The Divide - 50mi (Gravel Race) 2023
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2023
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* At 17:50 I realized I lost my bottle that had ALL of my nutrition and electrolytes for the entire race!
* At 21:40 I had to remove my rear broken GoPro that was hanging on by one zip tie.
The number one goal of this race was to stay safe. This race was 2 weeks prior to a planned 7 day Colorado bike packing trip, so crashing and injuries were not an option. I had to play this safe and conservative. Which resulted in me basically doing a solo TT after the first 20 minutes.
This race was a bit a mess for me. After realizing I lost all my nutrition, but didn't know exactly when or where, I was scrambling on how to resolve this. First I thought maybe I'll just try to finish the race without any fuel, ugh. Then, I thought surely my competition would have extra and willing to share.... they did not. Finally, at some point I remembered something about Aid Stations that was briefed at the start when I wasn't paying attention. So the goal was to find some of those and rely on whatever they had.
I found the first aid station at 42:05 and their was a bit of confusion as all they said they had was Coke, water and pickles, but no gels or fuel. I heard one of the guys call out Gatorade and realized they at least had that, so filled my bottle and chugged some Coke. I stopped at 52:01 and topped off my bottle and again at 1:35:50. At 1:27:01 I nailed my my first ever drink hand-up from a volunteer handing out Gatorade. Even though my nutrition plan was gone and the aid station mix was upsetting my stomach, I stayed positive and kept steady. I was able to pick off quite a few riders later in the race which was encouraging and placed 19th overall, my best gravel race finish to date.
The Divide is a gravel road bike race held in Manton, MI. The Divide is a part of the Michigan Gravel Race Series and there are three distances to choose from; 19, 34, & 50 miles. All three routes are very hilly (4K+ elevation gain) and include a mixture of gravel, seasonal, and forest roads some of which have some very deep sandy spots, plenty that require forced hike-a-bike.
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Nice race! I think I found a new training buddy for when I’m on the trainer!!
NICE VIDEO. VERY SCENIC ROUTE, VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE AWESOME VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE TO GET ME THROUGH THE INDOOR WINTER WORKOUTS.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Appreciate this upload! Came in handy for my rainy morning spin session. 👌😎
19th overall with all those stops - well done!
Thanks. Wish I hadn’t lost my nutrition, felt like I had the legs.
That’s a great ride considering all the unforeseen circumstances that prevailed.
Questions if I may:
That incoming sound, is the pedal cleat or the Go Pro mount banging?
What tires did you use?
Size of the field?
What camera do you use?
How you get all that screen data?
Your rpms looked fairly decent throughout so you must have a roadie background.
Anyways thanks for taking me along, it was a cool ride. Keep pedalling!
Thanks!
The banging sound was when the rear GoPro mount broke. The camera was hanging on by a zip tie swinging and hitting the saddle, as well as the back of my leg.
For tires I use 40mm Pirelli Centurato Gravel H.
For my front camera it's a GoPro 10.
I get the overlay data on the video using VIRB Edit.
Regarding cadence, I've never ridden on the road or owned a road bike. I've only always had a MTB and bought my gravel bike fall of 2022. However, I ride a lot on the indoor trainer over the winter, so maybe it comes from that.
What camera system are you using that allows you to have your route along with power/HR/SPEED and all that on the video? I have the GoPro and I’m not impressed
I use GoPro but I edit with Garmin VIRB that allows me to put overlays on my videos.
Do you think you will get back into mtb races.
Our local MTB race series has ended as have many of the Races. I raced a MTB 100 (Lumberjack 100) a month ago, but I had some filming issues so I couldn’t make a video out of it.
I just finished a 7 day MTB bike packing adventure (Hut 2 Hut, Durango to Moab) that hopefully has some good video.
I have 1 more MTB race on the schedule in 2 weeks and then the rest are gravel. Unfortunately, locally MTB racing is no longer popular.