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Tour of the Battenkill Race Report – Part 1

On the road to Cambridge

This past Sunday (April 10th) was the 8th annual Tour of the Battenkill. As I detailed in my last post, America's Queen of the classics had me running a little scared, but I had prepared as best I could, seeing as how I was a late entry via the wait list. Luckly, the bike racing gods smiled upon us and we had a beautiful day for a 64 mile race of dirt and tarmac. Half a world away, Johan Van Summeren was winning the true King of the Classics, so let's see how it went for an amateur in his second race of the season:

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Battenkill Pre Race Jitters

Here we are on the eve of the Tour of the Battenkill. I've done my training, I've ridden my dirt roads, I've spent the past week relaxing and letting my legs do nothing. Still, facing some of the steep dirt climbs of the race course and the sheer length (64 miles this early in the season is a bit tough) have me jittery like a college freshman drinking a pot of coffee the Sunday before finals. Well, I've got my plan as to how I'm going to tackle this race, I went on a very easy ride to stretch my legs this afternoon, and now I'm rocking the compression leggings and formulating my plan. All that's left is to execute it tomorrow morning. Let's see how that will (hopefully) play out:

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