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Swords league race 21/07/10 Bog of the Ring
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19-07-2010 10:40am#1
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Thanks Guys, yes we're always looking for Marshals. We have 10 Marshals for wednesday, but I still need marshals for the remaining League races (No. 16,17,18,19 and 20) and the Swords Grand Prix on August 8th.
So I'd like to appeal in particular to non-Swordscc "Visitors" who have raced this year to help us out. If you have a few hours free we would really appreciate your assistance. you can put your name down here
Remember. we can't run a safe race without marshals. Thanks
P.s. Full training, Hi-Viz Jacket and Red Flag provided F.O.C. !
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The holiday season seems to be reducing the numbers racing at present, but there was still a fair number of boardsies out tonight. Cadex, bcmf and English Bob were amongst the marshalls - thanks for making sure we all got round safely guys. Group 2 included the newly promoted Ryaner, chakattak and at least a couple more, and there was a fair sprinkling across the other groups
Group 1 had a 6 minute start on us, and I think the subsequent intervals were something like 3 mins, 2 mins and 2 mins respectively. Group 1 remains much larger than earlier in the season, and their recent performances suggest the handicaps need revisiting.
We set off after them at a fair pace, but were never able to hunt them down. With about 8km to go someone shouted they remained 2 and a half minutes ahead. Group 2 had worked as well as I have experienced before, with virtually everyone taking their turns. With about 4 or 5km to go I managed to get myself stranded at the back, and resigned myself to being dropped from the group. However I managed to keep them within my sights, at a distance of perhaps 50m or so, which I closed to around 20m at the last corner. Then chakattack came to my rescue by tryaing to take a wrong turn, causing a couple of riders to divert also, and in the confusion I managed to get back on.
With around 500m or so to go, I pulled alongside Ryaner at the front - the rave had already gone, as we had been unable to catch the first group. Ryaner picked up pace and I matched him until we came to the final hill, when a number of riders came by and I sat up.
We managed to keep up a speed of just under 37 kph, which was virtually identical to the last time I did this course. But then we had been caught by the 3rd Group who had picked up the pace on the last lap, so overall, even though there were less of us, we worked a bit harder and managed to keep away from the faster groups.
I'll put my stats in the training log, but I do have some data from the "hairy fecker" referred to above that I can share here. He is the typical "all the gear but no idea" type - he uses the power meter, but doesn't know how to analyse it. Hence I have reviewed the data using a number of software tools, and a simple and consistent message comes across from them all - Lose some weight fatty
His average speed (not sure if he was in Group 4 or scratch) was just under 40kph, and average power 334w, 363w pedalling, and 365w normalised
I hate myself
Was going expecting to go left and expected to see the marshal waving us round to the left but saw no signal, panicked and went straight. Sorry lads. My brain doesn't work when my heart rate is rocketing.
This handicap business is tough, think we worked well in group 2 (pleasantly surprised from a safety perspective how gingerly we were cornering) but were fighting a lost battle.
Have cured my fear of racing in wet conditions now.
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chakattack wrote: »I hate myself
Don't worry about it chakattack - no-one got hurt, and we all learn lessons from such incidents. I reckon you won't do that again, but it doesn't mean that someone else won't.
One thing I do, particularly if I have not ridden a course before, is to ride or drive round it, checking for potholes or other hazards, and to make sure I know where I'm going.
I even rode round most of the course tonight before the race - I managed to drop the chain going up the slope just past the cricket club - in the race I made sure I dropped onto the small ring a bit earlier when I wasn't putting much pressure on to minimise the risk of it happening again.
I was a bit concerned that those storm clouds were going to open up, as I have not raced in particularly wet conditions. In the end, although there was some rain, the road surface was not too bad - I was probably one of those taking the corners most gingerly though.0 -
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I still have the biggest smile on my face!
I'm getting better as this racing lark! Stuck with my new plan of arriving nice and early and getting out for good half hour warm up and and it really seems to be paying off. The thing I noticed earlier in the league was how quickly it went from 0-40k and it was some shock to the legs! The proper warm and a gel before heading off seems to be making a massive difference!
Headed away in Group 1 and I think there were about 12 or so maybe more and from the off we worked ok as a group. Lap one I thought we were travelling a bit slow to be honest but knew there were some experienced lads there so did my work at the front and carried on! Lap two things picked up a bit and I did quite alot of work at the front trying to push the pace up a bit. I thought I have probably ruined any chance of doing anything by pushing to hard but my legs felt great! Lap 3 the pace slowed right down again as I think lads were beginning to get tired and some were not to keen on coming to the front but thats there call!! Coming around on Lap 4 I sat out the front for quite a bit and really tried to push it on thinking that for sure were gonna get caught. After the M1 flyover I decided to get up out the saddle and go for it up the little drag and see who comes with me. Laura and Emma (I think thats her name, sorry if it not) came with me and I could see there was no sign of anyone else. We hit the long stretch back to the finish and worked well to stay away! There was a shout then that the others were cathing and I thought 'You f'in kiddin me....not this close....f**k that' so I gave it everything I had and at the bottom of the flyover got out the saddle and just went a mad man.... My legs were jelly and I thought I was actullay just gonna fall over but they got me there. The whole time I was looking to my right thinking 'please god....don't let me see a wheel appear to my right' and none did!!! I came across the line swinging and with my heart rate at 192 which is the higgest i have ever seen it!!
The feeling was deadly.... I know some of ye might laugh and think sure it's only a league race but my god did I feel like a child!!!
Fair play to Sam for filling in for Joe, Bernie for doing sign on, the marshalls and bikers and Laura and Emma for 2nd and 3rd!!
Time to head out for a short spin and get the aul legs moving!!0 -
My report. Congrats to all too. Very well marshalled last night and the groups worked very well together.
Race 2, starting in group two from the result from last week. And not being a fan of the flats I thoroughly expected to get shot out the back on the first lap. Luckily for me the corners were taken slow due to the rain allowing everyone to bunch up again. And the is two slightly uphill sections which I could recover on. Yes I recover on uphills!
Right from the off the group worked well with almost everyone taking their turn. The few occasions where I looked back to see if the last guy was going through, the person a head of me went through. The guys not taking turns started burning off too. Overall though it held together nicely and we kept a steady pace of near 40km/h on the flats. I did think I was in trouble during the second lap when my heart rate spike up above 180bpm but looking at the garmin, it was at the top of the fly-over that I went too far over.
By the last lap guys were shouting at we were 2 minutes down on group 1. By the last corner however it has somehow grown to 2:40? That was enough to slow things down a bit, at least in perceived effort, the speed was higher for that lap, although possibly due to the sprint at the end.
The final sprint wasn’t as fast or well what I expected. Along the straight to the sports clubs, about 5 guys moved to the front to take positions. I moved my way up and ended on the front as we passed the first corner. Things slowly starting winding up around this and I kept it calm waiting for the jump, a jump that didn’t come? About 100-150m from the line, I clicked up and just went for it. No point in dragging everyone to the line. The speed went up and people beside and behind me starting falling off, all the time I was looking out for someone else to start sprinting and come around. It wasn’t until the last 20m that someone did and he came by much to far to my right for me to grab his wheel, ending the group sprint with him crossing first followed by myself.
The Stats:
Distance: 40.89km
Time: 1:06:50
Avg Speed: 36.7km/h
Calories: 1010
Avg Power: 253watts
Normalised Power: 303watts
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