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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby Xplora » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:04 pm

Well that was utter balls. Did a 60km race this morning at Penrith after the 130km Gran Fondo yesterday. Spent 90 minutes in Z4, and couldn't freakin' sit on the seat afterwards. The good news is, this bodes well for crit season, I will only have to hold a 40kmh average for 60 minutes which should be a bit easier.

I chased a number of breaks down, did a little bit of work, I think the reality was that I needed to allow the breakers some breathing space to get the sprinters to put in some work. Live and learn... supposed to do weights tomorrow but I think that's potentially very foolish :lol: so a short reco, and the EC GP circuit next week!

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby jack11 » Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:03 pm

HPRW C2 - Nundah
Time, distance, average speed: 40 mins + 2 laps, 27.5 km, 37.8 km/h average
Place: Back of bunch (probably 12 or 13th out of 15)

Well first race finished and it was awesome. I had no idea what to expect coming into the race but it was great experience made all the better by the helpful and supportive HPRW members.

On to the actual details...

The group set off and held a steady pace from the first ten minutes or so. I used this time to try and get used to holding my position in the bunch and get used to the pace. After about ten minutes 2 riders slipped off the front and the general consensus in the group was to give them enough rope to hang themselves with and they never gained more than 100 metres. The break stayed off the front for 4 or 5 laps but was comfortable closed down after the bunch started to surge. The prime came just after the 20 minute mark and for the first half of the lap the pace was up, but coming into the esse's the bunch slowed right down as nobody wanted to ride on the front. I used this lull to move up in the bunch from the back few riders to about 5th wheel as we came on to the straight, but I decided against sprinting as I didn't want to blow myself up halfway into the race.

Most of the race from the 20 minute mark to the 35 minute mark passed more or less without incident (except for the suicidal bush turkey that took up residency on the back straight). My mate from work who was also in his first race got caught on the front of the bunch for a good 5 minutes as no one would roll through despite the pace slowing significantly. From the 35 minutes mark a number of riders seemed to be trying to split the bunch as they seemed to lift the pace into the 40s down the back of the track into the wind then sit up down the straight, but I managed to sit in the front half of the pack, grit my teeth and hold on through the surges.

Coming up to the 40 minute mark I decided that I did not want to take part in the sprint as I knew I wouldn't be competitive and it would be a good opportunity to see how the 'sprinters' set themselves up in the last lap. As we came through the esse's at about 39 minutes 30 seconds the pace slowed significantly as everyone stopped wanting to work I decided I may as well accelerate/attack down the straight in anticipation of the 2 lap warning. Will this was tactically stupid I decided it would be better to at least give the bunch some incentive to start riding, unfortunately my gear shift gave me away and the call went out before I was even past the front riders! The bunch was comfortably on my back wheel by the time we reached the start/finish line so I just rode tempo and when I sought to move off the front no one would come through so I kept riding gently. Coming down the straight for the bell the pace was on and I quickly slipped back to about 8th wheel and just tried to hold on. I ended up basically holding the coat tail of the bunch for the last lap and as we came into the final sprint I sat up and rolled through to the line.

I was very happy to just make it to the 40 minute mark with the bunch and not cause any crashes! I definitely learnt a lot including that the council does not 'edge' the grass around the track (caused one hairy moment when I hit a large clump of grass/weeds!).

I think moving forward I will try and replace the 'junk' kilometres I currently ride with some more structured riding (ie intervals and working with a heart rate monitor).
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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby Tarquin » Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:07 pm

Boo, Garmin data corrupted and won't upload to Strava. :( uploaded to Garmin connect but that won't sync with Strava and display the rides either. I uploaded onto the Garmin forum, a guy there seems to repair them for people for nothing. Done a hard reset on my Garmin too so hope that cures it.

Two short races, a handicap and a scratch with points awarded based on your finishing place in each one, rewarded for riding a tougher grade as A grade receives the least points. Lowest total wins.

