2013-04-19 Sea Otter Classic Road Race 45+ 4
Body Concepts Bicycle Race Team – Race Results:
Date: 2013-04-19 Sea Otter Classic Road Race 45+ 4
Race Report: 2013 Sea Otter Classic Road Race Report: by Rod Rozman
Teammates: MattC, RandyF, RandyV, MikeE, JohnE
Course: About 53mi and 5400ft (6 laps of a 7.8 mile loop through hilly roads [about 780 feet of climb per lap] + a final 2.3 mile, ~800′ climb); pretty good road surface, but with a couple of sections of small potholes; no centerline rule
Weather: Perfect. Sunny, ~55-65 degrees; not much wind
Race plan: Stay in the front group, stay out of the wind, and go for it on the final climb. I placed 8th in this race last year, and my goal was to do better this year…. so I trained up a bit to get ready 😉
Race: The group stayed fairly large (35+?) as we went round the 6 laps. A few short attacks happened (none in the feed zone like last year!), but they were quickly pulled back. Not much drama, but enough effort to start wearing out legs. Our similarly hilly weekend team rides and the extra training was paying off….the legs feltRead More »2013-04-19 Sea Otter Classic Road Race 45+ 4