@dhellman thanks! The plan is to finish, even if I drop off the back. I’ve got a 2019 license. Thanks for answering the receipt question. I’ve got the fundamentals of riding fast and protecting my wheel from the local Wed rides, feel good about that. There are 28 registered, was surprised to see that 7 are affiliated with a team.
Any issue with wearing my club kit? First and only pair of thermal knickers. Recall hearing/reading that might not be ok on the podcast or forum. Alternative is pulling something together around arm/leg warmers.
Relieved to know we can warm up on the course - the other consolation of going first. Not planning on bringing the Kickr, and I prefer warming up on roads. There is a paved bike trail along Sac river just a half mile or so, that was going to be my backup plan.
Short race like you said - 30 minutes and done.
At lunch I found a Strava segment “Cal Aggie Finish” and pulled leaderboard, then filtered by our club to short-list it to 32 people. First guy from a year ago sprinted that 0.4 mile segment at 32+mph / 48 sec / 698W. Hmm, probably not a cat 5… so I went to the next one from a year ago and was rewarded with a pic of the conditions at 7am when it was also 37F:
Yep, a handful of people already wearing sunglasses but mine are too dark.