Handicap race I was off in the block group, we caught all the other groups with 4km to go. Got a bit dangerous then, lots of riders of mixed abilities. I got forced onto the wrong side of the road on a right hand bend as people can't hold their line, guys on the inside cutting the corner forcing the people on the outside across the centre. I attacked 1.5km out from the finish and got a gap which I held to the end, felt like throwing up when I crossed the line. Few people spat their dummy out as people crossed the white lines, mostly unintentionally I believe, not a lot you can do about it most of the time, we were asked to volunteer who crossed, I owned up and received a 5 point penalty.

Second race was scratch with two tough climbs, mostly national road series riders and a few other club riders. First climb I went with the first attack, then the second attack was too much for me. At the turn around I had a couple of other riders close behind and we formed a chase group. Unluckily my chain and rear mech jammed up, think the chain hopped between the cassette and seat stay on a bump when shifting into the 11. Cost me 10 seconds or so shifting up/down in the hope it would pop out. It did but no chance then, chase group was gone! I dangled 10-15 seconds off the back for about 5km, then turned into a headwind and I had no chance, the other two guys got back on.

Anyway, feeling good with my riding now, got to keep it up, less than 8 weeks till tour of bright!

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby cerb » Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:59 pm

My garmin deleted my race data yesterday too... :( Had to grab some basic race stats off another guy.

SKCC B-Grade Crit
Distance: 43km Avg. 43.9kph

First crit of the season down at SKCC was met with great weather and good turnouts in every grade (and plenty of spectators too)! After only doing about 100km a month over winter and only ramping up some km/intensity in the past 2-3 weeks, I wasn't sure how I'd go. About 45 starters were on the line and I recognized a number of strong riders who i knew were in form from the winter season.

The race was a fairly easy pace at the start and not too eventful. I tried to go with a small attack about 15mins in but we never really got anywhere. A lap or so later, a group of 6 went which included three of the guys I knew were on form - but alas, I'd missed it. The bunch gave a few surges to pull them back but there was no real commitment... and they were gone.

The break dwindled down to only 3 riders over the next 20mins, but at 15mins to go they still held a solid ~30sec lead and there was virtually no-one in the bunch working to bring them back. Myself and another guy threw out some 'easy' attacks to help get the bunch speed up but were covered every time and the pace would just slow again.

At this point, I figured there was nothing to lose by doing some work as we were pretty unlikely to catch them. About 5 of us started pulling hard turns on the front until 2 laps to go and brought the gap down to 13sec. I held good position through the last laps but came into the final corner about 8th in the bunch (with 3 still up the road) so I sat up and coasted into the finish, mid pack and very much spent.

The breakaway riders managed to stay away by about 10 meters - a seriously impressive ride and very deserving of the win!



I'm not sure about my tactics in this race... working as hard as I did meant that if it did come back together, I didn't have enough left to put out a decent sprint. I guess you never know if others would have taken up some of the workload if you didn't. In the end you do have to make your own race...

I was paying close attention to the gap and planned to stop pulling turns once I was sure we would catch them - in order to recover a little for the finish, we just never quite got there! It ended up as a solid training ride and gave some tactics to mull over before next week's race. All in all, I was pretty happy with the outcome and my level of fitness.

Loving race season already!

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby jules21 » Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:23 pm

that is a cracking avg. speed Cerb. how did the break stay away at that pace?

my first crit - Wednesday :twisted:

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby cerb » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:02 pm

The break had six initially and lost three of them over time, so I guess they managed to use a few guys up and drill the final 10/15mins with only the three of them. They really were just a solid group of riders who worked well together...

Oh, how I wish I could race HCC! Too far from work for me to get there unfortunately, but if we get any Wednesday public holidays I'll be there for sure!

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Postby Cul » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:21 pm

cerb wrote:My garmin deleted my race data yesterday too... :( Had to grab some basic race stats off another guy.

SKCC B-Grade Crit

Loving race season already!
Cerb, interesting reading the race from another point of view.


It was my first race at SKCC, after speaking with the handicapper I opted to roll out in B Grade rather than C Grade… I was absolutely amazed by the size of the bunch, coming from GCC our summer B Grade bunches are usually only 15 or so. It was a little unnerving sitting at the start but once the race got moving I was fine. Did the usual moving forward, moving back though the bunch, forward again trying to find a comfortable position, this worked well until getting pushed into the gutter on the 2nd turn about 20 mins into the race after someone decided to run wide in the corner (pedal strike I think). This resulted in loosing A LOT of speed and watching the bunch disappear up the road up the back straight and around the sweeping corner – after about 10mins of lonely laps pushing as hard as I could to try and catch-up subconsciously knowing my efforts were futile I was once again swallowed by the bunch (lapped).

