More Crits and whatnot
Saturday morning started early for me, in order to get to the Dash for Cash Crit in Pleasanton. This is a disturbing trend I've noticed -- I'm often getting up earlier on the weekends than I do during the week, just to make it to races. Then Monday comes, and I'm like, "woo-hoo I'm sleepin' in!"
But I digress. Even though I got up early and managed to get myself to the race on time, I still didn't quite wake up until the last lap or so. The women's field was about 35 or 40 cat 1/2/3s all racing together, but the 3s were picked separately from the 1/2s. The "Dash for Cash" meant that there were 6 primes for $40 apiece. Not bad! It wasn't enough to wake me up though, and for reasons that still elude me, I didn't go for any of them. Coming into the last lap, everyone was trying to set up their teammates, talking, yelling, positioning. I realized the race was almost over, woke up, and moved up in the pack to position myself on the inside, near the front, for the final corner. We came around the corner with a lot of people going really wide, and everything opened up in front of me. That was nice. I sprinted over the line either 3rd or 4th overall, and 1st in the 3s. So in the books, it was a win. Woohoo!
Sunday was the EMC/Vellum Crit, also in Pleasanton, city of wide streets and corporate parks. Still, I managed to get lost on the way after forgetting my directions on the kitchen table. Fortunately, I spotted a bike on a car going the other way, and quickly whipped a U-turn to get on their wheel. I drafted them the rest of the way to the race.
It was a 3/4 womens race, but it was actually a lot faster than Saturday. People were attacking a bunch, the Dolce Vitas, the Bellas, the Mints, and I tossed in a few too. Fun! There were a bunch of primes too, and I managed to get a couple. In the end, I lost count of the laps, and thought we had 2 to go when it was bell lap. Oooops! The Protech ladies pulled out a great sprint though, and managed to grab the first two places. I rolled across in 11th.
After the race, I headed out for another 4 hours. My official goal now is to do a 24 hour MTB race solo this year, so I figure I gotta do some good training. Now that I've said it on blogger, I gotta do it.
So, what's your favorite brand of chamois cream?
But I digress. Even though I got up early and managed to get myself to the race on time, I still didn't quite wake up until the last lap or so. The women's field was about 35 or 40 cat 1/2/3s all racing together, but the 3s were picked separately from the 1/2s. The "Dash for Cash" meant that there were 6 primes for $40 apiece. Not bad! It wasn't enough to wake me up though, and for reasons that still elude me, I didn't go for any of them. Coming into the last lap, everyone was trying to set up their teammates, talking, yelling, positioning. I realized the race was almost over, woke up, and moved up in the pack to position myself on the inside, near the front, for the final corner. We came around the corner with a lot of people going really wide, and everything opened up in front of me. That was nice. I sprinted over the line either 3rd or 4th overall, and 1st in the 3s. So in the books, it was a win. Woohoo!
Sunday was the EMC/Vellum Crit, also in Pleasanton, city of wide streets and corporate parks. Still, I managed to get lost on the way after forgetting my directions on the kitchen table. Fortunately, I spotted a bike on a car going the other way, and quickly whipped a U-turn to get on their wheel. I drafted them the rest of the way to the race.
It was a 3/4 womens race, but it was actually a lot faster than Saturday. People were attacking a bunch, the Dolce Vitas, the Bellas, the Mints, and I tossed in a few too. Fun! There were a bunch of primes too, and I managed to get a couple. In the end, I lost count of the laps, and thought we had 2 to go when it was bell lap. Oooops! The Protech ladies pulled out a great sprint though, and managed to grab the first two places. I rolled across in 11th.
After the race, I headed out for another 4 hours. My official goal now is to do a 24 hour MTB race solo this year, so I figure I gotta do some good training. Now that I've said it on blogger, I gotta do it.
So, what's your favorite brand of chamois cream?
posted by karla at 11:35 PM
10 Comments:
what's your favorite brand of chamois cream?
Assos. Gotta love the tingly feeling!
I like the Chamois Butter..I think that's the brand name.
By the way, good job racing!!!
omg...you didn't mention it was a SOLO race you were hoping to do. now i'm really impressed.
somehow, thinking of you doing a solo 24 hour race reminded me of 2am runs to the ski-team sauna in robinson hall, complete with wine drinking and rolling in the snow. did your dartmouth experience entail this as well? sorry, i digress...
udder creme
btw KJK, we miss u at the track...
karla, who is alicat and why wasnt I invited to those midnight drink and roll's on baker lawn? Oh maybe bc I had graduated...
Mid Mass downhill was as crazy as we got back in the day.
ITB,julia
Gotta have the Assos. I've never thought the Chamois BUTTer had enough staying power, and the mentholated tingle can't be beat.
I won a tub of the Udder stuff a few weeks ago in a prime - maybe I should try it out?
Stella makes her own
or so she keeps telling us
Hmmmm, I don't think I've ever actually experienced the Assos tingle. I may have to try it.
Skibby, I miss you all at the track too!
Alicat and Julia - I'm glad to see we all have these lovely Dartmouth memories. I did have the opportunity to sauna in Robo with wine - but midmass downhill? Julia, you have to explain :)
And then there were the snow crits and beer nats....
Winter Carnival, 4 flights of stairs, mid mass, skis, real skis with bindings, beer...no snow, just railings and people cheering.
Good visual, huh? Road rash wasnt an issue, usually there was no pain until the next am.
Julia
No no...the Assos "tingle" turns into, uh, other sensations after a couple hours. My fella still loves it but I can't even look at the stuff anymore.
Beljum butter.
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