Stage 1, Saturday, Paskenta Road Race:
http://app.strava.com/rides/436821
45 miles. First 20 were pretty calm and flat. Then came some good rollers. Then 4 miles of nasty gravel on a rolling road which blew the pack apart. This was not hard packed dirt. Rear wheel was all over the place. Then another few miles with more rollers. Hooked up with another guy for the last section. Worked together to minimize our losses. Ended up 13th out of 28.
Stage 2, Sunday, Steve Harrison Downtown Crit:
http://app.strava.com/rides/442530
Really fun course. Each lap was 6 turns in 0.6 miles. Stayed up near the front for a good portion of the race. Went for two primes. Had the legs for it but couldn't position myself correctly. It's all good though. Had some family and friends out, since I grew up in the area, and they enjoyed it. Didn't contest the finish. Got Same Time.
Stage 3, Sunday, Aguas Frias Time Trial:
http://app.strava.com/rides/442527
This sucked. I'd never done a non-hill climb TT before. For all the times I've killed myself on the local climbs, my body wasn't at all used to putting out threshold effort in an aero position for this long. Arms hurt and by the end, I could tell I was using some different muscles then usual. Good headwind on the way out, tailwind on the way back.
On top of this, I started out the TT very poorly. Slipped clipping in and smacked my shin with the pedal. Hard. Good job noob. Very helpfully, my wife captured a photo of it. Guess what word I'm saying!
Needless to say, I lost a ton of time on GC with the TT. Dropped me from 13th to 20th out of 28.
Take away: buy aero gear and practice with it. Learn how to use clipless pedals.
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