NECX BAR Fitchburg 11-26-17

Race reports
Post Reply
dantelman
Peloton
Posts: 427
Joined: Fri May 19, 2017 7:30 am

NECX BAR Fitchburg 11-26-17

Post by dantelman »

From cross results Sharon Benedict took 4th in the women's masters 40+ race.

Five of us raced the 40+ 4/5, with Ian Stratton taking 7th, Mike Condon 10th, John Steiger 15th, myself 25th and Christo 32.
the 40+ 4/5 is often the largest masters field as new riders are getting into the cross...

The holeshot went smoothly, slight reroute of the course due to some ice earlier in the morning. But was not really able to advance many places from my starting position. It's a relatively flat course, a few very tight short radius turns bordering on annoying... a short run up with a log, an easy chute descent. Lots of long straight sections to power, although we were fighting wind today. The barriers were immediately after a 180 degree turn, so hard to carry any momentum into the barriers...the sand section was mostly rideable. I had one fall in some loose pine needles.

It is a fast course that requires almost constant pedaling with no place to recover really...

Someone shot a good video of the 50+... you can watch it if it doesn't make you dizzy.

https://vimeo.com/244547937
Hup Hup
Post Reply