stieda classic 2023

May 27, 2023

We only had two people in my category for this race. The category being Citizen, which is supposed to be a mixed gender, less intense beginner kind of racing. The other guy, Keith, was also part of my cycling club but he said he was only in this class by mistake. He was confused and could probably have been in the Mens’ Category 4. But there we were.

We got to start with the Women Cat 4 group which was awesome. They pushed me hard and did all the work so I just had to hang with the bunch. And I did. I went the fastest I’d ever done 40km.

stieda classic 2022

May 9, 2022

My knee went pop in the last 7km of the ride and Mike who I’d been riding with left me behind. It was all right though. I was going to finish my first road race. And yes, I was slow, but that was okay.

results #

• 43rd place (out of 50 in Category 5)

• Average Speed 27.72 km/h

• 2:03:22 (2 Laps) 33:59 behind winner

  • Lap 1 49:32
  • Lap 2 1:13:49 (note that this lap was longer)

• Zone 4 Results