Tag: heartrate
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Stage 3 – Fitchburg State College Circuit Race – 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
Quick summary: 53rd, “the ramp”, “the roller coaster”, moved up to 60th in the GC The stats: Power (348 avg / 800 max), Heart Rate (158 avg / 179 max), Speed (27.8 avg / 41 max), Cadence (85 avg / 123 max), Climbing (3196′), 72 miles (2:35:25) The details: I was a little nervous about…
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Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
Quick summary: 77th, 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind today’s winner, which moved up 45 spots in the general classification to 82nd, about 6 minutes 45 seconds back from the overall leader The stats: 104 miles, 24.2mph, 306 watts avg power, 150 bpm avg heart rate, nearly 8000′ of climbing!, 4:18:05 The details: Whew. Hard…
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Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
Quick summary: 77th, 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind today’s winner, which moved up 45 spots in the general classification to 82nd, about 6 minutes 45 seconds back from the overall leader The stats: 104 miles, 24.2mph, 306 watts avg power, 150 bpm avg heart rate, nearly 8000′ of climbing!, 4:18:05 The details: Whew. Hard…
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Stage 1 – Time Trial, 2008 Fitchburg-Longjso Classic
Quick summary: not dead last (127th out of 145 if you count the people who didn’t start), thunderstorm, “the river”, “the lake”, epic. The details: I had a great warm-up and was feeling very good with my TT position on my road bike. My TT bars were far enough out that I could stand comfortably…
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2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Criterium (and overall results)
Quick summary: 7th place for the crit, 8th place overall for the weekend omnium The details: This was a somewhat frustrating race for me as I managed to bridge up to what should have been the winning move. Instead, the break didn’t stick and I had used up a bit too much gas trying to…
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2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Time Trial
Quick summary: 11th place The details:I spent the afternoon relaxing in the hotel lobby and then working to get my brand new clip-on TT bars mounted on my bike. Philip and Brent helped a lot to get my position right. Thanks guys! Philip, Jacob, and I all decided to bike over to the start/finish area…
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2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Road Race
Quick summary: 5th place The details: Small field but with good representation from Marx and Bendorf (8 riders), Nashville Cyclist (4 riders), and Team Type I (2 riders). I was very aggressive at the beginning and followed Travis (Marx and Bendorf) on an attack from the line. I sat up after about half a mile…
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Avery Trace Road Race and Time Trial
Quick summary: 4th road race, 19th time trial The details: it was a relatively small field (about 35 riders), but it was packed with heat. Two Team Type I pros were here (Emile Abraham and Daniel Holt), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), and four riders from a pro team called DLP (UCI Continental) along with Michael Olheiser…
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Nature Valley Grand Prix 2008 – Wrap-up
I downloaded my heart-rate data this afternoon and was surprised to find my time trial time was slower than I had thought it was, and it turns out that with Ben Jacques-Mayne’s incredible TT performance, I missed the time cut by 14 seconds. So my racing is over. I am hoping to get a couple…
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Nature Valley Grand Prix 2008 – Day 3 – Morning Time Trial
June 13, 2008 – 10:30AM Ohio St Time Trial Quick summary: Felt awesome for the first part, getting close to my 30 second man, but after the turnaround I never saw my 30 second man again and started to fade. The hill on the course wasn’t too bad but the last part was into a…