What a cool race and training weekend. We are in May and … i try to have…
What a cool race and training weekend. We are in May and … i try to have at least a special event every month. 🤣😂🤪. Ok maybe not every month. For May it was the 12 hour Calvins Challenge National Championship Race. Its my first time on that and … weather was a bit tough. Extreme wind plus I admit I am racing without support crew. So far all races self-supported only. Downside in that race. So we got informed to ride the long lap as long as we can finish it and than switch to the short lap. With crew support besides getting food handed I would have been told its ok switching after second lap due to the insane wind. So I was one of the very few who did 3 of the long laps. That did cost me easy well over 10 miles after analyzing my data. But no complaints since I was focusing only on myself. I treated the race as a training race for my big race. That extreme headwind is equivalent to a 10% climb. So I was not unhappy. First stop after 100 miles and second stop after 150 miles. The lost time in lap 3 made me push hard on short loop to not miss the 200 mile marker. So I finished 1st in my age group and 5th overall. Also … I was one of the very few so named self-supported racers. So am am ok with the result since 12 hour races is not my specialty. Sunday I relocated to Helen GA so I can do a week of climbing’s. Normally after such tough race I would take it easy … ended up with a bit over 40 miles and over 5000 ft of elevation gain. Admittedly … I am tired now. Some may state thats a foolish idea to do such training after the race. No argument on may end … current focus is fun on riding not a overly tight training schedule … and I love climbibg. Overall it was cool even I am exhausted.
