YMCA

Super, but what's all this A race stuff?
if I win a race anytime, I'm set.
You periodization fella's kill me

shovelhd

I don't periodize as much as I used to. It's more of a priority thing.

grolby

I had originally planned on doing Purgatory, but the way this season is going I think I'll be doing some endurance riding and saving my bullets (and cash) for Longsjo. Good luck!

mike868y

thanks! i'll be at the sunday fitchburg round. friday is out due to work, and I think I'm going to do hunter mountain on saturday. never done one of those and it's way more appealing to me than sitting around all day to do a 45 minute evening crit.

shovelhd

I'm really on the fence about Worcester. Doing it will hurt my chances for Fitchburg, which I have a shot at winning, but I have roots in the area and always wanted to race there. Decisions.

gsteinb

isn't it a three day omnium?

rankin116

You guys know if the Wells Ave training races will happen on July 6th? And how do you register for those, I don't see it on bikereg.

shovelhd

It is a three day omnium for M40+ but you can race each one separately. Fitchburg has an M50+ field this year, not combined.

shovelhd

No online registration. Race details are at https://bostonroadclub.net.

gsteinb

I think I plan on exeter and then chasing the omnium at fitchburg. then hanging in the north country with isadorah's family for the holiday week.

rankin116

Thanks!

shovelhd

Let's talk on Sunday. Your plans influence mine.

gsteinb

You're going to come hang with my wife's family?

shovelhd

On boy. That would be your worst nightmare.

Gramercy

We averaged over 25mph for our 4/5 race, so is 27mph for a p/1/2/3 that much more impressive, especially in a pack of 50 riders? The faster laps we did were done in 2:12, or 26mph. I'm not saying I could have hung on at the faster pace, but I don't think their race was that much faster considering the race was only 45 minutes. Now if it was a 4 hour race then the difference in speed would seem more impressive to me.

gsteinb

Ygduf

average pace means literally nothing in a race.

e.g. Berkeley hills, e3s did the entire lap in 57min. fastest p12 lap was 61min. Fastest p12 times over the 3 bumps? 17min. Fastest e3 times over the 3 bumps, 18:30.

which race was "faster?"

globecanvas

Well, this was a 1-mile 6-corner crit, and they did literally every lap between 26 and 30 mph. They were single file from start to finish. Choose whatever metric you want, it was a fast race.

Ygduf

I'm sure it was. I'm just saying that it's not the averages that make a race, it's the amplitude of the selective bits. And as always, generalizing.

gsteinb

Maybe I'm not following. How did we add two turns to the rock?

globecanvas

Hey, they are the ones who call it 6 turns, here: https://www.bikereg.com/inc/content/...Series2014.pdf

To me it's 4 corners and a squiggle.

But whatever, there's nothing to argue about here. I watched some fast guys put the hurt on some other fast guys and it was fun.

gsteinb

that's funny.

yeah…it's a four turn crit with a less than straight back side.

even funnier is the idea that the 4/5 race was (as almost as hard) (despite being shorter and 2 mphs slower) than the 1,2,3 (which may have had a pro in it) with a bunch of venezuelan hot shots who were committed to getting one of their riders a solo win and then mopping up the field sprint.

mattm

You sure about that????


(this was a joke)

MDcatV

hey, we stay out of your no cal racing thread, you stay out of the ne racing thread, capiche?

echappist

it's spelled capisce, paisan

btw, i'm hoping to see you at ToWC and Church Creek. i've been out of action far too many times this year due to upper respiratory tract viral infections that i decided to sign up for races only when i'm totally sure i'm fine...