State Criterium Championship, 6-13-2015

The state criterium championship was put on by LAPT. The course is located in Mukwonago and is a flat 8 corner course. The weather was a bit humid but it stayed dry.
I felt good warming up. There was about 50 racers. This is a pretty good size group for a WCA race. During the race there were plenty of attempts of breakaways, but everything was chased down. I held my own staying out of trouble and keeping myself in decent positioning throughout. I blew it on the last lap. On the long backstretch I let myself get boxed in a bit. I heard that there were some crashes in the race. I am glad I wasn't a part of them and was able to finish with all my skin. I finished 11th. Here is a little video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNZDWtMyJsQ

Trek 100, Diablo Criterium

Saturday I did the Trek 100 hosted by Trek in Waterloo. The weather was kind of chilly to start, but did warm up nicely. I said good morning to Jens while he was grabbing a bite. I did the 100 miles and I raised just over $200.00 for the MACC Fund. I was pretty exhausted after the ride. I have a little video of Jens riding in the pack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLhTKo5X2pE&feature=youtu.be

Sunday was the Diablo Criterium in Menasha. The weather was rainy in the morning and it looked like it was going to rain during the race, but it only sprinkled a little. The attacks were plentiful and the race was plenty hard. My legs surprisingly enough felt pretty good, considering that I rode a 100 miles the day before. I was able to bridge the gap one time, but it wasn't the right move. The next attempt was the one that stuck. I finished 7th. Here is a video of the last 15 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZIAo58F_pU&feature=youtu.be

LAPT R.R., Sussex Criterium

Saturday was a road race held in the Palmyra area. It was put on by LAPT. The weather was horrible, cold, rainy and super windy. The course is nice, well at least to my liking. No big climbs! I had to race for 45 miles. If I remember correctly a break formed on the 2nd lap with just one guy going up the road and then 4 others eventually joining them. We never caught them. The cross winds hurt me the most. On the last lap I wasn't able to mentally push through the pain to stay with them. I finished the last 1/4 lap solo. I did one person behind me and I kept pushing to make sure that he didn't catch me. I finished 10th. I am pretty happy with that considering the conditions. I opted to leave the camera in the car, sorry, no race footage.
Sunday was a criterium held in the Sussex industrial park. It was put on by Café Hollender. The weather was still cooler than our normal temperatures and still a bit windy. But, it was SUNNY! This course has a hill on it, not my ideal course. The race had some attacks of some trying to get a break going, but it never happened. On the sprint I didn't have the legs to be really successful. I finished 9th. Here is a link to the first lap and the last 2 laps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLf0Si-5dpE

I had a good week of training. I came into the weekend a little over trained. I am going to get some active recovery this week. Monday and Tuesday will be easy days, Wednesday will be OBC, I will be just sitting in and working on stacking 0's. Thursday will be the group ride, but mellow. Friday will be off and Saturday I plan on doing the Trek 100 and doing 100 miles and then Sunday doing the Diablo Criterium.