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Ras Naoimh Finian 9th March
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22-02-2013 2:20am#1
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Bit peeved that nobody mentioned the KOM prime. Would've gone for that, and would've gotten it too.
Last I heard of the crashes, one lad has probable concussion. I'll post when I hear anything more.
That KOM tricked a few people I think, it was like a double peak with the KOM on the second part, most sat up after the first
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Hi guys,
Thanks to everyone who came out to race today - hope yee enjoyed it, despite the headwind all the way back in, and the 'hidden' summit of the hill that seems to trick people every time !
Photos are being sorted as we speak, but will take a little time to go through them all. We will put them up on the Club Website asap.
The race report and the placings are on our site now if you wanted to take a look...
http://www.clonardroadclub.com/2013_ras.shtml
Thanks again!
- Clonard Road Club Committee0 -
That KOM tricked a few people I think, it was like a double peak with the KOM on the second part, most sat up after the first
I didn't know about it - first or second peak!
Event page said:Prizes are as follows:
First 6 overall in each separate race.
1 unplaced Lady, Junior & Vet
1st 3 unplaced Cat-2 riders.
edit: not to take away from the event - well marshalled, pot holes marked, ambo on scene quickly from what I hear. Sorry to miss the sandwiches!0 -
clonard_rc wrote: »Hi guys,
Thanks to everyone who came out to race today - hope yee enjoyed it, despite the headwind all the way back in, and the 'hidden' summit of the hill that seems to trick people every time !
Photos are being sorted as we speak, but will take a little time to go through them all. We will put them up on the Club Website asap.
The race report and the placings are on our site now if you wanted to take a look...
http://www.clonardroadclub.com/2013_ras.shtml
Thanks again!
- Clonard Road Club Committee
Do 7th and 8th get points? Could you throw up those names if so?0 -
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Caroline_ie wrote: »Still no pics anywhere?
...almost! They're uploading to Flickr, so I'll put them into a set which ye can see from the Ras page on our website then (I'll post the link of course)
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Hi all,
Some photos from yesterday - I think there are more on the way, but midlands broadband speeds means it takes quite a while to upload
http://www.clonardroadclub.com/2013_ras.shtml
You can view them in fullscreen mode once you hit 'play', as they are all HQ photos.0 -
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I hadn't planned to win this race but I'm delighted I did. The hope was to win the newbridge gp (finished 3rd) felt I was gonna win it with 500 to go!
I wonder if you were the BW I told shouted at to close a gap 'cause I didn't want to be left behind by the break. Lad that won it will be one to watch in the future. 0 -
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Any more photos coming, would like to see any of end of A4 race...
actually just found 4 more and added to the Set, but none of the finish as far as I can see. I think there will be a good few more alright, but from what I understand it takes quite a while to go through them all, and pick out the better shots. Will post here when the next batch comes in 0 -
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The finish line photos are added to the Flickr Set now, and you can see them from the website...
http://www.clonardroadclub.com/2013_ras.shtml
The most recently added batch are towards the end, so you can just scroll through any you've already viewed to get to the newest ones 0 -
clonard_rc wrote: »The finish line photos are added to the Flickr Set now, and you can see them from the website...
http://www.clonardroadclub.com/2013_ras.shtml
The most recently added batch are towards the end, so you can just scroll through any you've already viewed to get to the newest ones
Is the photographer selling the photos?0 -
Didn't get a chance to post before now.
Racing is a cruel beast, that's for sure! This was my first proper race (A4), I'd done one Open race last year (no club races) but had done no training for that one, so this was the first race I had actually any training done for so I was looking forward to getting a race under the belt and learning the ropes. When I was considering getting into racing, I found the insights people shared on their racing experiences to be hugely helpful, so I said I'd do the same in case it's of any use to others thinking about getting into it (I say defo go for it by the way!). My Garmin Connect data is available here.
For the first 30 minutes I was very much getting that learning experience: I quickly learned no one wants to be on the left side of the road so everyone fights for the right side of the road, even if they are just holding position and don't plan to move up. So I found that took a bit of getting used to and getting boxed in could easily be a problem. When I decided to move up towards the front getting out wasn't at all easy so I learned that in a race where I had any notions of being competitive, getting boxed in is defo something to watch out for. It also makes things a bit more stressful as the constant jostling put me on edge and increased the sense of risk of a possible crash.
I felt much more comfortable when I went to the front 20, though was uncertain about crossing the middle line (briefly and on a straight road with clear line of sight) to get there. It required a bit more effort but I actually felt more relaxed. I felt good and about 35mins in I went to the front to A) for the craic and
to gauge what kind of power is needed to do a good pull at the front. The buzz probably had the adrenaline overdoing it as when I looked back after a little while, I'd gone about 15-20 yards ahead of the field. Just then, my hamstring/glutes cramped up really bad, so much so I had to pull into the hard shoulder and pull over.
It's a recurring problem I've been getting physio on for over a month and 90 seconds of doing a manipulation on it sorted it out. My own damn fault though for not getting to the race in time to do a better stretch and warm-up on it - another lesson learned. That left me with about a 90 second gap to the back of the field and though I knew the odds were against me catching back on, I was damn well gonna give it a lash.
I absolutely buried myself trying to close the gap but it was naturally very tough going. When the group turned back against me at the roundabout in Kilbeggan, I could measure the gap and figured I'd closed it somewhat so kept pushing hard but when I turned back towards Clonard the headwind made it tougher. I decided I'd give it Dixie up to the top of the drag a few KM up the road and see if I could catch them and give up then if not as that extra dig would use the last of my energy reserves.
After a what must have been a good 40 minutes of suffering in the chase, I was literally just making contact with the back of the group as a crash happened and about 10 lads at the back of the group came down. Cycling around the crash and rubber-necking and thinking about it all meant the back of the reduced group was now that bit away from me. I went back into self-burying mode but when the support car came by a few KM down the road with a rider sucking it's bumper back up to the group, I was too knackered to even latch onto it as I had an hour of flat out time-trialling done at that stage. That's another lesson learned - if I'd mustered the strength to do one flat-out sprint to catch that bumper, it was my ticket to cruise back into the group (as the rider behind the car did) where I could spend 30-mins regaining energy for the sprint.
About 12km from home I decided to pack in the chase and do the Newbridge GP the following day (which I had not planned to race) to save my energy for that. So I lowered the pace but kept it ticking over reasonably to put an end to the ride soon enough, so I rolled in just under 5 minutes behind the bunch.
So, while it didn't exactly go to plan in one way, in another way I took a lot from it as I learned some very valuable lessons that will stand to me in future races and analysing my data files later showed that unbeknownst to me at the time, in the chase to regain contact, I'd actually set marginal PBs for both my 30-minute (323w) and 20-minute peak power (330w), so that put a smile back on my face in the end. Thanks Clonard for putting on a well-organised race and for posting the photos - though I wasn't surprised to find I don't feature in them given how far I was from the business end of proceeedings
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