ouch.
boy, 12 hours really does hurt.
this years 24/9 mile was huge...record numbers. you could really tell by the amount of traffic on the course. i always seemed to get jammed up in the single track, but for the most part people would yeild the trail to the speedier riders. most of the time.
anyway, i took on the lemans start again this year, although my run was a little slower than last year. i came through the 400 meter run in 15-20th position (as opposed to 2nd last year) and set out on the course. i got out there and felt like i was way back. i was in the front of the group i was in, but i assumed that i was down at least 10-15 riders after the first 3 or 4 miles of the 13.5 mile course. once people blew off some early energy, they started to fade back. there were still a handfull of people riding my wheel, so i surged and tried to drop them on one of the long climbs. i stode and cranked a little, looked back after a minute or so...nothing. after that, i just tried to maintain my pace and regulate my heartrate. it's a long race but it's nice to get an early lead. i came through 6th or 7th and scotty went out and ran a really hot lap. after that, we alternated all the way through. scott didn't think he could do 2 consecutive laps without cramping, so w alternated. lap 4 really hurt me the most, and the second half of lap 6. we had a big enough cusion to have scott stop and wait for the 10pm hour and cross. we still won by 25 minutes over the spring street sports crew in second. we slowly pulled away throughout the day.
it feels really good to get on a podium again, and i had a ton of fun doing it. i'm really beat down today (and tired) but am already considering trying the 12hr solo next year. we'll see though...
i would have rather run laps in pairs, because i would have been able to eat better and maybe feel better today, but it all worked out. and i got an interesting interval workout out of the deal.
i'll try to post some pics sometime in the next couple of days.
this years 24/9 mile was huge...record numbers. you could really tell by the amount of traffic on the course. i always seemed to get jammed up in the single track, but for the most part people would yeild the trail to the speedier riders. most of the time.
anyway, i took on the lemans start again this year, although my run was a little slower than last year. i came through the 400 meter run in 15-20th position (as opposed to 2nd last year) and set out on the course. i got out there and felt like i was way back. i was in the front of the group i was in, but i assumed that i was down at least 10-15 riders after the first 3 or 4 miles of the 13.5 mile course. once people blew off some early energy, they started to fade back. there were still a handfull of people riding my wheel, so i surged and tried to drop them on one of the long climbs. i stode and cranked a little, looked back after a minute or so...nothing. after that, i just tried to maintain my pace and regulate my heartrate. it's a long race but it's nice to get an early lead. i came through 6th or 7th and scotty went out and ran a really hot lap. after that, we alternated all the way through. scott didn't think he could do 2 consecutive laps without cramping, so w alternated. lap 4 really hurt me the most, and the second half of lap 6. we had a big enough cusion to have scott stop and wait for the 10pm hour and cross. we still won by 25 minutes over the spring street sports crew in second. we slowly pulled away throughout the day.
it feels really good to get on a podium again, and i had a ton of fun doing it. i'm really beat down today (and tired) but am already considering trying the 12hr solo next year. we'll see though...
i would have rather run laps in pairs, because i would have been able to eat better and maybe feel better today, but it all worked out. and i got an interesting interval workout out of the deal.
i'll try to post some pics sometime in the next couple of days.
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