Category: Cycling
-
Mount Tabor Race #3
Another one in the books. My plan to go after the prime on the first lap fell through when it was clear at the start that some faster guys had that in mind too. I didn’t even bother as we hit the ramp up to the line. The race went very similarly to the last one as this is really more of a time…
-
Mount Tabor Race #2
I was on time for this one! Man, what an easier race when you’re able to draft. No win or podium, but pretty pleased with my performance on a course that isn’t particularly ideal for someone with my build (read: fat). For this one I put the carbon wheels back on since there is absolutely zero braking in this constant up and down affair.…
-
Mount Tabor “Not” Race #1
My first race back on the road yesterday turned out to be a mild success; I didn’t break anything. Unfortunately, that was because I rode the entire thing solo. The Mount Tabor Race Series is a set of six weekly (Wednesday) races around a 1.3 mile loop with 140ft of elevation that I’ve signed up for (5 of 6 are scored for series points,…
-
A farewell and some hellos
We are now a single car family. Err “family.” We knew we didn’t need two cars here, left hers in VA (sold a few months ago) and have been getting around in the GTI ever since. Except only I really got around in it. The manual transmission bit wasn’t in the cards for Mrs. Heather, and that’s okay, because most of my driving nowadays…
-
Spring Training
If you’ve been following the last few athletic related posts, you know I’m not in relatively great shape. Returning from a week of vacation in North Carolina where I figured I’d get no training at all in (which didn’t happen because I still managed to get six hours in after rescuing a wrecked beach cruiser), I was planning to double up to play catch up.…
-
Race: Pedalers at the Poor Farm/OBRA State Championship CX
Set my self up for failure? You bet I did, but I knew it in advance so it was really just getting a feel for “the scene.” In that sense, GREAT SUCCESS. Last night, I did some browsing around, and discovered a race in the morning out at McMenamins Edgefield. Heather is out of town for the day or two so I’ve got nothing…