surf city cyclocross #1
photo: tim brennan
tim makes me look fast!
soquel high school
2006/10/15
a men (amen!)
21/24 [+ a couple dnfs]
'mates: funke, aron, and rick; scott and matthias on the blinglespeeds
i've always struggled with nutrition on the late start times. i had a good breakfast around 9:00, but just ate bananas and convenience energy stuff leading up to the 2:00 race. too high glycemic i think. like last week, i had a clif shot before and during the race, so didn't bonk acutely, just felt generally empty and flat. i did work my way past a couple guys mid race, so my pace wasn't way off. just no kick. a pair of guys (who i beat last week as it turns out) came by me in the last lap duking it out with each other, and i had no answer. my foggy head half thought they were lapping me. i'll be prepared with pb&j on some good whole grain bread in the future. looking forward to racing close to home this week.
i agree with the general consensus that it was a hard course to find a flow on. constantly changing terrain and speed. my back was feeling it at the end. superb race organization and atmosphere though!
i did hold off barry from lapping me for 37 minutes this time. 2 minutes longer than cccx #1!
thanks grey and lauren for the water and cheers
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comments
I had the same kind of issues doing the p/1/2 crits in my road racing days. There's something to be said to being done racing by 11am. It's almost like you should eat less of a sugar/starch based meal like I do at breakfast and have more like a lunch. I make my blood sugar arc even more steep by adding coffee. Then you add the warmer weather--the earlier races were under clouds--and you probably feel more like taking a nap than racing. Maybe do something like a little meal like fruit to get you out the door and eat a sandwich or something--like you say: lower glycemic--on the drive to the race (or wherever you are 3 hours prior to start time).
H2O: you're welcome.
And as for your finish: I bet Barry's at least 2 minutes faster at this point so maybe you gained more like 4 minutes...he definitely didn't look like he was just cruising after dispatching the j-m's, always out of the saddle through the feed zone.
posted by: Grey | October 21, 2006 11:07 AM