It started early with a 7 mile time trial at 7am. Very nice course on excellent new roads with little traffic, south of the ABQ airport. 1/2 mile 7% hill in the last mile and a half - ouch! I ended up in the middle of the pack at 18:19 - quite satisfied for my first racing time trial.
Hooked up with new Ciclistas member Eric Strong before the start of the road race at 1pm. Eric is a friend of Doug's and joins us from west Texas - where he says he can't find enough racers to train with.
40 mile out'n'back road race with a 20mph headwind going out, tailwind returning. I felt great for the first 15 miles, and then got on the wrong side of an echelon for far too long, and got dropped on the rollers at mile 22. I was dead last at that point! Up ahead the accelerations in the bunch were starting to shell more people, including Eric. I caught up with him (siempre los farolitos rojos por los Ciclistas!) and together we started to reel in more. Caught two more on our way to the finish, and nearly caught another pair at the line, just 3 seconds down. Good strong finish, I just gotta figure out a way to get through miles 20-30 without getting dropped! Times have not been posted yet, so I'm not sure how far back of the bunch we were.
40 minute criterium tomorrow - goal for me is to finish without getting lapped!
2013 Amy Dombroski Memorial Dolores Cross
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2012 Dolores CX Results
Any questions concerning the results, please email CiclistasdelRio@gmail.com
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