Well after doing the Midweek Mayhem crits every Tuesday night, I thought I should check this event out. Everyone I talked to said it was a lot of fun so I decided to see what it was all abotu. The event is a 3 day stage race that made up of a hill climb time trial, criterium and road race.
At first I was only going to do the criterium but I thought...if I'm going to suffer, I may as well make a weekend out of it. It seems I'm starting to become a roadie!
I decided not to do any races in July and train up for this event. This will be my first road race event and will be one of the few races my friend and family will be able to come out and watch.
The hill climb will be a time trial to the top of COP.
The criterium course will be a pretty technical 1km course around Bow Cycle.
The road race will be a 5.3km circuit race through the roads of the Bearspaw Golf Club.
I'm really looking forward to the criterium. While these races are always really sketchy, I love the rush of going 40-50km/h on a bike. I also find these races so exciting to watch...so much going on in every race and it's almost as if the racers are putting on a show for the spectators.
The road race course seems really fun. While it has a big hill in it...it's pretty technical and has something for everyone. To me it seems like a longer, slightly slower criterium course. I have pre-ridden my laps for the course a couple times and I personally like the format...though I'm sure some people disagree.
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