May 15 Time Trial Information
This is our first time trial of the year, and we want you to know all about it. Please read through everything!
BASIC INFORMATIONThis is our first time trial of the year. We want to make sure that parents and families know that they are invited to come and watch/participate, as we want to replicate somewhat a race type atmosphere. Come cheer on your rider and our team! We will be riding the Eagle Mountain Race Course - this is the same course that we will race for Regionals (High School riders). Time trials are used as a great baseline for us so that we can appropriately group you into training groups during the season, and they help prepare us for race days. They simulate many of the aspects of a race day, from wave starts, timed racing, race course distance, check-in and pitzone, and more. They are a super important part of our year. DATE: Saturday May 15th TIME: 7:30 am - 12:00 pm - ends when all riders are off the course LOCATION: Eagle Mountain Race Course CONTACT INFO: If, for any reason, you need to contact us during the event or before, please use slack, or text/call either Coach Clark at 801-691-3249 or Bryant Ercanbrack at 801-916-1323. Please know, we are going to be pretty busy, so we’ll have someone monitoring Slack for us, and we’ll answer/respond as quickly as possible. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to know when things are, where to be, and what times, etc. It is all posted here in the email, will be in Slack, and will be on our wiki. See numbers on Map and matching descriptions below for the key places for the weekend:
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RACE COURSE |
The race course we use is the NICA (our league) race course here in Eagle Mountain. You can preview it here: https://www.trailforks.com/route/eagle-mountain-uhscl-course/map/ The course is 5.9 miles long (every group did at least that many miles last Saturday), and has a total of 500 ft of elevation climbing and 500 ft descent. It is very typical of a race course we ride for our races. In fact, this one will be used for the High School Regional Championships for our region this year on October 2nd. See the map below for a general idea of how it flows. The number 1 is where we start, number 12 is where we end. The rest of the numbers are where we will have people stationed throughout the time to guide and watch for riders. |
TIME TRIAL TIMELINE7:00 am : Coaches Setup course and Pitzone See wave schedule for full time schedule for each wave, and what wave you are in. WAVE SCHEDULEWe will be sending riders out in waves (smaller groups of riders) to keep trail congestion down. Here is the link to our wave groupings/schedule - find what group you are in and make sure to check-in on time, get warmed up, and be ready to go! Know that if you are injured and cannot ride, we still encourage you to come and participate cheering, etc with us on Saturday. If you are in this category (injured), we also did not list you on the wave list - we are aware of you, however. TIME TRIAL PREPARATIONTime trials are not easy. Riders are trying their best on the course and pushing their limits. It’s important that they come prepared for the day. Here are some important tips to be ready: |
CLOSING THOUGHTS/INFOIF YOU CANNOT MAKE THE TIME TRIAL: If, for some reason, you are unable to make the time trail, we have a few options for you:
CLOSING THOUGHTS This is our pre-season time trial. It is a starting point. Placement only makes sure you get put into the appropriate level practice group. Those groups are not permanent, and you will have plenty of opportunities to move up or down as you need and can progress to. We will have other time trials as well, to measure your improvement. These are supposed to be both hard and super fun, as you get to feel what racing is like a bit, and get to have people cheering for you as you go. So come have fun, do your best, and let the results motivate you, no matter what, to progress this season! |