The 2008 Road Season!

...is going to involve a lot of driving! (and hopefully a lot of fun) With the second and final ski race weekend this Saturday and Sunday at Waterville Valley, I started thinking ahead to the impending road season.

Being on the NorEast team is going to commit me to some races and other events, but before I have that information, my tentative schedule looks something like this (* denotes 98% definite...everything else- who knows?):

*March 15: Columbia Grant's Tomb Crit (50min.)
March 29: Penn State RR (85.6 miles?!?!)
March 30: Penn State Crit (60min.)
*April 5: Army RR (70 miles last year)
*April 6: Army Hill Climb + Crit (probably 60min. + 10-11min. hill climb)
*April 12: Boston Beanpot RR (78 miles last year)
April 13: Boston Beanpot Tufts Crit (not too sure- sketchy crit)
*April 19: Battenkill-Roubaix (82 miles)
*April 26-27: ECCC Championships at Dartmouth
May 3: Jiminy Peak RR (150km=93 miles...probably won't do this, but still thinking about it.)
May 4: Hollenbeck's Spring Classic (maybe ~60 miles? local, low-key race)
May 10: Bristol Mountain RR (won this as a cat4, but p/1/2 field is very small...maybe not)
May 11: Bear Mountain Spring Classic (98 miles!...possibility)
May 17: Syracuse Race Weekend RR+TT (small field, may not be worth it)
May 18: Syracuse Race Weekend Crit OR North Stonington Classic (CT)
May 25: Downtown Hartford Crit (big race...but it's a crit...)
June 7: Balloon Festival Race (not a big race, so maybe not)
*June 14: Cyclonauts RR (56 miles last year...nice and reasonable)
*June 15: Housatonic Hills RR (81 miles- great race...great finish)
June 22: Owasco Flyer (easy local race to keep things going before Fitchburg)
*July 3-6: Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic (biggest race of the season)
July 12-13: Owasco Stage Race (small field for p/1/2...probably just take it easy after F-L)
*July 26: Tour of the Hilltowns (97 miles)
August 3: Central NH RR (64 miles, smaller field, maybe)
*August 8-10: Rochester Omnium (if they let small teams ride the p/1/2 race)
August 16: Concord Crit (probably required for the team)
*August 29-September 1: Green Mountain Stage Race (YEAH!)

then...CYCLOCROSS!

That adds up to be somewhere in the range of 35-40 races for the spring/summer, before any additional track days (whether single bike or tandem!). It's a good thing entry fees are covered for a lot of this...something tells me I won't be making money like I did last season.

With this tentative schedule, I should probably sit down and think about goals and training in specific for races like Fitchburg and GMSR...but I'm sure I probably won't ever get around to it. And I should also start riding more!

All for now.