I spent the rest of the race treating it as a bit of a training race, sitting in the bunch, moving forward, moving back, moving forward, moving back, going when the bunch got motivated, etc… Trying not too kick the hornets nest as I wasn't "in the race". Once I saw the “3 to go” sign I pulled off to let the racers have their day.


In all not unhappy with the race, nor the effort, not happy with being the victim of circumstance but !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! happens! It was a big jump from GCC B Grade and given the whopping 4 race days I’ve had since last Crit season finished the race was a good experience; I will be back next week and dependant on family commitments hopefully the remainder of the season  8)
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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby cerb » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:36 pm

Cul, it's a different type of racing when you have a big bunch and tight corners for sure! At least in B-grade there isn't too much muppetry going on, so it's usually pretty safe. :)

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Postby jules21 » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:42 pm

cerb wrote:Cul, it's a different type of racing when you have a big bunch and tight corners for sure! At least in B-grade there isn't too much muppetry going on, so it's usually pretty safe. :)
if you're feeling confident and want to test your skills to a higher level, race D :)

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby Cul » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:55 pm

jules21 wrote:
cerb wrote:Cul, it's a different type of racing when you have a big bunch and tight corners for sure! At least in B-grade there isn't too much muppetry going on, so it's usually pretty safe. :)
if you're feeling confident and want to test your skills to a higher level, race D :)
I'll just destroy my bike and break my collarbone now shall I? :P

My Madskilz are pretty good, but I can't seem to master the wheelie with a 39t on the front and 25t on the back 8)


B Grade was good and that was part of my reasoning for avoiding C Grade if I could; I wanted to be a little more confident the guy next to me isn't going to have a brain fart. :shock:
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Postby jules21 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:54 am

HCC C grade crit, 1st crit of season!
well that was fun. i missed the first lap as they got underway quickly and quietly slipped in on the 2nd. i felt good though and started moving up in the bunch (i did the honest thing and joined at the back). there's always that question rolling around in your head during the first race of the season - how will my form stack up? i positioned myself well - near, but not on the front and maintained that position as others slipped back when accelerations off the front were made. before i knew it, the 3 laps sign came out. i was in very good position - right near the front and thinking i could contest the finish. but on the bell lap, i managed to put my nose in the wind a bit on the back straight and couldn't hold position as everyone sprinted towards the final corner. disappointing. then two guys came together on the corner and i pulled up - race over. drifted over the line.

a quick pace for the first race of the season - i averaged 39 km/h including a 27km/h final lap due to the crash. B grade was 41 :shock: this was the first race i have done with a powermeter and it confirms that it is basically all about building speed from the bottom corner up the climb. i'm hitting up to 1200w to hold wheels up the climb, then the rest of the lap is almost cruising by comparison. one of the things i need to do better is carry more speed through the bottom corner - giving away a couple of bike lengths is costing me..

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Postby cerb » Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:03 pm

Ouch... 1200W for a few sec every lap really hurts! No wonder us big guys hurt like hell on the teardrop!

I've still only raced there once, but that final corner before the uphill was the killer for me. Final lap, I came into that corner in first position with a small gap, but I too washed off too much speed and then needed to build speed again while the road ramps up! Legs didn't have it and I was passed by like 6 guys with under 50m to go... :S

Where are you racing this year? HCC with a mix of SKCC & Coburg?

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Postby jules21 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:11 pm

i've signed up for Tour of Bright Cerb, so i won't be doing many SKCC races before then. will be doing some hillwork instead.

why i've signed up for Tour of Bright - that's another question.

that was the charity crit i think you're talking about? that's a good effort.. i seem to always be spent by the final sprint. my power figures confirm that i need to work on carrying more speed through the corner, so i don't need to pull 1200w..

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby cerb » Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:07 pm

Yep, good friday crit! Maybe start at the corner at the front, drift to the back up the hill, then work your way back to the front again round the back half of the course? This is what I did and was the only thing stopping me from getting dropped! :)

Good luck at ToB!

