BAKErsfield
Posted on June 12, 2007
Left on saturday just to avoid the traffic, but guess what? Still hit it. No worries. I went up with TJ and chatting on the way up there killed time.
We got there and prerode the course. They advertised it as having 950ft of climbing per lap, but the GARMIN showed 55Xft. I was happy about 950ft, I was ecstatic with 550 somehting….this is well under my LIMITS (1000ft of climbing per 10 miles, nothing longer than a mile above 7%). 550ft of climbing in 10 miles…woohoo!
Well, race day came and the heat came down. We had our feed, thanks Tiff, and we were off.
The pace was pretty slow, not complaining, but i guess the heat made people wise up about attacking early. The descents were pretty quick and on the hills speed was pretty slow (I was keeping up).
I stayed withthe group for about 4.5 laps and got absolutely gassed on the *hill* up to the finish line, yes, that was the hardest part of that whole incline, the last 300m at 2% into the wind…I cracked. I was going half the speed thhat I should have been going, HR pegged at 191 and the group went…When I hit the downhill they were already on the flat below!!!!!!
Some other dudes were in the same situation I was, but some decided to call it a day and some decided to finish. I decided to finish and waited for a couple of guys to join me 
Well, AS SOON as pulls were not exchanged I left them. I am not going to tow you in for 40th place, what is this? Lets work together or at least talk to me, let me know that you are recovering and that you will pull in a bit. Noone of this wheelsucking for free, no way.
Anyways, I just rode my race, caught up to people, people passed me and that was it. Rolled in at 30 something…the 550ft of climbing per lap did not kill me, but it wasn’t an easy course. The heat was OK (105f) and overall the race was great. No complaints.
I’ll be back next year.
On another note, TJ and I noticed during the race that the FAST FRIDAY guys were int he PRO break….we just looked at each other and WTF….these guys are fast Sunday too…what am I doing wrong?
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