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#476
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I don't anticipate him getting another ride at the WT level, the new sprinters are better than him- and even among his generation of sprinters he didn't win much.
He'll do fine around here for a few years if he wants to- we might get to see him at Seward/Mason Lake for a while
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@Enthalpic that is fantastic.
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Ugggh ... There's a backstory to slamming into a guy ?
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Friend and bf member vertical bob does at least 600k every year, usually in around 8k miles.
Forum member Terry Morse climbed a million feet one year, said he wanted to try for 2 million but it became like a job and he didn't enjoy it at all.
I think I usually do around 300k per year and I'm old and fat.
Forum member Terry Morse climbed a million feet one year, said he wanted to try for 2 million but it became like a job and he didn't enjoy it at all.
I think I usually do around 300k per year and I'm old and fat.
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Reading the Velonews piece on Robin Williams. He's one of the SF comedians I grew up...actually forgot what a bike guy he was.
Sad.
Sad.
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maybe i've missed the positive points to his character. i'm sure they're there, but while he is a professional athlete he is not so professional at post-race composure.
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I saw a "new" rider at the races Tues in a new-to-me kit, a green Trek kit. Posted a post and mentioned the racer. A bunch of people pointed out it's one of my teammates. Oops.
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i'm sure farrar is actually an amazing sprinter (to even be anywhere near that level on the international scene--even losing-- one has to be very, very good)...but he is just so damn whiney. does anyone really enjoy watching him and/or root for him? seems like he's often got someone to blame for his crash or his loss.
maybe i've missed the positive points to his character. i'm sure they're there, but while he is a professional athlete he is not so professional at post-race composure.
maybe i've missed the positive points to his character. i'm sure they're there, but while he is a professional athlete he is not so professional at post-race composure.
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I had to miss our team/group ride this week because of family stuff, so I tried out a nearby town's group ride. I know a few racers who do this ride, but none of them was there, and it turned out to be not super fun. Very mixed abilities and the ride didn't really have a coherent focus. I was very uncomfortable riding behind some of them, so I ended up pulling the group around for most of the ride. Another guy would repeatedly attack for no reason, then he'd go back into the group and I'd pull until he decided to attack again. During one of those attacks, somebody washed out on a turn and broke his frame, I think because the speed was higher than he was used to.
Then on the last climb suddenly another guy decided to go hard, and it turned out he was stronger than me, or at least stronger than me after I've been pulling for 2 hours. I looked him up afterwards and he's a cat 1.
The whole ride was just sort of confusing to me. I think maybe most group rides are like this. It really made me appreciate my local group.
Then on the last climb suddenly another guy decided to go hard, and it turned out he was stronger than me, or at least stronger than me after I've been pulling for 2 hours. I looked him up afterwards and he's a cat 1.
The whole ride was just sort of confusing to me. I think maybe most group rides are like this. It really made me appreciate my local group.
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The thing is that he's a long time racer in the area, has a kit, but I literally never see him outside of race days, and even then it's really infrequent.
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Was he part of the plan to race for you, or was he just doing his own thing?
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My bike gets finished being built up today, I get fit tomorrow, then start easing back into training. Hopefully IT band pain free. /crossingfingers
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