This was the last race of the USA cycling camp and I was really hoping to perform well. Luckily it did go very well and I won! This race, unlike the other races I had previously done was at 2:30 in the afternoon. Because of this late start time I had a lot of time to warmup. Off the start I could tell that my legs were feeling good. A german junior was leading initially up the climb and I was able to just power by the whole field and catch him. I wasn't really planning on getting to the front of the race at the very start, but because of how good my legs felt I ended up leading. Once I had passed the leader I just kept pushing it and gapped him immediately. From then on for the next 6 laps I led the race and was able to push it hard. This race had tons of climbing and I just felt like I never had to back off the gas. My legs were just feeling incredible. Even into the first lap I started catching the back end of the pro field who started 2 minutes in front of us. From then on I just kept the lead and kept passing lots of pro's. On the 3rd lap on one of the hills, I looked back and saw that actually one of my American teammates, Will Curtis, was only 10 seconds behind me. I knew then that I had to put on the gas for the next 3 laps. From then on I gapped him pretty dramatically and came into the finish two and a half minutes ahead of second. The race was pretty short. My time was 1:09:31. Also I figured out that by the end of the race I got all the way up to top ten in the pro class who started ahead of me.
I was really happy to have a race where everything finally came together. The nutrition, technique, and the power all felt stellar. I think the long warmup before the race really contributed to my legs feeling so fast off the start and for the remainder of the race. Regardless of how I finished, I was really happy to see that my form is there for the next national races to come in the states.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Taeler Cup Freiburger Race
Posted by Kevin Fish at 4:53 PM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment