Setting the '08 race calender - First Race
Here's something that racers do in the off season. Mark their calenders up with races they want to do the next year. Here's the start of mine. This isn't taking into account family obligations or budget yet. It's just races, and approxomate dates of, that I'd like to attend. I'm no pro, with no sponsorship obligations, so this is problbly not gonna be set, at least not yet.
The first race of the year looks to be the Oxbow Classic. April 12, 2008. Right here in our neighborhood. A little under 40 miles of gravel road goodness.
If the weather is nice, as it was the last (and only) time I did it, you can do it with a road bike and 23c tires. Just like the pros in Paris-Roubaix. But if it's wet, raining or thawing, I may have to see if I can borrow a cross or mountain bike.
Gonna do the "B" race this time. 2 laps of 17 miles each. It'll be a good test of where I'm at, training wise.
Here's a map of the course:
If you follow the link to MapMyRide and view the elevation, you'll notice if that there's a pretty steep climb just after the 2 mile mark, and again just before the finish. That's the famous 'Oxenberg' (or is it Oxenburg?) climb. It's a short lung burster of a climb, on a small stretch of pavement, that is full of little pot holes and loose peices of broken pavement. It is wrth checking out the climb before the race and make a plan for getting up.
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Monday 12/17/2007 | 12:00 pm
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