Quote Originally Posted by profàvélo
I think a crit has much shorter laps, and a larger number of them. (Anybody out there want to define a criterium?)
Usually Crits are less than a mile and are based on time rather than laps. For instance, the typical Northwest Cat 4 Women's crit will last anywhere from 20-30 minutes. Of course that time increases as the difficulty goes up - I believe world cups are 130 minutes. Talk about painful! You become very proficient at sprinting and anaerobic threshold.

Nice work on the racing!