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Postby Xplora » Sun Oct 12, 2014 3:13 pm

Specialised Cup - SMSP B grade full GP circuit 75 minutes (?)

After a couple recent races, I clearly felt spending 27 bucks for entry to a race I had no chance winning was a good idea. I'd felt a bit dirty about failing to have a good solid dig in my recent races so decided I would have a proper crack. So I took a rearward spot in the 50 blokes and we cruised around, and cruised around, and cruised around for 25 minutes before I looked at the time and thought "this is ridiculous" but I typically kick the hornets nest with an attack and achieve nothing from it. So I maintained discipline until D (serial ticket collector) and I charged up after 35 minutes and had a bit of a dig. We must have had 3 guys come with, but the attack died pretty fast after it was clear that the break was a covering move for my attack :lol: so we cruised around while I wondered if the lactate was ever going to leave my legs until the prime whistle. I tried to maintain a spot up front, but ultimately got a bit boxed in and wanted to get home without any grazes. Prime rolled off, the pace was still quite tame around 38-39. Very little surging made proceedings fairly tame, until it was clear that a couple breaks were being left to hang before they faded back to the bunch, rather than surging to cover. 20 minutes to go I tried to bridge and no one came with me; I picked up a guy from LACC who was interested in staying away but sadly couldn't keep the pace. A couple other guys were off the front as well but must have been foxing, I rolled once or twice with them but I ended up being alone out the front TTing away for the next 3 laps.

Sadly the story of glory runs out of beans at this point. I has hanging on like crazy, built a big lead (3-400m?) while A grade passed and the bunch lost their enthusiasm for my blood. A grade ended up towing me along for the middle lap (you really can't avoid any advantage when they are 8 across), so things were looking great, but our 70 minute race became 78 minutes and I got the bell a lap too late. I ended up pulling 22kmh up the back climb (race pace is 30+) as the legs had stopped, a gentle kick to pick up another rider dangling off the front as the bunch caught me 3kms from the line, but it was probably over. I swung around the sweeper and tried to maintain 20m on the bunch but clipped my pedal causing the bike to jump half a foot sideways at 45kmh and I heard 30 blokes go WHOOOOOOOAAAAAAAA as they saw the future of the bunch crashing out; managed to stay upright but the race was over. Sat up and rolled through out the back.

Happy to have stayed off the front for 3 laps this time, and grew the gap, better than the Colnago Cup at the beginning of the year but definitely room for improvement. Still building building building.

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Postby Ross » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:55 pm

It's a win if you finish upright!

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Postby jules21 » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:08 pm

nice racing X.

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Postby cerb » Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:12 am

SKCC B-Grade Crit
38km avg. 42.7kph

After last week's decision to put a lot into chasing, I planned to do very little in terms of chasing breaks this week.

Despite the awesome weather, there were only 38 starters, so it was a fairly small bunch and easy to move around. The race started with 4-5 reasonably quick laps, but quickly settled down to a cruisy pace. There were a few breakaway attempts in the first ~20mins which all got chased down but at about 30mins into the race a group of 4-5 got away and opened a gap quickly. There were only two teams in the race who had more than 2 riders - and both had someone in the break... no chance of them chasing!

I decided to sit in and try and go across once the gap was manageable, but similar to last week, there wasn't much work being done to bring them in and the break seemed to be holding the gap relatively steady. There was plenty of cat and mousing though with lots of people giving it a crack at trying to go across. The bunch didn't want to let anyone else go though, so there was plenty of surging, then stopping - which really hurt our average speed and gave the advantage to the break.

With about 15mins to go we were running out of time and I saw one of the strong riders lining himself up to try and go across. I tagged across to his wheel and we put the hammer down for half a lap but we didn't get any real gap and the bunch came with us so we eased off and I drifted to the back of the bunch for a lap, then moved up again.

The pace lifted slightly for the last 10mins, but nothing that would bring the break back. At the start of the bell lap, someone broke left and went for a bit of a flyer so I followed... (No point in sprinting in the bunch for 5th!) The lead rider pulled off the front coming into the second corner and I drilled it round to the final corner where a few people came around me and opened up for a sprint. The break stayed clear, this time with a large margin, for a well deserved win!


