Watermoo Gravel Race (112 miles) 2025

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THE WATERMOO is a 112-mile gravel bike race on mostly gravel, some tarmac and a road that is no longer a road with a river crossing in the farmlands of southeastern Michigan. It is part of the Long & Ultra Michigan Gravel Race Series.

It was particularly hot and humid on race day and my body apparently wasn't up for the heat. At around mile 16 a few got up the road and the chase was on. I was handing the effort, but my heart rate was into my V02 and wouldn't settle back down. As the chase continued, the few guys ahead leading the pack missed a turn and I came to a stop to turn around. This gave the back half of the group an opportunity to go full gas. The group got strung out and it was full on for what felt like forever and my heart rate was nearly at max. I kept struggling just to hold on and when the guys in front of me lost the wheel I wasn't able to bridge across to the front group. They were mere seconds away but I was overheating. I hit my highest heart rate of the year for 5, 10, 20, 60 and 90 minutes.

The heat had got the better of me and had to slow my pace. Which was frustrating because the front group remained in sight for bit. I proceeded to try and get my heart rate under control while still hanging on to what was now the second group. Was nearly dropped a few times but held on and settled in. We formed a cohesive group and continued on, but realized we'd never catch the front group again. We picked up stragglers along the way and lost a few out of our group until it was just myself and another strong rider remaining. The pace wasn't bad for the second half but we kept it steady just to get it over with.

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