Bike setup
- Open Wi.De 1x
- Oval 42T / 10-44T XPLR cassette
- Specialized PAthfinder 38 @ 38PSI
RACE STATS
- Finish 34th/57 in Men 50-59
- Time: 5h12m8s
- Distance:
- PWR: AVG/NP 205/239
- eFTP 325W
Nutrition
PRE: Starbucks shot, Waffle, Larabar
During: 2 bottles for Skratch hydratation
Waffle/ Fig Bar, Skratch bar
RACE
The 40+ men groups started about 10 minutes behind the 19-39.
First two hours of the race where a solid effort in very large group. Felt like the pace was not fast enough.
We caught a very large group of 19-39 just 40 min into the race: at that point the attempt to overtake the group failed as many riders in that group stuck with us. That made the following hour quite interesting, trying to navigate the broken pavement and scattered dirt.
Took an effort to stay focused on the patch of road ahead of the bike and avoid flatting on massive potholes.
Was very relieved when we finally hit the dirt climb, quickly gained positions and was instantly riding with a much smaller crowd.
Rest of the ride was managing the effort and getting to the finish, bumped into Gary at the last rest stop and took off before him, knowing that he’d get me and pass me on the fast descent (as he did)
The usual crashes at the bottom of the descent, reinforced my belief that a bit slower is always faster than crashing.
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