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Mar 8, 2010 Race report
What’s up team Fremont Fernando and I we already sign in for this road race in Petaluma registration are now open,want to joint us? here is the link fo it ;the registration is via bike reg.
http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=10436
Merco Foothills Road Race E4 2010
Mar 8, 2010 Race report
After a water logged Snelling Road Race I was hoping the forecasted weather for Merco would hold true. I wasn’t dissappointed. Blue skies, light wind 60 degree temps were a welcome change to last weeks cold and wet race.
Erik met me at my house around 5:30am. Put his bike and kit in my truck and we were rolling by 5:45am. We arrived at the race venue around 7:40am or so. Took a little longer than the drive to Snelling because you have to go around Turlock Lake to get to the race area. Parked on the road and walked over to registration. Stood in the long line (porta-potties)and the much shorter line (registration). Erik bought a breakfast burrito off one of the vendors there and scarfed that down before heading out. Went back and got kitted up and rode up and down the road to warm up. Erik was in the 35+ 4’s race and they started 5 minutes after the 4’s. Bid him good luck and went to the staging area.
Erik was on the 4’s wait list. When he tried to get in they said it was all full. So I guess we had a full field of 100 to start. Being all alone I looked for a few friendly faces to chat with. Three FFBC alums were there: Oscar, Tim, and German. All BBC dudes now so had someone to talk to during the race. For awhile at least. Both Oscar and German had mechanicals that caused them to DNF. The race official said there would be some potholes and rough roads out on course. She wasn’t kidding. The roads were mostly okay but one section was so torn up it was like riding on cobbles.
Whistle blows and were off. No parade lap here. Racing from the get go. Lots of team work right away. Roaring Mouse’s Hank Scholz was rocking the BAR jersey after winning the Merced Crit and Snelling last weekend. He was a marked man and, he wasn’t going off in a break today. Pretty much nobody was going off the front for very long. A few long mild rollers to start out on Keyes Rd. lead to to a mostly flat course. A few more mellow rollers and a couple of short quick descents bring you to the left turn on Cox Ferry Road. This is area with the jacked up pavement. Flat and straight for a bit before the long rollers that mark the end of Cox Ferry. The turn back onto Keyes is fast as you are descending the backside of a roller. This turn brings you onto the portion of the course that is also used in the Snelling race. Luckily the mud was gone and Lake Snelling had dried up. The first lap was pretty fast. A couple of dudes did some offroading and crashed but, for the most part an uneventful lap. Second lap starts mellow enough but you can almost feel the nervous energy. I spent most of the race in the top 30 or so. Some teams were trying to stay grouped together for the end. About halfway through lap #2 I was getting a drink when I hit a road reflector with only one hand loosely on the hoods. Didn’t go down or take anyone out but, made me pay closer attention to what was going on. I figured if someone wanted to make a last ditch break effort they would do it on the rollers on Cox Ferry. So I moved up to the top 15 or so for those. The pace picked up but nobody got away. I dug deep and crested the last roller in the top ten suprisingly. Got through the turn on Keyes and tried to recover for the finish. The typical surges through the S turn on Keyes caused me to slip back a bit farther. I totally misjudged the distance to the start finish line. Thought we had farther to go. Ended up finishing 59th at the tail end of the leading group. Happy to finish but a little irritated I screwed up on the mileage. Race was around 47 miles not the 48 quoted distance. No biggie though.My computer showed 1 hour 57 minutes for the race for about 24 mph average, pretty quick. Still had a cramping issue with my calves. Might be time to look again at bike fit and cleat positioning.
Mike Baxter
Merco Credit Union – Foothills Road Race
Mar 8, 2010 Race report, Road Race
The Merco Road Race was my first big production race. There were a lot of pro teams and there was a lot of excitement in the air. The race itself was pretty calm, but there were a lot of blocking tactics going on teams would spread out and take up a lot of road to block people from trying to go around. There were a few break away attempts that were shut down pretty quickly. At about mile 15 the road was so damaged that it felt like cobblestone for a good 3-4 miles. Which was then followed by close to a 1 mile hill climb that split the pack on the first pass (great place to attack) followed by a quick 1 mile downhill. After the hill the pack dropped from 100 to about 60. Going in to the second lap I made a move on the hill and found myself getting blocked with nowhere to go. The rest of the race I hung out about 40th and at the finish line I advanced by weaving between bonking riders in to 31st. I was only 4-5 seconds behind the person that took first, but I could not advance any further because the entire road width wise was full. I should have jumped sooner but I missed the 1 KM to go sign.
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Erik Camacho
Tomorrow Ride
Mar 5, 2010 Race report
Hey Guys and Gals Fernando,Gonzalo Miguel and I we are planning to make the palomares redwood rd. ride if any is interest in joing us we are departing from the Niles parking lot @ 8:30 sharp No one is left behind on this ride there is no KOM points or Sprint points just an easy ride.
PS: This is not an Official team ride but we like to show our love to Team Fremont and wear the new kit .
Sea Otter Classic 2010
Mar 3, 2010 Race report
It’s look like the registration is already open for this who’s going?!
http://www.seaotterclassic.com/index.cfm/competitive_events_rb_sram_road_bike.htm
Also here is the link to the registration site:
http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?EVENT_ID=1782115&CHECKSSO=0
this link is for the road race, if you looking for the criterium or circuit race follow the links on the official web site.
