. Always a visit to the volleyball sand pit. We lined up to start and with 1 minute to go ! saw my front tire was getting soft. Damn. ! headed back to the monster truck for Amber. They started. ! had to wait for the whole pack to pass by before ! could get on the road. Then ! had to ride back to the start line and come back up. !’m slow anyways and now ! just spotted everyone ¼ mile and rode my MTB on a ‘cross bike course. ! hammered and hammered. ! liked the course. After ! got it figured out ! could sweep through the corners almost without touching the brakes. Some bumpy sections. On the last part of the last lap ! was dicing with a ‘cross bike. There was a long road section to the finish. 180* turn, short straight then 90* right hander onto the finish straight. ! started picking it up and got next to him. He started speeding up. We were haulin’ ass over the finish line. ! nipped him by maybe an inch. It wasn’t far past there to the first corner. It was marked with tape and there was pavement beyond it. No way was ! going to make that turn at that speed. ! was hard on the brakes and looking at the spectators in the way. ! just barely got stopped in time. No one moved. 25th of 30. 1.5 miles/lap lapped once. 9.6 miles, 12.1 mph avg., 27.8 max, 47:32
Race 2
! spent most of the time between races fixing the Jackal’s flat. ! parked Amber in the pit and went to the start. Joe Haulman and one of his little kid friends joined us. The little one was fast. Joe pulled out halfway. He was overheating. ! felt fast. Some of the loose corners were sketchier than on Amber with her fat tires. Still ! was sweeping through. ! got lapped midway through my 6th lap instead of the 3rd like the race before. The whole field is faster and ! was faster. ! was dicing with a Trek carbon hardtail MTB. Mostly he was wheel sucking. He could sneak by after the sand pit and hang on past the finish line. ! couldn’t get away from him. ! decided to not worry about him as long as ! could stay with him. ! knew ! could kill him in the final sprint. Half way through the last lap my front tire went squishy. ! pitted and felt it. It probably wouldn’t last the rest of the lap and no way ! could push those last corners on it. Amber was in. The guy had a big gap now and ! was slowed down. ! tried, but he was gone. Into the final straight ! attacked guy in 4th place. He answered and his chain jammed. ! kept going and beat him. Too bad he was a lap ahead of me. 40th of 46 6 laps. Lapped once. 9.4 miles, 12.4 avg., 25.2 max, 45:47. 1:01>170>28:40>160>16:02
After the race ! went to Performance in Boulder. The Jackal needed a new rear wheel and lots of tubes. ! was looking around and saw “20% off all wheels” and a Dura-Ace wheel set for $460 already marked down from about $800. Too good to pass up. Sara could use some sweet new hoops. Her current wheels would be nice ‘cross gear. So $428 and ! left with sweet wheels and 8 tubes and ! get 10% credit for Team Performance. A couple hours in the garage changing tires around.
11.12 Red Rocks Elementary in Morrison.
Another fun course. Wheels in one pit and Amber in the other. They have that damn long, steep driveway for the start. It was cold. Light drizzle when ! left the house. It got heavier as ! went West. Great ‘cross weather. ! decided since it was so cold that ! would run a lap instead of ride to see how it looked. That really warmed me up. The tourets pit looked to be the easiest !’ve ever seen it. The rest was long sweepers. Stay smooth and go fast. After the big driveway climb we went on the flat briefly around one of the classrooms then up the steep dirt hill. ! just couldn’t get the power down to ride all the way to the barriers. It felt like ! was @ 12,000’. ! was dying up there. ! could barely carry the Jackal over 2 barriers then push her another 20 feet to turn around and come back down the hill. ! could dive into the tourets pit, but could only ride about ½ way up the other side. The basketball court had a sharp corner that was getting muddy and looked slick. Then another one into the sand pit. ! could ride part of it then run and remount before ! got out of it. Around the back of the school we turned right so the climb wasn’t as steep as usual. The old course was still visible, just taped off. That actually helped me a lot. Just about every lap ! saw the wrong line and knew ! had to hit it hard to make that steep climb. Then ! would realize ! had just cranked up the power for a short hill. ! sure made it up fast. Other than the big climb to the top ! felt pretty good the whole race. 1.2 miles/lap. 6 laps. Lapped once. 29th of 33. 7.7 miles, 9.9 avg.,20.5 max, 46:23 0>170>3:21>160>43:02
Race 2
Between races ! talked to baby brother about problems at the horse farm. http://www.saddlebredtalk.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10523 ! hear it’s “all over the web”. It’s not our fault. We were delayed a few minutes. As soon as the whistle blew little sleet pellets started falling. ! had a tough time on that climb. There were still racers around me. On lap 2 on the last downhill section where it is bumpy and fast my seat post bolt snapped. It was scary. ! rode the next ½ mile standing up. Near the top of the climb before the finish line ! dropped my chain. That was scary too. Finally made it to Amber and took off again. A total of 4 laps on Amber. The 2nd and 3rd times through the tourets pit ! actually rode it all the way. First time ! did a track stand on the lip and just managed to grunt it over. Next time ! did better. ! could ride the sand too. 6 laps. Lapped once. 29th of 30. 7.8 miles, 9.6 avg., 19.5 max, 49:22 0>170>2:54>160>46:28
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