March 2006 - Posts
I should go ahead and start this out by saying I have never finished the last stage at Redlands. I think when I was racing more, simply "finishing" was kinda looked down on. The general consensus among the elders of our crew seemed to be that if you weren't
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As we are preparing to get our pre-crit. Chipotle on, Gardie called to tell us that Bill Corliss had been killed. I did not know Bill very well, but we all turned quiet and put some thought into what had happened. I thought of Bill's family, the teammate
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The first stage was a TT of 5k uphill. At the manager's meeting, they warned us that they would be enforcing a time cut. I think they wanted to cull the field before the crit. Anyway, the course was nearly all uphill with the steepest bit at the end.
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." "Hollywood" Nate Dis-Loyal picked me up at the out-laws house in Long Beach on Thursday and we rolled out to Redlands for the packet pick-up, and manager's meeting. T-Mac, Gordie, and Flash Gordon
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Went out to the local LBC training race last night. It was all good, clean fun and I got to catch up with a lot of the old crew. There was definitely a You-tah presence with me, Dave Hardwood, Billy, and Bryson. I am trying to not use full-names so this
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As has been noted elsewhere, it was cold (45) and raining when we started the crit. I got a good start and didn't feel too bad. I dropped back a bit in the field, and it was hard as every straight away was a sprint to catch up to the front guys, then
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Wow. This was one hard stage. Pretty much from the get-go it was fast. A real rock and roll course with lots of short steep climbs, tight corners, and wind. The first couple laps were balls out and a bunch of dudes had to go home early. I felt pretty
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Cold. Wet. Slow. That's about all there is to tell really. I guess I can be glad that we didn't go all the way to the top. This used to be almost an almost 10 mile uphill TT, but it's been shortened to just under 4. It may have been snowing at the top
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"Pack the gear. We're outta here. It's a 14 hour drive and noone's sleeping..." Shelter "In the Van Again" Seriously, this is the last trip for awhile. Leaving for San Dumass and fRedlands tommorrow. A nice long drive. I like driving. Not sure on the
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Since all the major cycling websites (aka- cyclingnews) are lacking results for the last stage of the Central Valley Classic, it is up to me to bring you the details. No, I am not there. And if I was, I probably still couldn't get you this kind of detail.
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That pretty well sums it up... Two girls- dating at the same time, school, weddings... Maybe I am getting a little ahead of myself. After all, they can share clothes, right?? Now if you haven't been keeping score, this mayn't make a lot of sense, but
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So, I get up this morning and think I will be tough and ride in to work. Put on all my crap and look out the window to several (okay a couple) inches of the white stuff. Snow that is. If I was an Eskimo, I might have a thousand words for snow (or not),
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Boy, that didn't take long. Instead of doing the Ojai Crit., I am going to do Pomona Valley, er, um, San Dimas Stage Race. Either way, it's a week away from work (note- I actually will still work that week, I swear) so I might as well get more bang for
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I am doing a "coaching chat" starting Wednesday at dailypeloton. com. Here's their announcement: http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8982 Drop by under an assumed name and ask fake questions and make fun of me.
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So, I got an email from the Redlands crew saying as of now, we are OUT, as in no invite. Then, I got another saying 99% we are IN. Apparently, they had more teams apply than ever and we were on the bubble. I'll keep you posted. It would be a drag for
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The new and even bigger Cannondale has finally arrived. I can't express my joy over this. I think I will skip out on the RMR, and do a big long day as that is how I like to break in my body to a new bike. If you want to do a big loop around the UC, drop
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3/24-26- fRedlands (NRC) 4/1- Hella da North or Thousand Oaks Crit. 4/2- Maybe Garrett Lemire Memorial Crit (NRC) 4/15- Tax Day CR 4/22- Earth Day Pedal Cup 4/29- East Canyon RR 5/6- Buffalo Peed RR 5/20-21- Bear Lake RR and TTT 5/27-29- Summit Center
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Well, it appears that my reason for going to CA was for-naught. However, it was by all standard measurements an exceptional trip. The TOCA is a good race, even if it weirds me out seeing kids in Amgen jerseys and guys walking around with Darbepoeitin
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