Friday, June 17, 2005

Nevada City this weekend

Lord willing, and assuming the baby doesn't show up super early(!!), I'll be doing The Nevada City Classic this weekend. Below is a brief course description:
The 1.66km (1.1-mile) circuit makes it easy to follow the race, and boy, what a race to watch! With 100m (300+ft) of brutal climbing each lap, the pro men will have to complete a total of 1,3701m (4,500ft by the race's end. And at the top of each climb it is time to forget the speed limit as Broad Street, in this 150 year old Gold Rush town, once again becomes a frantic blur of color and noise as the peloton hurtles down at speeds over 100kph (50mph). Then it is time to test brakes and tires at the hard off-camber left-hander at the bottom.

Given my fitness right now, it's probably suicide for me to go to this race, but it's too cool of a race for me to pass up. I did it last year as a Cat. 3 and totally loved it. This year I'll be racing the big boys, pray that I last more than 10 laps!

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