Positives for the race were that I felt comfortable for most of the time and had plenty in the tank in the event some opportunities presented themselves.
Negatives were that I missed the winning break again and that I still haven't got the race together for a sprint finish!

Fortunately, there's always next week! :)

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby Cul » Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:40 am

cerb wrote:SKCC B-Grade Crit
38km avg. 42.7kph
Were we at the same race?.. My average was 1kph higher :-P

Second instalment of SKCC – B Grade for me, this time around went much better! I’d decided to play the game plan a little different this time telling myself at the start I’d be content with just hanging off the back and would be happy to finish with the bunch; naturally the “red mist” took over and hanging off the back soon turned to grabbing every fast wheel coming past. About 20mins in I got a good run at the final turn on the circuit, which saw me up the main start finish straight a little faster I took the opportunity to take the front and have a crack (read burn the whole box of matches), after a solid turn at the front I pulled aside to let someone else do the work, only to find reluctance from those that opted to come with me…We were soon swallowed by the bunch! I dropped back, grabbed a wheel and sat in.

The process began again, following the fast week and moving forward in the bunch. There were a few more kicks, one of which I burnt another bunch of matches chasing, I am pretty sure I saw Cerb’s move but was a little far back to do anything at the time, The bunch prevailed reeling in the attempted chase group. With 3 laps to go I saw myself toward the back, not content with just hanging on I found the fastest wheel and just followed them up… The final lap was fast (51kph average) and I finished in the front third of the bunch.

A solid workout, being the nerd I am I got home and analysed the data. Work to be done :-P


Was also good to catch up with Cerb, those Swissside wheels sound like a freight train at speed! :shock:

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby cerb » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:17 pm

Haha yeah, I think garmins shorten the occasional lap to 900m and therefore everyone posts different average speeds as the 'distance traveled' is less/more!

Also good to see you down there Cul! Happy to help point out some of the regular 'ones to watch' if you haven't picked up on them yet... :)

Freight train... yes. I certainly won't be pulling any 'surprise' attacks this year... everyone (literally) will know exactly where I am! :roll:

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Postby ft_critical » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:51 pm

Xplora wrote:Specialised Cup - SMSP B grade full GP circuit 75 minutes (?)
Please don't forget to buy and post Mark's photo of you, will you X?

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Postby Xplora » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:23 am

God no LMAO there were a few crackers of me by Mark this week, not going to post it up because there is little question I lose any sense of anonymity on the Interwebz after that.

You raced FT?

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Xplora wrote:God no LMAO there were a few crackers of me by Mark this week, not going to post it up because there is little question I lose any sense of anonymity on the Interwebz after that.

You raced FT?
Sure did. A grade was about the most aggressive I can remember - averaged 42 which is quick for SMP.

Tried to break away on laps 4 and 5, but I wasn’t strong enough to make it stick. It seemed pretty much destined for a gallop so I settled in midway through the 55 racing. I followed ES up from the middle to top ten at the Prime and finish for a bit of education. He just 'surfs' up inside the peleton effortlessly,just as Robbie McKewan says it should be done.
Took the top corner inside out of the wind. But it didn't open out quickly enough and I was 12th by my count. Two away, AE for the win. I don't quite feel I had the legs for it even if it had opened up earlier. Need to fight forward a bit sooner like ES who came 5th.

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Postby ft_critical » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:32 pm

Crofty teased the Panthers for their orange and gold uniforms and goaded us, “M6, breaks all over the road, the cross-wind has picked up.”

I clicked up. The 750,000 litre green water tower watches impassively over the right hander. Stones spin across the road as ‘Fast’s’ tyres sweep through the bend at 65kmh. We bounce through the exit, our eyes on the Sutherland ‘Spaniard’ 150m ahead. We swap off. I trusted him to come through and he trusts me – we have raced West Head together.

