Heh, funny stuff. Lance-guy Casey, Nate, and Benkoski, I was bound to pop! I was glad to hang on for 20 minutes.

And, my saddle height is fine. My leg is almost 90 degrees from the bottom of the stroke in the picture...

Training camp....race simulation

OTF #1
http://sdbc.smugmug.com/Men-Cat-4-5-...7_btYuF-XL.jpg

OTF #2
http://sdbc.smugmug.com/Men-Cat-4-5-...5_3rCkq-XL.jpg

Early Bird Crit #3 (Cat 5 U30)

http://milliron.org/hosted/earlybird3-3445.jpg

http://milliron.org/hosted/earlybird3-3472.jpg

My wife is getting better at the photography thing. She even got a little panning in a few of the shots.

I can finally contribute to this thread. :D

Same crit as above, but I opted for the juniors' race as opposed to the U30 Cat5. That means I stayed at the front of the group the entire time instead of getting lapped. A lot.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7660/img1252j.jpg

SRV kit. 679.

You almost look to be enjoying the crit in that shot!

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...I think I can, I think I can...

2009 Masters C state championship. I'm the Fred in the rear with the steel bike, the hairy legs and the helmet mirror, following my teammate Royce up the final wall climb along with a third rider (not in this shot).

Royce and I had four teammates in the peleton, and with the cooperation of the third guy in the break, we held them off for the last 25 miles of the race. Both Royce and I were getting leg cramps (it was hot), so yes I was suffering whether the photo shows that or not :D Royce continued to throw down until total leg lock-up, leaving it up to me to try for a win for our team, which I managed by less than a wheel:

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...hip_sprint.png

I'm not very experienced as a road racer, but I had one solid piece of advice from a teammate: don't let up until after you cross the Finish line. Good advice :)

http://www.martinmccrory.com/photogr...e/img_2190.jpg

I'm third wheel. I countered this and rode away solo for the last two laps.

How many riders on your team? Looks like a ProTeam thing or whatever they're calling the top dogs now.

and where is that?

Anza? Ocotillo? Palm Springs?

That's the Borrego Springs road about 5 miles outside of town. I think there were about 30 people (a few 3's and the rest 4/5) that day.

Speaking of random attacks:

http://sacpictures.smugmug.com/Cycli..._beDD7-L-1.jpg

Whenever it felt like it was slowing and I thought I had the legs, I went.

http://sacpictures.smugmug.com/Cycli..._FLcek-L-1.jpg

Nice - keep up the could work.

Nice. My wife did very good at my first race. Just one thing though. The angle she got always made it look like I'm in the back of the pack. Probably the lighting. ;) Keep it up!

Since it's -21C here today, there are no new pics to post but I have a couple of my last TT (2nd ever for me) that hurt me badly.
First pic is at the start, the second just before the finish. Passed the guy in front of me and was trying to stay there (even though I know I beat him by at least 30 sec, its a mental thing to stay in front. I still did poorly mind you!

Attack!

http://s-hphotos-snc6.fbcdn.net/hs06..._3987712_n.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5900923...7625812909521/
Solid suffering in the second race of the first race day of the season.

Now that is some serious suffering right there.

I lol'd

Excellent. Make them pay!

Awesome. You look like you're in labor.

Nice! Lookin' fast.

Mouth closed for better aero!

hahahaha, yeah. and to chris r., no way i could close my mouth during that effort (or pretty much the rest of the race...)

Missed the break, more frustration than suffering as a pack of 85 guys included only 4 that wanted to work.
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We must be twins. I had that very same experience last Sunday (but only 50 guys, not 85).