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WVU's ACCC Conference Championships at Wisp Ski Resort in MD - Bike race weekend #5, April 22rd
The cycling season came and went very fast this spring, and the last race of 
the season had arrived April 22rd - ACCC Conference Championships at Wisp Ski Resort in Garrett County, Maryland. I drove up on the night of Saturday the 21st to meet the team at Wisp as they had been riding the Conference Championship Criterium during the day. Everyone was tired and we all made it bed early as the race started early the next morning. It was a chilly morning at 8 a.m. when I got outisde to start getting ready for the ride. Men's C was set to ride a 24.5 mile course in the shape of a lollipop (the loop was 19.7 miles) described as "a road race unlike any other in the conference with over 1800 feet of vertical during each lap and over 600 feet of climbing in the epilogue to the finish". There turned out to be 39 riders that lined up at the start at 9:30 when they finally got organized to begin the race. There was a neutral roll out of the ski resort for about 2 or 3 miles the included a steep downhill traverse that would have been scary to race down. As we turned 
onto the loop, the race was underway and the whole group took off. The course was a nightmare of ups and downs and it seemed to always be going up and never down like some screwy M.C. Escher drawing or something. I just couldn't keep up with the Men's C field this year and this race turned out to be no exception as I got dropped within 5 or 6 miles of hitting the hills. I just don't ever find the kind of hills in D.C. that this course had in store for me (see the elevation map), and I really enjoyed the experience of getting massacred by the terrain. I eventually made it to the finish line crossing in 32nd out of the 36 finishers. I know now where I need and hope to be next year in order to be competitive at this level. It's going to be fun training all fall and winter to get ready for next season. Following the conclusion of this last race of the season, the Georgetown University Cycling Team finished in 3rd place in the Division 2 team standings of the ACCC behind only Appalachian State and Johns Hopkins. Congrats to the team on an awesome inaugural season!
the season had arrived April 22rd - ACCC Conference Championships at Wisp Ski Resort in Garrett County, Maryland. I drove up on the night of Saturday the 21st to meet the team at Wisp as they had been riding the Conference Championship Criterium during the day. Everyone was tired and we all made it bed early as the race started early the next morning. It was a chilly morning at 8 a.m. when I got outisde to start getting ready for the ride. Men's C was set to ride a 24.5 mile course in the shape of a lollipop (the loop was 19.7 miles) described as "a road race unlike any other in the conference with over 1800 feet of vertical during each lap and over 600 feet of climbing in the epilogue to the finish". There turned out to be 39 riders that lined up at the start at 9:30 when they finally got organized to begin the race. There was a neutral roll out of the ski resort for about 2 or 3 miles the included a steep downhill traverse that would have been scary to race down. As we turned 
onto the loop, the race was underway and the whole group took off. The course was a nightmare of ups and downs and it seemed to always be going up and never down like some screwy M.C. Escher drawing or something. I just couldn't keep up with the Men's C field this year and this race turned out to be no exception as I got dropped within 5 or 6 miles of hitting the hills. I just don't ever find the kind of hills in D.C. that this course had in store for me (see the elevation map), and I really enjoyed the experience of getting massacred by the terrain. I eventually made it to the finish line crossing in 32nd out of the 36 finishers. I know now where I need and hope to be next year in order to be competitive at this level. It's going to be fun training all fall and winter to get ready for next season. Following the conclusion of this last race of the season, the Georgetown University Cycling Team finished in 3rd place in the Division 2 team standings of the ACCC behind only Appalachian State and Johns Hopkins. Congrats to the team on an awesome inaugural season!
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