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Race Result
| Racer: |
Richard Gendron |
| Race: |
Tysons Corner Circuit Race |
| Date: |
Sunday, April 11, 2010 |
| Location: |
McLean, VA |
| Race Type: |
Bike - Other |
| Age Group: |
Male 40 - 44 |
| Overall Place: |
38 / 73 |
| Comment: |
Tysons Corner Demon Excised |
Race Report:
My goals were simple for Tyson's Corner - Avoid getting dropped. As a stretch goal, I wanted to help a teammate if I had anything left in the tank for the last two laps.
Last year I dropped after going for, and missing a stupid prime late in the race. This time I resolved to race smart. I also prepared for the race specifically with intervals - 45sec at 350w+, 45 secs at 250w, 1 min rest, repeat 21 times - this is almost exactly how the race went.
I raced my plan - each time up the hill I would hold a constant power that I knew I could hold for a minute x 21 times and drift back in the pack. I would then use the descent to move up into the top 10-15 avoiding the accordion effect around turn #2. I was generally successful, but had trouble on lap 5 descent - taking a bad line. After two laps in the back third I decided it was not a place to hang out, so I burned a match on the 8th uphill to get back into the front third.
Round about lap 10, I recall feeling like "this sucks, I hope I can make it" - uncharacteristic for me - I think I let Tyson's psych me out. I focused on the lap counter and tried to stay in the sweet spot as much as possible. I recall seeing 5 to go and just kept hanging on to get to the finish. With one to go I woke up, but was in the back third at the top of the hill. I focused on Simon who was in the back third with me, rode by him and told him to hitch on. We were too far back to contest, but I figured maybe Simon could go top 20 or better if he could unleash one of his legendary uphill sprints.
I gave the downhill almost everything I had and worked our way into the top half, maybe even top third, turned the corner and put everything else down on the road. Somewhere in there, Simon came around me and sprinted to 22nd.
I finished almost exactly mid pack 37 out of 73
Duration: 56:45
Work: 728 kJ
TSS: 119.4 (intensity factor 1.124)
Norm Power: 275
VI: 1.29
Distance: 23.291 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 811 214 watts
Cadence: 30 174 88 rpm
Speed: 3 38.6 24.6 mph
Pace 1:33 20:07 2:26 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 383 67 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 1675 205 lb-in
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