<< May 29, 2010 >>
pre-race thoughts: mt. hamilton

so i'm finally starting to get excited about racing hamilton tomorrow. you'd think that a race that starts with a 30km climb would be a good one for me, but the descent is probably a little more technical than i'd like, and then the next 60km are rollers, possibly with a head wind. fortunately, the descent is only half the climb, so there's still a net altitude gain at the finish.

i am optimistic that i can get a good result. a lot of the riders that placed higher than me at berkeley hills and wente are registered, but for some (probably irrational) reason i feel like i can do better on a longer climb than them.

i'm hoping to stay with the lead group through second little descent, and then go as hard i can on top half of climb. going over a gap is probably my best chance at top-ten finish, but that certainly easier said than done.

whatever happens, it's probably going to be the toughest day of racing so far this season. my overall goal is to not have fun, but to suffer and push myself as hard as i can.

posted by jacob around October 17, 2011 1:27:29 PM UTC