Results for 2012

Mountain:

November 20th: 12hrs of Temecula #3,

July 22nd, Tahoe 100,

July 2nd-9th, MTB Nationals XC, Cat 1 19-24, 9th Place
July 1st, Rim Nordic #1, Cat 1 19-24, 3rd place

June 17th: US Cup State Champs XC, Cat 1 19-24, 2nd Place

June 9th: 12hrs of Temecula #2, 6hr Open, 1st Place

June 3rd: US Cup Big Bear Finals XC Cat 1 19-24, 2nd Place
May 20th: US Cup SageBrush Safari XC Cat 1 19-24, 4th Place

April 1st: US Cup Riverside XC Cat 1 19-24, 4th Place

March 25th: US Cup Fontana XC Cat 1 19-24, 2nd Place

March 24th: US Cup Fontana Super D 19-29yrs, 8th Place

March 4th:US Cup Triple Crown XC Cat 1 19-24, 1st Place

March 3rd: US Cup Triple Crown Super D 19-29yrs, 1st Place

March 3rd: US Cup Triple Crown STXC Cat 1, 6th Place

January 22nd: SoCal Enduro Stage Race Cat 1, 1st Place

January 21st: 12hrs of Temecula 6hr solo Open, 2nd Place

Road:

September 2nd: SoCal Crit Finale,

August 12th: Ladera Ranch,

August 5th: Brentwood GP,

July 29th: San Marcos Crit,

May 28th: So Cal Crit Series, Group Finish (We controlled the field and on the last lap we were lined up for the sprint until someone attacked on the inside of a corner and nearly crashed everyone)

May 6th: Dana Point GP Cat 3, DNF (3 Laps to go there was a crash on the last corner and the rider behind me plowed into my rear derailluer)

May 5th: Barrio Logan GP Cat 3, 31st Place (Was in Breakaway for a few laps which drained me)

April 14th: San Luis Rey Cat 3, 33rd Place (worked last lap holding field, teammate in the break)

March 18th: San Dimas Criterium Cat 4, 7th Place (14th overall GC)

March 17th: San Dimas Circuit Race Cat 4, 23rd Place (2:31 off leader) (18th Overall GC)

March 16th: San Dimas Time Trial Cat 4, 22nd Place (17:06) (22nd Overall GC)

March 11th: UCSB Road Race Collegiate B, 3rd Place (5points, 20 total)

March 10th: UCSB Criterium Cat 4, 30th place (Too tired from Coll B race earlier just sat in)

March 10th: UCSB Criterium Collegiate B, 11th place

February 19th: SoCal Cup Criterium Series Cat 4, 2nd Place (5points, 15 total)

February 18th: UCLA: Shut Up Legs RR! Collegiate B, 5th Place (3points, 10 total)

February 12th: Roger Miliken Memorial Criterium Cat 4, 10th Place

February 5th: SDSU Red Trolley Criterium Cat 4, 8th Place

February 5th: SDSU Red Trolley Criterium Collegiate B, 3rd Place (won 2 primes) (3points, 7 total)

February 4th: UCSD Boulevard Road Race Collegiate B, 3rd Place (4 points)

Kinesiology Research at the University

A friend asked if I could help them with a Kinesiology research project and of course I said yes before really even knowing what I was getting into. The research is to find out if a few high output short interval training sessions at least 48hrs apart will improve a trained cyclists endurance.

The first day (Thursday Nov. 10) I had to do a Vo2 Max test and my body can do 75.8 ml/kg/min and 500+ watts followed by a 10mile TT on a stationary bike to get a base reading.

The second day (Tuesday Nov. 15) I did not realize how intense 4 windgates would be on my body so I ate 20 minutes prior to the workout and was told to wait until the following week, was a good decision.

The third day (Thursday Nov. 17) I had to do 4 windgate workouts, if you have never done them you do not know how hard it is until you do it.  5 minute warm up, followed by getting your cadence up as high as you possibly can with no resistance and then resistance. You pedal as hard as you can against this magnetic resistance for 30 seconds and cool down for 5 minutes and repeat. Each windgate was producing more than 1600 kilojoules which is more than 380 calories in 30 seconds.  More than 1500 calories are burned over the 4 workouts

The forth day (Tuesday Nov. 22) I had to do 5 windgates, which by the end feels like I am going to pass out. For 15 minutes after I am super light headed and for a few hours after my ears are ringing.

On Tuesday the 29th I will have to do 6 windgates and then on Thursday I will have a final 10 mile TT on the stationary bike to see if I have improved. I can't decide if I am more excited for this to be over because of how hard these are on the body or to see the results since they are not showing us numbers until the end.

6hrs of Temecula

The original plan was to do a 3 person 12hr race but with the race approaching a team member had bike issues that had him without a bike and could no longer race. The other teammate is a lifeguard and with a large storm coming on shore he had to be on call and could not race either so I had to decide whether to race or not. I decided to do the 6hr solo race.


Going into the race I felt awesome and finished the first lap in 2nd.  Keeping the pace up I passed the rider in front of me at the beginning of the 3rd lap. All of a sudden I hit a wall and had realized I had a bad nutrition plan, which was none. Pushing down all the Gu's I had and eating part of a Nutella sandwich I could not gain what I have lost and the cramping was kicking in. I stepped it down a notch and had no energy when 2nd place passed me 10 minutes into the 6th lap. Then a few minutes later 2 more passed me and I could do nothing but tell them to hammer it and catch the guy in front of them. Finished the race in 4th out of the 50 6hr solo racers. 


What I have learned is to have a nutrition plan and stick to it or I will regret it.

Huge thanks to the Phoenix Patriot foundation for allowing me to pit in their tent since I had not planned that one out either. And thank you Matty at Ride Cyclery in Encinitas for hooking me up with the connections to Guy from the Phoenix Patriot foundation.


Results

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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.

Short Track Results

Cross Country Results

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Cross Country Data:

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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