Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Westlake Crit Race or the Tuesday Night World Championship Training Crit*

So, another week and another Crit. Had to run around like crazy; getting Gary's stuff and picking him up, getting out to the parking lot so we could get a warm up in. NP.
Ian, Jim (the new guy), Gary & I (Bob still hasn't gotten his Spin kit yet...which is cool) in the B's along with Tony from Lake Effect. Tom is riding in the A's. Yeah, Gary and I are going to need to move up to take a beating in the A's soon. Dave is recovering from walking pneumonia....but showed up to cheer us on and help with the race.

Oh, the Killer B's (Brent Evans & Brett Davis*) rode to the race, raced A's & then rode home....98 miles and 20.3 avg speed.....damn, I'm not worthy!

I think we had 25 or so "guys".....so off we go....the pace is at like 14mph so I go to the front to at least get the pace up a little bit and stay there for a couple of laps to warm up. We don't have a plan for today...Gary & I just want to see how we feel after riding 60+ miles on Monday. Jim does well by taking a couple of primes and then makes the mistake of jumping too soon after the A's go by us...he was riding really strong. We (SBR) end up taking all, 'cept one prime (congrats Ian!) Gary got a couple and I had one in a little sprint with Tony (he is going to be something if he keeps improving like he has been). We worked pretty hard and finished with a 4 & 5th place (Gary & I). It was a good workout.

The Stats:
1:34:43
35 miles
HR - 146 avg, 169 max
Speed - 22.2 avg, 34.9 max*
CAD - 96 avg, 138 max
Watts - 240 avg, 1038 max
starting temp - 76' ended at 73'F

Tonight is the Spin Group ride......

Thanks for reading,
Rick

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