Race Report: Pescadero Road Race W 1/2/3
Race Report: Pescadero Road Race W 1/2/3
Date: July 12, 2025
AVRT racers: Steph Hart, Louise Thomas, Rachel Hwang
Top Result: 3/9 Women’s 1/2/3 (Steph)
Course: 2.7 laps of a loop. Major features include Haskins’s climb (9 minutes or so each lap).
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/15093689853
Race Recap:
(from Steph’s perspective)
The field had 9 riders, 3 AV, 3 Terun, 3 solo riders. With Jen and Jamie Chapman, it seemed like this was Terun’s race to lose- our best chance was to try to sneak into a break with one of them. After a chill neutral roll out and first 5 or so miles, Terun started rolling attacks on Stages road. Jen attacked on the second Stage road climb, when I followed the wheel, Jamie countered and motored away solo. By this point it was basically Jen and I solo, I followed Jen’s wheel over the rollers, but she attacked and dropped me on the semi-technical descent, and was able to join Jamie by the intersection of Stage and 84. They had maybe a 15s gap at the start of 84, and despite the fact that I was tucked and doing ~280W, I could still see that I was losing ground on them.
A few miles down the road Rachel pulls Sarah up to me, and then offers to pull to the base of Haskins climb. I can see we’re losing time on Jen and Jamie, but gratefully take the free ride in hopes I can collect myself. By the time we get to Haskins, Louise and Sofya (Terun) also join us. Not totally sure what to do, I attacked at the base of the climb, and by the top I had a 20-30s gap on the group. Tragically, I also get word that Jamie and Jen have almost two minutes on me. Slowly coming to terms with the ramifications of the situation, I settle in for a 2+ hr solo effort. I won’t belabor anyone with the details of my mental wanderings during a full two solo laps of Pesky loop, but I managed to stay away for the rest of the race, coming in third but still several minutes behind Jamie and Jen. On the 2nd lap up Haskins, Rachel got away solo and came away in 4th place.