MIVA/Coal City Crit #6 May 23

Well so much for summer.  17 riders came out for what was hands down the windiest race we've ever had.  The pack held together for the first ten laps, then the bell rang for the first prime and everything fell apart with the wind splintering the pack.  Four riders managed to keep it together and lap most of the field at least once. Full Results Here

 

First Prime - Justin Mark

Second Prime - Justin Mark

Third Prime - James Sage

 

First Place Men - Liam Sallivan

First Place Women - Janna Gillick

 

Thanks to our Volunteers who in addition to dealing with Drivers also had to address the issue of signage blowing away tonight.

All Volunteers are entered for the Draw prize of a brand new set of Easton EC90 wheels.

 

 

Crit Standings

Standings as of May 16

Thank you to Janna for compiling these.

Find out where you're at and grab some sunscreen and gatorade.  Second could be up for grabs if Kevin doesn't make the drive down and third is up as well since Mike has chosen tonight as his night to work a corner.

 

May Long Weekend

What a weekend so far, sunny and warm, not even a hint of rain. A quick look at strava shows that many of you are taking advantage of this amazing weather and putting in some miles.   For those of you stuck at work or catching up on yardwork I hear your pain....

The Monday night development ride is still on tomorrow night, leaving from Nanaimo Ice Center at 6pm.  The number of groups will be determined by how many people show up.  As always it's a 'No Drop' ride.  So come out and get some practice riding with a group or just spin out your legs after finishing a long hard ride today.

Tuesday Night is Crit Night.  630 registration, 7pm racing.  It's the best interval work out in town.  Not interested in racing, come by to cheer and help out.  All volunteers will be entered into for the draw prizes at the AGM.

Wednesday night Rock City is running an intermediate pace group ride.

Thursday is a short and sweet 20km Time trial up on Nanaimo River Road.  Last weeks race had some fast times posted with Nigel Ellsay coming up from Victoria to take the win.

Register to Volunteer, race or get a seasons pass here

 

Just feel like chilling out and relaxing in the sun check out Crit Corner on youtube.  There's some great videos on race tactics and recaps from some of the Lower Mainland races

Pace

Time trial tomorrow night is our second 40km TT of the season.  We've had a couple of weeks to recover and train from the first one so it's a great opportunity see how you've come along and improved.  The trick with the longer time trials is to pace yourself correctly.  It's easy to go out hard and burn up so you've got nothing left and have to crawl home on the second lap.  You also don't want to take it too easy on the start and cross the line feeling fresh and ready to do it all again. At this moment the only two people signed up are the current Series Leaders

If you're curious to see who knows how to pace themselves check out the results from the last 40km TT and see who had the closest splits.

Pre register here.  You're projected finish time will be used to build the start list tomorrow night

 

 

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