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07/15/08
Slow as a turtle...
Well, I’m glad I decided not to race at the WMSR this year. Yesterday I woke up with a very tight right calf so decided to take the day off and stretch a lot. Today it was still tight but I felt very slow on the bike, in fact I was so slow that the guy above was passing me as I was riding!!! Damn turtle…
Hopefully my legs will kick back in tomorrow, got my weekly "long" ride, will be 70 miles tomorrow on a nice scenic route that I found, if there’s one thing NH is good for it’s the scenic roads. Happy Riding!
07/13/08
New Britain Criterium
Dist: 19.83mi
Avg Spd: 24.2mph
Race venue was nice, the course was basically a lap around a park. Most crits I’ve done, all the turns are in one direction, this race was interesting because there were left turns sweeping into right turns up a hill immediately into a left turn and then a very sharp left turn down the hill/rise (word hill used loosely). Race started off pretty well but the change in turn directions confused the field on what lines to take during the first few laps with a few close calls but it quickly settled down. The back side of the course is a nice time to recover but the cross wind was killing me on the sharp turn into the finishing straight. About 10 to go there was a small break of 5 or so riders, since no one seemed to want to work up front I decided to test my legs a bit and try to bridge the gap. That attempt failed and instead burned up several matches and it took a good 5 laps to recover. Last 2 laps were really fast and just didn’t have it in my legs so I ended up finishing towards the back in the sprint. I probably would have had better placing if I had not lost so much speed coming out of that finishing corner but I was cut off a few times by some sketchy riders so I was happy to simply finish with the pack and get my speed work in for the weekend. Another highlight to mention is that was JDwas at both races this weekend, so the results were up nice and quick!
WU was not much of a wu, just tried to loosen my legs a bit from the drive down.
07/12/08
Attleboro Crit
07/08/08
Exeter Crit
Tuesday was the Exeter Crit, I may only be a cat 4 so I may not be able to race there but it’s only a few miles away so I figured I’d go and spectate and even take a few pics. I was surprised at how many spectators there were, the start line was packed, even with the dim weather. A thunderstorm had just rolled through during the scheduled start so they delayed it by a good 20min. The Women’s field was fairly small as usual but the Men’s field was huge with a full altinerary from Bissel, Rite-Aid, and Coltavita. With about 10 laps to go there was a good size crash in one of the sharper corners, one of the Bissel guys went down hard and looks like he may have broken a collar bone, not sure who it was though. Anyways, you can see the photos I took from the link at the top of this blog. Unfortunately my camera skills need some MAJOR work, although it doesn’t help that there was not much light at all during the race.
Went for a 65miler on Wendesday, did not feel so great, felt good for the first hour, felt like crap on the second, okay on the third, and the last 30min I ran into a good size thunderstorm, I don’t think it was hailing but it was raining hard enough to hurt. Took Thursday off to catch up on some chores, working Thursday night, and got Friday night off.
I’m going to register for the Attleboro and New Britain Crits and go to the Wells Ave crit on Sunday, Saturday I’m heading down to Fitchburg to support a friend of mine who’s racing in the Women’s 3/4 field and will probably take some pics as well. I’m probably going to skip the Working Man’s race this year but if I don’t race it I may stop by if I have the time to volunteer a bit. We’ll see how the work week goes.
06/26/08
Regret
Ever regret selling a bike? I sold my 2007 Redline Conquest Pro in January when I got layed off for a few months and I REALLY miss it, I don’t know why but I loved that bike. It was the first time Redline came out with a geometry that had actually fit me, the paint job was cool (lots cooler than the 2008 paints), and it was pretty much bombproof and very stiff. I went for a cx ride out on my Alan today and all I could say to myself was "I miss my Redline".
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