Last Saturday I participated in the 3rd race of the Masters Cycling Tour(MCT). This is the national series that is being put on by the Korean cycling federation for amateur racers. I was excited for the race because the course was fairly easy meaning there was a high likely hood for a sprint finish. I was also a bit worried though because the race had 300 people in it and unlike in Gapyoung there wouldn't be any hills to split the field up making the possibility for crashes high.
My team had a good group for the race though with 9 riders and my teammate HwanGeol currently sitting in second place for the series. The weather for the race was great with sunny skies and just a little bit of wind. The pace was pretty fast but like I predicted the course was too easy to break up the pack or allow a breakaway to go very far. There were multiple crashes each lap but I was lucky to be in a good position for most of the race and avoid them. I decided after the first lap that I would sit in the whole race and wait for the field sprint. The next few laps were pretty uneventful and with 3km or so I moved my way to the front with my teammates Hwan Geol and Yeon Deok. All 3 of us are good sprinters and if we played it right we had a good chance to sweep the top 3 spots. The finishing straight was pretty straight and I decided to start sprinting first with about 250m to go. I got a good gap and thought I had it but with about 30m left another rider just edged past me as I was running out of steam. I started the sprint just a bit too early but I was still pleased with second overall and first in my age group. Just behind me were Hwan Geol and Yeon Deok too meaning we swept the podium in our age group. The guy who won is a former professional Keirin racer named Jong Chul Kang, who now owns a bike shop in the south part of Korea. He definitely had a good sprint and I'm hoping for a rematch in 2 weeks at the MCT race in Incheon.
The race wasn't all great for my team unfortunately though. My teammate and our team's only female rider Myo Jin crashed hard and has a small fracture in her spine now. It looks like she will make a full recovery but she won't be able to bike for a while. I'm sure she will recover soon though!
지난주토요일에 나주 MCT 대회다녀왔습니다. 금요일 팀들이랑 내려가고 우리 리트칼턴 모텔에서잤어요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. 토요일 아침에 대회준비하고 시작. 나주 코스가 내마음들었어요. 큰언덕없어서 라스트사움 될거같았어요. 하지만 300명이렇게 쉬운코스 에서 대회하면 너무지는사람많알거예요. 나 조심히타고 마지막5키로 까지 기다렸어요. 3키로남을때 나 환걸형이랑 연덕형이랑 앞에있었어요. 우리 다 스프린트 잘하니까 1,2,3등 할수있을거같았어요. 250m 남을때 나 스프린트시작햇어요. 1등할거같았지만 30m남을때 누구 내옆에 왔어요. 일찍시작했어서 힘이 없었어요 2등했어요 그리고 내뒤에 환걸형이랑 연덕형있었어요. 우리 cat 1종목에서 1,2,3등! 하지만 우리 팀 다좋은결과안나왓어요ㅠㅠ. 우리 묘진누나 넘어졌어요 그리고 허리 많이 아파졌어요ㅠㅠ. 누나 빨리나면 좋겠어요!
이번경기에서 너무잘탔어서 다음주있는인천대회기대해요! 다시 라스트사움하면 1등해볼게요!
My team had a good group for the race though with 9 riders and my teammate HwanGeol currently sitting in second place for the series. The weather for the race was great with sunny skies and just a little bit of wind. The pace was pretty fast but like I predicted the course was too easy to break up the pack or allow a breakaway to go very far. There were multiple crashes each lap but I was lucky to be in a good position for most of the race and avoid them. I decided after the first lap that I would sit in the whole race and wait for the field sprint. The next few laps were pretty uneventful and with 3km or so I moved my way to the front with my teammates Hwan Geol and Yeon Deok. All 3 of us are good sprinters and if we played it right we had a good chance to sweep the top 3 spots. The finishing straight was pretty straight and I decided to start sprinting first with about 250m to go. I got a good gap and thought I had it but with about 30m left another rider just edged past me as I was running out of steam. I started the sprint just a bit too early but I was still pleased with second overall and first in my age group. Just behind me were Hwan Geol and Yeon Deok too meaning we swept the podium in our age group. The guy who won is a former professional Keirin racer named Jong Chul Kang, who now owns a bike shop in the south part of Korea. He definitely had a good sprint and I'm hoping for a rematch in 2 weeks at the MCT race in Incheon.
The race wasn't all great for my team unfortunately though. My teammate and our team's only female rider Myo Jin crashed hard and has a small fracture in her spine now. It looks like she will make a full recovery but she won't be able to bike for a while. I'm sure she will recover soon though!
지난주토요일에 나주 MCT 대회다녀왔습니다. 금요일 팀들이랑 내려가고 우리 리트칼턴 모텔에서잤어요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. 토요일 아침에 대회준비하고 시작. 나주 코스가 내마음들었어요. 큰언덕없어서 라스트사움 될거같았어요. 하지만 300명이렇게 쉬운코스 에서 대회하면 너무지는사람많알거예요. 나 조심히타고 마지막5키로 까지 기다렸어요. 3키로남을때 나 환걸형이랑 연덕형이랑 앞에있었어요. 우리 다 스프린트 잘하니까 1,2,3등 할수있을거같았어요. 250m 남을때 나 스프린트시작햇어요. 1등할거같았지만 30m남을때 누구 내옆에 왔어요. 일찍시작했어서 힘이 없었어요 2등했어요 그리고 내뒤에 환걸형이랑 연덕형있었어요. 우리 cat 1종목에서 1,2,3등! 하지만 우리 팀 다좋은결과안나왓어요ㅠㅠ. 우리 묘진누나 넘어졌어요 그리고 허리 많이 아파졌어요ㅠㅠ. 누나 빨리나면 좋겠어요!
이번경기에서 너무잘탔어서 다음주있는인천대회기대해요! 다시 라스트사움하면 1등해볼게요!
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