Good luck to LT Grant (YHVH/teamFIRE) and the UNL Cycling Club. LT will be riding under the UNL cycling team in Lawrence, Kansas tomorrow. Good luck you guys!
The race was held on some back roads near Lawrence, KS. All the roads were a little bumpy, but there were a few very rough spots, most of which occurred near 90 degree turns (and one after a steep downhill). But they were all marked well and the volunteers did a great job.
In the Cat B Race (Probably about Cat 4&5) the race was 3 laps of the 10 mile circuit. After the first 1/3 of lap 1, the pace was slow, I got antsy, and moved up to the front of the pack and picked up the pace on some short hills. This turned out to be a dumb choice. Later on in lap 1, after the aforementioned post hill 90 turn, most of the pack moved by, which was OK, however I couldn't catch on a wheel, and proceeded to get dropped by the pack.
Despite being ~25 seconds down after lap 1, and riding into a fierce headwind, I battled back up to the main pack. Then as we hit the first short hill, I went to shift down, and I dropped my chain. By the time I got it back on via soft pedaling, the group was 10 seconds further up the hill and I was toast from my earlier effort. I ended up 24/36.
Justin led the way in the Cat B race with a strong 11th place in his first race. In Cat A Tommy was 16th and Chet was 18th (although I'm not sure if those #s are right).
The crit is tomorrow morning, and I'll post once I hear how that goes for the Big Red Riding Machine.
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A report after day 1 (and my only day).
The race was held on some back roads near Lawrence, KS. All the roads were a little bumpy, but there were a few very rough spots, most of which occurred near 90 degree turns (and one after a steep downhill). But they were all marked well and the volunteers did a great job.
In the Cat B Race (Probably about Cat 4&5) the race was 3 laps of the 10 mile circuit. After the first 1/3 of lap 1, the pace was slow, I got antsy, and moved up to the front of the pack and picked up the pace on some short hills. This turned out to be a dumb choice. Later on in lap 1, after the aforementioned post hill 90 turn, most of the pack moved by, which was OK, however I couldn't catch on a wheel, and proceeded to get dropped by the pack.
Despite being ~25 seconds down after lap 1, and riding into a fierce headwind, I battled back up to the main pack. Then as we hit the first short hill, I went to shift down, and I dropped my chain. By the time I got it back on via soft pedaling, the group was 10 seconds further up the hill and I was toast from my earlier effort. I ended up 24/36.
Justin led the way in the Cat B race with a strong 11th place in his first race. In Cat A Tommy was 16th and Chet was 18th (although I'm not sure if those #s are right).
The crit is tomorrow morning, and I'll post once I hear how that goes for the Big Red Riding Machine.
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