Bare Bones Training Crit #1

Posted by Dan on 30. August 2009 05:54

Wednesday night was our team's first attempt at race promotion. The Virginia Beach Sportsplex played host to our single-field one-hour race, the first of a planned five races.

I could go into all of the details of what we went through to put this on, but I'd rather spend a little more time on it and make it useful for future promoters rather than crank out a quick "look what I did". Moving on...



The East Coast Bicycles kids' race started at 6:45 with three riders. Elijah and Arianna Shipp and Dane Craddock took the line and gave it their all in the one lap race. In the end, Dane narrowly beat out Elijah for the win. The top 3 riders received a limited edition Bare Bones Training Series tag:



Around 7:00 PM, the main event started. The pace started high and stayed that way throughout. Last year's Heat of the Summer series was similar, but I remember a lot more carnage last year. Dropped and lapped riders were sprinkled around the course making it a bit interesting. This time there didn't seem to be any carnage. While several pulled off, most hung on for the duration, even when the speed was 30+ mph.



Our light was quickly fading and our race was shortened by a few minutes. We covered 24 miles in just under 55 minutes and ended with a bunch sprint. Unfortunately, the light was too far gone to get video, so only the top seven were scored:

1. Brent Lehew (Atlantic Velo)
2. Tyler Karnes (Hincapie Development)
3. Gene Fowler (Final Kick)
4. Mike Hosang (Tripower)
5. Jeff Parker (Virginia Beach Velo)
6. Wick Smith (Celerity Cycling/Fitness Together)
7. Bill Collins (Virginia Beach Velo)

Next week we're starting at 6:15 (kids' race to go just before then). We're losing 10 minutes of light each week and most likely be moving the start to 6:00 in for races #4 and 5.