Cheers Team Fremont
A.C
Snelling Race February 27, 2010
Feb 28, 2010 Race report, Ride reports
I woke up at 4:50 am and at 5:15 I left to Snelling. While I was driving their were strong showers, but I still wanted to participate in the race, even though I was in the waiting list. Fifteen minutes, before the race started, they told me that I was going to be in the race.
Being my first race, I wasn’t nervous, in the other hand, I felt comfortable and relived that I was able to race. When the race started I felt sure of myself because we were going fifteen to eighteen miles per hour. After three miles the person ,giving the signals, gave the sign for us to go on and everyone started attacking, going 25 to 27 mph. But still, I was doing good and was within the pack. The only problem were the puddles on the road that were really deep; my feet would touch the water as we rode through them. Throughout the race I was within the pack even though sometimes I would be in the back, other times I would be in the front. The speed was varied. On the last lap everyone started to go faster and before, about a quarter of a mile from the finish line there was an accident, which made the pack move to the left side of the road, causing me to stay in the back. After passing the accident, on the last turn, everyone started attacking to the finish line. I started attacking late and ended up in 14th place. Even though I didn’t get the top 5 I was glad to be able to complete my first race.
Gonzalo Carrillo
Snelling Road Race Cat#4 2010
Feb 27, 2010 Race report
Woke up to dry pavement outside the house. I’m thinking SWEET. Get myself cleaned up, grab a little chow and go to put my bike it the car. It’s friggin pouring outside. Not so sweet. Well, thats life. Boogie over to Bill’s to convoy to the race. Erik, Mike C, Bill and I are rolling at 4:45. It rains more on than off all the way to Snelling. We pulled into the park around 6:30 or so. Mark, Sandra, RB and Bas all show up in short order. Thomas and Bryan roll in a little while later. Great the gang’s all here. We all do are thing and get prepped to do battle. Rain had pretty much stopped by the time I hopped on my trainer. 20 minutes just to let my legs know we aren’t at home on the couch. Then we mosey on over to the start area. Sandra was nice enough to take my rain cape for me. Glad I did’t wear that. It would have been way to warm.
We had a full field of 100 for the 4’s. As the race official went over the details she mentioned that their was water on the course. OK that’s life. Yadda Yadda feed zone blah blah 100 yds 12 inches deep. Whoah Whoah WTF. Turns out we had to ford “Lake Snelling” . So, multiple water crossing, some of it flowing, mud and sand. Pretty sure they said Road Race not Cyclocross. This should be very interesting.
We roll at or very close to the posted start time of 8:20. A 3 mile neutral zone took us to the FULLY CLOSED course. That was sweet. Right up the feed zone down the other side a little left a little right and boom we are at the lake. Bait shop is on the right, boat launch is on the left. It wasn’t to bad on lap one. The group was slow to get a feel for the water. I was actually more worried about the debris on both sides of the water. Lots of water!! 2 or 3 spots where the road was fully under and to many huge puddles to count. Throw in the mud, gravel and junk on the road and it was puncute galore. I’d say people who got flats had to number over a hundred. The first lap went by quick. Second and third laps a bit slower but still a decent pace. Typically you would get a surge out of the turns and water crossings. Nothing crazy. I was feeling well and enjoying myself. The rollers were pretty mellow and I could stay in the saddle when we went up them. I have to say for such an all around crappy day the 4’s played very well together. Not to many close calls and everyone seemed to want to stay safe. I think it was on lap three in the fast downhill section we came upon a crash. Pretty sure it was a lady who went down. Heard after the race she had to be medivac’ed out. Hope she is doing ok. As we finished lap 4 we found out that a break had gone up the road and had about a minute on us. So pace picked up a bit. No problem right. Wrong! After the 4th time across the pond I started to feel the front of my lower leg locking up. Weird, that’s a new one. I tried to baby it for about a half a lap but eventually I just couldn’t put the power down to stay with the bunch. Nuts! I guess the cold water and wind on my exposed lower legs was a bad thing. So time for the looooong ride home. Stopped on the way back to help Mick from Specialized with a flat. We were riding back together when I spot Bas. He had a flat and was waiting for a lift back. Get back to the park and almost everyone is there. WOW, I must really be slow. Well not that slow. Great job Thomas, Gonzalo, Mark and Erik on finishing. Was not a walk in the park. Was really great to see so many Team Fremont people out there. I think it was Roy’s first race as a team member. Next up Merco Foothills RR next weekend. Rain is forecasted. Ah Crap here we go again.
On another note. The new kit is quite nice. Well not as nice as it was 24 hours ago. Most of the stains came out. Garry,RB and others great job. Looks great and thanks for not going all white on the bibs.
Mike Baxter
Commuting Back to Fremont
Feb 26, 2010 Race report
Good morning and happy Friday to all the Team Fremont members,For all those teammies going to Snelling tomorrow is there any chance to some of you guys can give me a ride back to Fremont or some close since Gonzalo’s brother is having his B-day party in Tracy and Gonzalo is going to stay with him until later and i don’t want to miss the race…..Let me know if any of you guys can help me back I really appreciate it!!!
THANK YOU
ALEX CORTEZ
