ninevirtues | Squeeeee! Race report: ABC Criterium

Place: 2nd of 8.

Players: 3 UNC-Chapel Hill ("Carolina"), 2 Franklin Street, 1 Simple Green, 1 C4, and moi.

I think the lack of school stress and the power workouts I've been doing have been working: I was able to cover moves easily, got in a 2-person break and stayed away for several laps, (Not sure how many, I was busy at the time :-) and I think I generally rode a smart race. Two of the Carolina riders were a factor in the race. I let them do most of the work and I did some, but mostly I tried to stay out of the wind and cover moves by the faster one.)

In the break, I got away with the faster Carolina racer (she went for a prime and I covered her move, and hey, we got a gap so might as well exploit it). My HR was about 182-3 beats per minute, but it didn't feel super hard, 85% or 90% effort maybe. I had a feeling we'd gone (on the break) too early and we were going to get pulled in (caught by the field) and that's what happened. So, I didn't give it EVERYTHING, I saved some for the field sprint I figured would happen. We did have a field sprint, and I sprinted but couldn't get around the first place racer. R says I started my sprint too late, and tried to go around her on the outside, which meant going up-track, i.e. uphill.)

So. I won a t-shirt and some bar tape. I don't think I have EVER been so stupid-happy to get a free t-shirt. Hooray!!!!!