Event
Copa
Rio de Janeiro, Stage 2 - Madureira Circuit Race
March 2014
Course
description
2.5
Km loop for 14 laps
Super
lumpy, littered with sunken manhole covers and a series of speed humps.
A
very slight climb and lots of turns through narrow city streets.
I
like the technical stuff
Previous
Results
First
time in this location
Weather
Nice
and hot 87+
Teammates
Though
the race starts all Master B 40+ … the podium is selected separate B1
40-44 and B2 45-49 - me a B2
I
had 3 friends in TBear-Rio kits that raced in the B1…Vinicius,
Leandro and Alexandre - who won 2 primes!
Goals
With
last season racing Pro/Elite I return to Masters racing looking to make
breaks and score podiums
Plan
I don't recall
any primes last season but this race had 4 announced before the race! a
nice change to spice things up.
Laps
3, 6 , 9 & 12 had a R$100.00 prize with the race finishing on lap 14.
My
plan was to wait until the legs got hot on lap 6 and counter hard the typical
Prime let down and try to get a break going.
If
we got to lap 12 together I would give 100% on the last 2 laps
Race
Summary
As
planned I stayed close on all the primes but held back a bit in each of the
sprints.
I
towed the line a few more laps than I should've (feel in' like Ken here)
as no one wanted anything to do with the front end but the legs
felt good…
Tried
on a few occasions to escape after laps 3, 6 & 9 but the group was very
attentive.
Finally,
on lap 12 I gave it all I had after the Prime group sat up and got away
with 4 others…2 B1's and 2 B2's. Unfortunately none of the B1 TBears were
in the group.
I
drove it all of lap 13 as no one wanted to pull through and finally got a
bit of help from Marcello on finally loop.
Able
to recover a bit; we approached the long wide flat drags trip to the
finish and as a mediocre sprinter I went for it early at perhaps
350M?!
…and
to my surprise solo to the line!
Results
1st
Takeaway
Most
Masters riders in Rio seem to be waiting for the final sprint - so I
need to work on that top end and crafting the break-away with willing
and able riders.
Need
to coordinate better with the Master B1 TBears-Rio so that when the
breaks go we are both represented.
Numbers
Distance:
20.1 Miles
Time:
48:04
Elevation
Gain: 548 ft
Avg
Speed:20 mph
Max
Speed:35.1 mph
Avg
HR:155
Max
HR:195
NP:284
watts
Avg
Power:264 watts
Max
Power:1242 watts
Power
for last 5km: 344 watts
TSS:101.5
Suffer
score:83
Go
Bears!!
Aaron
TBC
PCG Coach: Hunter Allen
