Today was the Cross for Kids at Canada Olympic Park and another disorganized trip to the race for me. As I was about to put my bike on the car rack, I noticed I had another broken spoke. I'm going to get through the final few races of the season and then get a new wheel in the Spring. I spent a few minutes to change the spoke and try to get my wheel close to true. I noticed after the race that the rim might have still been rubbing the brake but there's some dirt that needs to be cleaned off my bike before I do a proper truing job. Anyway, once I got to the race, I also noticed I forgot my water.
The course at COP had to be changed due to the ski hill opening very early this year. As we were racing in amongst the bobsleigh course, skiers were on the main hill and junior lugers were practicing. Unfortunately, the covers were on the corners so you couldn't see the luges go past. The bike course favoured climbers. There were two good stretches on sidewalks that were difficult for me. Technically, there were lots of turns but nothing too difficult. Still, I didn't find a good flow through many of the turns. I did manage to have fairly consistent lap times but, again, I finished one lap behind the winner. I did have some racers around me most of the time. I have decided to be more aggressive with my passes but it was still difficult to pass when the rider I was trying to go around would wander all over the track unpredictably. I passed a few riders in the sand trap.
I completely six laps for 9.6 km in 42:50. I had an average speed of 13.5 km/h and a top speed of 35.6 km/h. There was about 35 m of climbing every lap. I averaged 171 bpm with a maximum of 182 bpm.
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