2013 Alabama State Criterium plus LP Field Finale

Alabama State Criterium
You can summarize pretty much the entire race in these two videos. In the first one, Mike Olheiser (Cashcall Mortgage) breaks away on the second lap after I let a tiny gap open coming out of the slippery turn 2. Mike takes one look back, sees the gap, and is gone. I chased flat out like it was the end of the race for the next lap and a half. Then Paul Tower (Tria Cycling) pulled super hard for a lap and yet Mike continued to slowly increase his gap. Eventually, I started to attack the group to try to get away to reduce the odds in my favor, but I couldn’t take the corners fast enough to make anything stick. In the end game, Mike had lapped us and was riding the front for several laps with me in second wheel when Will Fyfe (Brick Alley) attacked with three to go. I covered that and rode second wheel all the way until the start of the last lap when I attacked to make sure I made it through the slippery corners first. I kept on the gas, but it wasn’t enough to keep Paul Tower (Tria Cycling) from powering past me at the very end. Congrats to Mike on the win and to Paul and all of team tria for a smart tactical race!

Also, here is a video of when Mike laps the field and attacks – I was hoping this would blow up the field but we all stayed together this time all the way up until Will Fyfe’s attack. I think the reason it played out this way is because Mike had essentially already won the race so he didn’t want to take any more risks in the corners and took them slow enough for us to recover and hold his wheel on the straightaways.

Alabama State Criterium Pro/1/2 podium (Left to Right) – Paul Tower, Mike Olheiser, and Brian Toone

After the race, a whole bunch of us got together and had an awesome birthday / state crit celebration dinner at Rosie’s Mexican Cantina near the race course. Fun times rehashing the race and catching up with everybody. Awesome birthday – bike racing, podium, and friends!

2013 Alabama State Criterium Pro/1/2
Huntsville, AL
3rd place
Lap	Time	AvgPow	MaxPow	HR	RPM	MPH
1	1:28	307	866	150	78	25.2
2	1:17	360	911	164	79	27.4
3	1:17	340	737	175	75	27.3
4	1:20	297	745	172	79	26.7
5	1:20	288	812	174	77	26.4
6	1:25	260	663	171	80	25.4
7	1:26	260	558	167	80	24.6
8	1:29	218	716	166	75	24.2
9	1:24	212	850	160	77	25.2
10	1:21	232	744	160	77	26.2
11	1:24	280	669	166	79	25.6
12	1:24	307	887	169	80	25.6
13	1:24	252	509	173	84	25.6
14	1:27	251	582	163	83	24.8
15	1:20	308	911	160	78	27.2
16	1:27	226	532	172	83	25
17	1:28	255	581	156	83	24.4
18	1:35	199	341	157	83	23.6
19	1:36	210	374	149	81	22.8
20	1:24	331	883	153	83	25.8
21	1:26	243	467	171	83	25.6
22	1:24	311	876	162	82	25.9
23	1:34	194	410	162	81	23.1
24	1:29	240	881	147	83	24.5
25	1:22	238	771	160	77	26.2
26	1:28	229	546	157	82	24.8
27	1:33	187	955	149	80	23.6
28	1:18	363	858	168	80	27.6
29	1:40	182	451	160	79	22
30	1:41	172	384	143	81	21.3
31	1:41	166	998	138	79	21.6
32	1:22	307	916	161	78	26.5
33	1:23	261	838	161	73	25.9
34	1:24	206	644	159	73	25.3
35	1:25	240	605	154	76	25.3
36	1:25	211	712	155	74	25.1
37	1:24	214	627	155	76	25.3
38	1:21	231	1036	165	79	26.6
39	1:28	196	611	152	81	24.1
40	1:24	235	809	153	83	24.9
41	1:13	485	958	177	78	29.7

Heartrate zone summary – lots of time in zones 3 and 4 b/c of the rain.

Heartrate power plot annotated (click to enlarge)

Annotated power map (click to enlarge)

LP Field Criterium Series Finale
This was a really fun race put on by Tim Hall to close out the 2013 LP Field crit series. I wasn’t in the overall hunt for the points so me, Tim Henry (Litespeed BMW), Travis Werts (Sonic) and a few other riders managed to escape after lots of attacks early in the race. Travis Werts was closest to the overall for the series so he was motivated to do well. But it ended up being me leading out the sprint with three turns to go and only Tim able to come around at the end. Travis took 3rd. It was a hard, strategic, fun race! Perhaps the best part of the day was the mix of racing and celebration as people were cooking out and having fun. Two podium pics because I was wanting to get the MongoHQ logo in one of them.

LP Field Criterium Lap Data
2nd place
Lap	Time	AvgPow	MaxPow	HR	RPM	MPH
1	1:38	223	574	146	79	21.7
2	1:20	234	600	154	86	25.5
3	1:16	233	475	154	90	27.1
4	1:14	347	927	160	82	27.8
5	1:13	380	990	178	85	28.1
6	1:16	296	870	177	86	27
7	1:18	275	715	169	84	26.5
8	1:18	313	979	165	86	26.4
9	1:15	274	818	176	84	27.3
10	1:19	336	929	171	83	26.5
11	1:19	269	1049	170	83	26
12	1:23	233	644	173	81	24.9
13	1:35	186	501	158	82	22
14	1:35	207	746	155	83	21.8
15	1:24	228	646	159	85	24.7
16	1:16	287	733	171	82	26.9
17	1:17	345	1003	171	87	26.6
18	1:16	328	541	179	86	26.5
19	1:20	316	566	177	86	25.3
20	1:16	262	536	172	88	26.8
21	1:18	248	544	168	85	26.2
22	1:18	231	707	165	84	25.8
23	1:21	245	433	160	86	25.5
24	1:18	217	457	162	86	26
25	1:18	322	968	172	84	26.1
26	1:21	220	473	164	87	25
27	2:43	108	667	154	76	20.2
28	1:27	211	760	158	84	23.7
29	1:09	520	996	174	84	29.8
30	1:19	251	515	182	81	25.6
31	1:26	206	721	169	82	23.9
32	1:22	158	548	152	82	25.1
33	1:19	219	657	150	81	26.3
34	1:15	213	691	157	82	27.3
35	1:14	313	865	163	81	27.7
36	1:21	221	660	172	80	25.4
37	1:19	226	854	167	80	26.2
38	1:08	527	982	180	86	29.7

Podium picture plus pics from my warmup around LP Field