Sprinting 101
A bunch of wily old women beat me in the sprint today. Sad. The first lesson of sprinting is: go fast. I did not go fast for the sprint and finished 12th in the criterium in Cedarburg, WI today. Tomorrow I get to try some more sprinting and maybe I will do better. I did win a $20 prime so right now my earnings are -32 for registration plus 20 prime equals -$12. I think this is my first time straight up taking cash for a race, so I was excited about that.
I was extremely frustrated in the race today, which probably contributed to my poor sprint (a pissed of Laura is Not a fast Laura). Two girls went off the front early in the 70min race and I didn't bridge, thinking the rest of the teams in the pack would easily bring them back. Unfortunately no one wanted to work except myself and a couple of other single riders so they stayed off and I just got really mad at the rest of the pack for being lazy !@$*s and wanted to give them a big impassioned lecture about how they were never going to become faster if they sat in the draft all the time. I even started composing it in my head. Everyone was racing for themself, even, it appeared, the women who were on teams, and so no one would help out anyone else. I miss collegiate racing and teamates.
On a more cheerful note, I found a place to stay in Milwaukee (okay, Trudi and a bunch of other people conspired to find me a place, I actually did very little work). I am staying with the lovely Barb Hamill just Northwest of Milwaukee. And, not only does she have a well stocked spice cupboard, there's also a tricked out bike shop in the basement, just in case I need to do any repairs. The cat 3/4 women's field struck me as very safe, so I don't think I'll need to do any repairs. I am accustomed to timid college riders who move aside for you but a couple of times today the other women didn't move and bounced their handlebars off of me, but they seemed pretty comfortable with it.
Tonight I get to do some isometric strength (don't you wish your workouts sounded that cool?) and then another crit tomorrow morning!
I was extremely frustrated in the race today, which probably contributed to my poor sprint (a pissed of Laura is Not a fast Laura). Two girls went off the front early in the 70min race and I didn't bridge, thinking the rest of the teams in the pack would easily bring them back. Unfortunately no one wanted to work except myself and a couple of other single riders so they stayed off and I just got really mad at the rest of the pack for being lazy !@$*s and wanted to give them a big impassioned lecture about how they were never going to become faster if they sat in the draft all the time. I even started composing it in my head. Everyone was racing for themself, even, it appeared, the women who were on teams, and so no one would help out anyone else. I miss collegiate racing and teamates.
On a more cheerful note, I found a place to stay in Milwaukee (okay, Trudi and a bunch of other people conspired to find me a place, I actually did very little work). I am staying with the lovely Barb Hamill just Northwest of Milwaukee. And, not only does she have a well stocked spice cupboard, there's also a tricked out bike shop in the basement, just in case I need to do any repairs. The cat 3/4 women's field struck me as very safe, so I don't think I'll need to do any repairs. I am accustomed to timid college riders who move aside for you but a couple of times today the other women didn't move and bounced their handlebars off of me, but they seemed pretty comfortable with it.
Tonight I get to do some isometric strength (don't you wish your workouts sounded that cool?) and then another crit tomorrow morning!
posted by LAV at 13:54
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