Category: Cycling
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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…
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Three Seconds
That was the difference between life and death today. Had the Starbucks cashier not fumbled replacing the paper on the receipt machine, had the lady in front of me not wanted to combine a handful of gift cards onto one, had I shoaled the group of casual riders at the 123 light, had I not slowed to take in the family of deer… I’d…
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With that, I think my road racing season is over
I just received a note from the organizer of this weekend’s race, the Page Valley Road Race, that they have a heck of a wait-list and are offering refunds for cancellations. Combine the facts that I feel like I was hit by a bus from Tuesday’s crash, and that my confidence in riding at speed with groups is shaken a bit, I accepted the offer,…
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The good news is that I’ve learned how to crash
And my new team kit is fine. And my bike is fine. And I was riding well and have been feeling strong. And I rolled with it and tucked my hands; my wrist is fine. The bad news is that the Conte’s Tuesday night ride is still as treacherous as ever. I’m talking absolute nightmare amounts of danger. How there hasn’t been a death,…
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Race: Poolesville Road Race (ouch)
No lengthy race report here because typing is too damned slow. I went up to MD to participate in this one, which is unique in the fact that it has a 1.4-mile gravel section. Coupled with the rains we’d had all week and the fact I couldn’t sleep the night before, I wasn’t particularly looking forward to it. Anyway, my race went pretty well…
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Bike Race: All American Road Race
Woke at 5AM, packed it all up, hit Starbucks for their 5:30 opening, quick trip to the office for my heart-rate monitor (waste of time… I looked down at one point and saw it reading 230+), and up to Poolesville, MD, for my 2nd road race, the All American Road Race. It would be two laps of an eight-mile loop. That’s right, I got up…