Checkers. At the Airport we could touch the ‘Spaniard’, ‘Fast’ and me, so we slow. Then we jump the gap, a 2 second rest, and jump again. Checkers. We are gone.
We join the trees astride the canal by the lock, but the bunch is with us now. But of course this is not a lock, nor a canal because we are in Griffith not Holland. From the hairpin ‘Big Unit’ makes the drive. So predictable that I easily make his wheel. He knows his power is predictable. We know it too. But it is a race and someone has to make the front.

‘Shep’ drives it up the hill. It hurts. There is a muscle just above my knee on the inside that I identify as untrained. How did this particular muscle fall outside the program I wonder? All the other muscles are performing as expected but this, this…, deserter, is letting the side down. I am sure I gave specific instructions to all my muscles to perform during the warmup brief. I raise my foot and ask my hamstrings to help. ‘Always us,’ they moan. But they take the strain, because they like to be needed.

I’ve been to Shepparton as a boy, but I don’t recall any hills nor climbers. ‘Shep’ punishes us again, but we have trained for this, we can suffer if not lead. Luckily my cycling kit looks better than his so I am impervious to his attacks. My bike is 0.00005678 kg heavier than his, thus, just to be here, I am massively stronger than him – I record this just in case I get dropped.

Here again – lap 3. We blaze through the orange groves on McCarthy Rd and homesteaders cheer us. ‘Van Diemen’ is away, he is a TT champion sitting off the front at 100m, this is just a warmup for the TT tomorrow. One away is okay. Two away is ruthlessly shut down at anaerobic threshold. But no-one stays away into the wind down McCarthy Rd. So we swallow ‘Van Diemen’ as we have the ‘88’ and ‘Bendigo’ before him.

Scenic Hill. In a billiard table flat landscape for thousands of kilometres there is only one hill. Scenic Hill – 4.3km. So naturally we should race up it five times. Hard blue-chip with fresh, white double lines all the way up. It follows a series of gentle curves upwards, flanked by low green trees rooted into the rich, red Griffith soil. The hill climbs, there is a steep section followed by a plateau where you can recover for the sprint. If you look to your left you can see the symmetrical township of Griffith like a mini-Canberra on the flat plains below. Endless, flat geometric lands with only one hill. Scenic Hill.
In the plateau I look to see who is here. Someone brakes, someone swears, my wheel clatters in the spokes of the Panther, there is a burning in my thigh as a GP4000 wears a hole in my knicks. I steer into the wheel of the Panther and brake in a straight line. Everyone does; we are too experienced to go down in a mass wheel touch but my HR increases 15bpm.

Lap 5 – the bunch gallop. But what’s this, 5km to go and ‘RBC Skinsuit’ is off the front. ‘Big Unit’ employs a predictable bridge, but he is like a empty rocket trying to reach an errant space station. A space station that is weaving all over the road, a begging, dying space station. I bridge. I look. We have 50m. I explain this using dribble to ‘Big Unit’. ‘Then pull through!’ he suggests helpfully. I dribble some excuses, but he is unswayed. He is also 10m from ‘RBC Skinsuit.’ I do my duty. I close the gap as we hit the bottom of the Scenic Hill. In racing an important skill is ‘knowing’. Knowing how the race will end. 2 laps ago I knew that it would end in a bunch gallop. ‘Why are you in a late break?’ the inner coach asks the rider. I don’t know why, I have no brain, all the blood is in my quadriceps.

The last 400m are at 5% and the finish is hidden. Those non-performing muscles have joined the unions and are now on strike. They hold up placards at the gates to my victory spray painted with the word ‘cramp’. But I have tested my other muscles and know that I have still a seated sprint in me. I spin hard finding my hammies. I make it over the steep section and onto the Plateau. I don’t look at Griffith below this time. ‘Shep’ is beside me on the right, ‘JML’ is in front, ‘CCCC’ is left and I am locked in the box one wheel too far back. The sprint opens at 400m. Way too early. Those who go early fade. I am locked in the middle spinning, no where to go, no muscles to go anyway. Then it opens up, the proper sprint. I spin it up to 108 rpm, go aenerobic and hit 46kmh still stuck in the seat. 9th AGAIN! Wine and Nougat for 9th.

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Re: Race Report Thread

Postby cerb » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:05 am

Nice report ft!

How come the inner coach only ever pops up AFTER you make the wrong move?? :)

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