Sunday, October 07, 2007  

The Heat Is On

Today Erin and I made the Trek (get it?) down to the Poor Mountain Hill Climb just south of Roanoke. I have done this race a few times and it's a sure fire lung-burning quad-buster. Initially, I was on the fence about going to go this year's race. Recently I took a 10-day break from riding, and despite the few good rides this week and some intense Frisbee golf, I was feeling out of shape. This 6.6 mile hill climb is mostly on dirt road and jeep trails with some pavement at the start. The mountain bike class is the main event and what I was racing.

Last year when I was fresh off my eighth place finish at World Championships, I set a new course record at the hill climb, so I thought the record would be out of reach this year. But, it turned out that I was wrong. Early in today's race, I got fired up to go for broke!

I followed an early push by a dude on a road bike and this year's NMBS Semi Pro Series winner Rob Marion. I knew if I was going to go for that 38:18 record, I needed to get out of dodge. So I just put it to the redline and kept it there for the next half an hour! Really, I mean redline. As far as heart rate goes mine was thru the roof I was seeing 188 bmp a couple miles in and I was like, uh... oh no. I thought about it for a second and figured I was just going to go for it. I am going to drill this one to the line.

I was inside out, drooling and eyes burning with sweat as I met the final mile of 16 percent Hell. I was so glad to see 200 meters to go but it also meant I had to sprint.

I buried it to max heart rate. For real, 194 for the final kick and thought I was going to kick the bucket!

Nice I thought, 37:16

Amazing what some rest will do.



Erin had a great time and managed to survive the 90 degree day for third place in the women's pro/ex race!

Thanks for reading.

JB

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posted by Jeremiah Bishop  # 9:36 PM  

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Impressive and I was happy with my survival time! Way to go with the new course record.
# posted by Jen : 10:42 PM
 
Congrats on the new record! If you want a cooler weather race that's just for fun. Come join us a Hungry Mother Park in Marion, VA on Oct 27th. It's called the Fall Fear. The promoter has a site for it, www.fallfear.com.
Nick
# posted by nick : 10:07 AM
 
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