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Again we are co-presenting a criterium series with Bicycle Heaven and promoter Drew Akin to be held on March 15th, May 10th, May 31st, June 7th, and June 14th.  The flyer can be downloaded here. Pre-registration is now open and can be found here.

The race course is a 1k flat and fast, non-technical triangular drag strip through a local office park just inside 1604 off of Lockhill-Selma Rd. Click here for a map.

Join us!

Scott hammering at the Miles of DisCOMFORT

You hear, read, and observe that drafting behind another rider saves you energy.  Do you know how much?  This past Saturday two handsome fellows went out for a ride.  They picked a mostly flat course for a 20-min effort and time trial.  They both weigh the same, ride the same road bike, road on their hoods but with an aggressive posture, and were both equiped with power meters.  The lead gentleman buried himseld over the course of this 20 minutes, holding back his own vomit, and produced a stunning average power of 313 watts and a normalized power of 316 watts.  The gentleman following him stayed on his wheel in his draft, shouted encouraging words, and took in the scenery.

How many watts were produced and saved my the gentleman drafting?

A. Avg power of 281 (saving 32 watts), npower of 291 (saving 25 watts)
B. Avg power of 271 (saving 42 watts), npower of 281 (saving 35 watts)
C. Avg power of 261 (saving 52 watts), npower of 271 (saving 45 watts)
D. Avg power of 241 (saving 72 watts), npower of 251 (saving 65 watts)
E. No PRF teammate can produce that kind of power

Click here to see the answer: http://peakfitnessracing.org/forum/index.php?topic=686.0

I have now raced a bicycle in every type of bike-related race, except BMX, and I must say that cyclocross is the most fun…. and the most painful.  It takes the handling skills of a mountain biker, the group riding skills of a road cyclists, the full gas of a criterium racer, and the pedal-to-your-puke-point of a time trialist.  Then throw in some barriers and run ups that force you to get off your bike and run.  Crazy stuff!  And crazy fun!  This past weekend five of us competed in the Texas State Cyclocross Championships here in town.  While we are all new to the game we had some impressive results in the Cat 4 championship race: Ian Newcomb was 8th (2nd cx race ever), Vince Rosetta was 12th (1st cx race ever), Bill Earthman was 13th (1st cx race ever), and Scott McMillian was 14th.  Videos of the races are below.  The greatest performance of the weekend was Brian Fawley who won the men’s open race.  He rode his bike up every run-up.  Sure, several guys rode the run-ups in the first couple of laps.  But he rode up all of them for the entire 60 minute race.  Very impressive.  I got a closeup in the video below, and about got run over doing it.

While Lance captivated the headlines from last weekend’s Tour de Gruene, Peak Fitness Racing athletes won the most booty! We had 12 teammates compete in the individual and team time trials and earned 4 first places and 9 podium spots! A special congratulations go out to Cole and Mike Adams for winning their respective divisions on Saturday and the team time trial on Sunday. They alone count for 3 of our wins! Robert Mercado also gets special recognition for winning his division on Saturday. Here are the details: (more…)

PFR member Mike Adams had a great race at the State Championships this past Sunday coming in 26th overall out of a field of 90 registered racers. Way to go Mike!

Ian, Kyle, and Bill got caught up in a wreck right before the finish, Morris was behind them, then Cole, then Scott, and then Brandon. Bill McMillian and Cole’s friend and new teammate Mark manned the feedzone and really helped out!

with enough margin to give the victory salute!  Read his race report here.