Race
Report by Marc Truncano:
Hello all,
I know the
mountain bikers were feeling the heat and so were we TT-ers (new word) at the
Dunlap TT in Winters today. With a start
time just after 1130 this morning the road temp was around 105 I think at the
beginning and probably 112 or so at the end.
Anyway my race report is one word - OUCH!!!!!!!
-Marc
Race
report by Mike Poplewko:
Team,
As you all know this was an epic weekend
for racing for Team Velo Wrench. Great
job to all at the Rockhopper. For my part I chose to race the Steve Dunlap
Memorial Time Trial. The course this
year started outside of Winters instead of South from Davis in past years and
followed the Putah creek smack down out and back route with the turn around on
Stevenson Bridge Road. The whole course
is flat with good pavement so that pretty much meant time gains were going to
be determined by the weather conditions and fitness instead of significant
climbs or technical corners. That was
certainly the case for this day with the forecast calling for triple digit high
temperatures and winds from the North gusting 15 to 20. I started off on my race quickly getting up
to speed then settling onto position. At
this point all I wanted was to keep just below my threshold and maintain
pace. I always start TTs a little fast
because of the excitement and adrenalin but I was also feeling good and the
carbon wheel set I got from Vinny sounded awesome so I kept the pace up and
soon caught my 30 second man and it wasn't too much longer till I had my minute
man in sight but I decided to ease up knowing I would be dealing with a head
wind at the turn around point. Now for the
“ouch” part Marc described in his report.
Once I made the turn I was back up out of the saddle to get back up to
speed but my legs were filling with lactic acid and it was very difficult to
maintain the same speed I was before.
Fearing I was paying for my fast start I sat down in my pain cave and
focused on my breathing and tempo only staring at the two or three feet in
front of my bike. This tactic continued
till I made the turn back on Putah creek into a head cross wind and could shift
into a higher gear. I did eventually
catch my minute man and finished 13th. Thanks again to Vinny for the wheel set. -Mike
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