#197: KCCX – Masters 30/34 race
This morning I lined up with a group of 65 others for the Masters 30-34 national championship race.
I had a good start position (2nd row) and had an okay start (my helmet is visible above blue/white jersey’s shoulder on the right side), but started to lose a bunch of places as my rear tire burped air about a 1/3 of lap in … by the time I got to the S/F road section, I was riding with basically zero pressure… I got Andrea’s attention to get to the pit to give me a bike change. A 1/4 lap later, I was in the pits and we did a pretty good bike change (considering we have never practiced it). I was aboard my Cannondale and tried to make up lost time, but only pulled back a few… Andrea got my rear tire reinflated in the pits and I did another change at the last time by the pits on the 2nd lap.
After that, I was pretty much on my own trying to pull back as many as I could. On my last lap, the leader came by 1/2 way through the lap and then 2nd/3rd passed me right before the end of the lap. I was pulled as the race was getting 1-to-go. Disappointing, but pretty good considering how slow I was riding with a low tire. The repeat winner is a pro rider on the road and most of the field are 1/2’s I am sure. I couldn’t find a result, will update when I find out.
Andrea took a bunch of photos of me. I will put some more when I get home since the photo uploading thing is not working so well from the hotel.
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Update: I ended up 40th of 55 finishers (64 starters). They marked me as “two laps down” which is an overstatement since I was pulled just as everyone was finishing up their 2nd-to-last lap. Oh well, I probably could have made it to do a final lap if it weren’t for the lost time. I am sure I would have still gotten lapped.
[...] raced today in the Masters 30-34 race. See photos from the race & his report HERE. I doubled as photographer and pit crew, though I wasn’t totally successful at both- his rear [...]
Pingback by brickhouseracing » Blog Archive » Saturday at KCCX — December 13, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
Way to hang in there!!!!! Crap happens sometimes I guess.
Comment by Frogge — December 13, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
Was this a CX 3 field or an open field? I did a CX 4 race once with a cat 2 roadie in it. He bagged the race from the start.
Comment by Richard — December 13, 2008 @ 10:31 pm
This is an open field (no categories). It is all age group, so it was everyone that was born in the years 1975-1979. The only rule that I am aware of is that a racer shouldn’t have raced in world cup events. I don’t have an issue with who raced this race, just a realistic expectation of how I would fare.
Comment by Ryan — December 14, 2008 @ 5:38 am
good change considering we haven’t practiced it (other than double change she did for me at Natz last year). The pit being on the left side, made it a bit awkward, but we got it done. Now I could
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