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I spent this past weekend racing my bike in the La Crosse area. Friday evening was a uphill TT, Saturday was a criterium, and Sunday was a road race.
Friday I left work early to start the journey. The weather was cool, upper 50's, cloudy and breezy. It is a 2.4 mile up hill TT. I did it in 10 minutes 18 seconds, averaging 13.7 mph. I placed 16th out of 23. I was very pleased with that. I am happy that I wasn't last.
Saturday was the criterium race. A flat 4 corner criterium. It was warm, upper 70's to lower 80's, sunny and breezy. A 3 man breakaway stayed away and we were racing for 4th. I was positioned well on the last lap and was on what I thought was a good wheel. His teammate said hop on and he started to go with him but then backed off. That blew it for me. If he would have kept going with his teammate I could have done better. I am not complaining because I still did very well and that is all part of racing. I finished 7th out 42. This was a payout too of $20.00!
Sunday was the road race. For me I had to race 56 miles. Master 1/2/3 35+ were the first ones to go in the morning, 8:30am. It was 55 to start, partly cloudy and windy. It would warm up nicely and become sunny. This race is brutal for me! The very first lap was super hard. I had to do 4 laps. I wasn't able to stay with the lead group on the long climb. I was with a group and our group kept getting bigger. I think we eventually had about 10 guys riding tempo. On the last climb they pushed it a little and I didn't have anything in the tank. I was popped, but there were others also. I was passed by 1 guy and then finished solo. I was happy to finish and pretty happy with my result too. I finished 19th out of about 25.
Overall it was a great weekend! It was a nice block of training and now I am looking foreword to recover and become a little stronger.