Stanford/Toro Park Collegiate Race

Going into the weekend of October 15th and 16th with a sore body from a new workout routine I had to try out the infamous Icy Hot.  For the ride up I was massaging my sore muscles, but when the morning of the race came to I was still in need of recovery especially since this was going to be my first Category A race and needed all the help I could get.

The Short track was fun, I had a routine and a plan that worked out well over the 30 minute race, the course was a fast fire road climb to single track DH section followed by some cyclocross turns at the finish. The 1st - 5th positions were just a lot stronger and took off at second lap. For laps 5-8 there were 3 of us fighting and one guy could not keep up and fell back. A San Luis Obispo guy and I were working for the 6th position and I had him on the uphill, we were both hurting but he was a bit more on the hills. Second to last lap I tried to sprint him up the hill and could not shake him and let him take the lead to the DH. Last lap I found some reserve energy and grunted as hard as I could up the hill and put a 80ft gap on him, kept ahead on the DH and took 6th. Average speed of 16.2mph

The XC course was 5 laps of a 5 mile course which had a 800 ft climb off the bat and then a single track DH to the finish.  My plan was to keep with the front group as long as I can and fall back to the next group and create a plan to sprint them at the end. The first lap i was in the first 5 racers which made me climb the hill in the big ring hammering it. I fell back to the 6th, 7th, 8th place group for the next 2 laps. The 4th lap I could not keep up and fell back and was on my own until the end of that lap. Going into the last lap I was with the 9th and 10th places and stuck with them til the top of the last climb then they took off and I had no energy. I was caught on the DH and had a plan to sprint him to the finish and he ended up having a lot more energy than I did and he definitely earned 11th. I held onto 12th. Average speed of 12.1mph.

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Parkfield Classic - San Luis Obispo Collegiate Race

October 1st was the Parkfield Classic and was my first race in a collegiate category so I entered the with the B's. Stuck with the front group for the entire race until it was just 2 of us, then just me when the other rider had a mechanical.  Racing on my own I just hammered into the pedals and hoped no one caught up. Crossed the finish line with a time of 1hr 11mins and decided to upgrade to the A's.

Race results

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