Jeff Fuchs
2008-04-02
Gary,
It's not the speed of the field. Cat. 3's races and Master's 1/2/3 races are basically the same speed. Its the size of the Master's fields. I'd rather finish in 10th out of 80 people than 5th of 20. Larger fields are more fun. That being said, Master's races tend to be more tactical when there are enough riders to make it a road race.
There are plenty of fast master's racer in OBRA, but the Master's fields this year have been really small. I was really disappointed this year when I showed up to Cherry pie and there were 28 racers in the master's 1/2/3 category. As a result I raced cat. 3's at the BB's and I will race cat. 3's at Willamette.
If the races were 35+ I bet there would be larger fields.
-Jeff