The Dreaded Speed Bump

I went out and did a short 60 min. ride this afternoon. I spent some of my time on the criterium route around Weed Park in Muscatine. This picture is of the dreaded speed bump at the bottom of the long hill on the east side of the 1-mile course. I've practiced going over this speed bump a few times at race speed (30-40 mph). There is indeed an art to this. On Tuesday morning I rode the course with Greg Harper, our Cat-2 racer. He has learned to keep pedalling while going over the bump. I haven't been able to accomplish that and need to stop pedalling and coast over.


I am looking at doing either the plus 50 race at 9:30 am or the Cat-5 race at 3:30. I am still not 100% sure of myself and will probably wait until race day to decide. Tuesday morning when I rode with Greg I couldn't seem to get my legs to cooperate and most of the laps were averaging in the 17-19 range. Today I did one lap at almost 21 mph, but I am not sure I can hold this pace for 14 laps in the 50+ race or 8 laps in the Cat-5 race.


Casey is doing pretty good today and Patti was able to spend the day at Jody's house to do some cleaning and baking.