Does anyone know if the registration in the 4's filled up for barrio logan? I'm going to be going down to see if I can get in day of no matter what, but would love to know if it didn't get filled.

Dude, get out of here! Give us a chance to win something:mad:

Kidding.

I seem to remember it being somewhat open when I registered.

Oh yeah, if anyone wants to get together and take a couple of easy laps around the course in the afternoon, let me know.

Oh yeah, if anyone wants to get together and take a couple of easy laps around the course in the afternoon, let me know.

I would be up for a lap or two at any part of the day

I would be up for a lap or two at any part of the day

PM me your # and i'll give you a call. I race at 9 tomorrow morning and will probably hang out for a bit after, but definitely in the afternoon.

Somehow a skateboard ended up under my front wheel on PCH this morning. My entire left ass is one big raspberry, and there's a two inch circle missing from the palm of my hand (wasn't wearing gloves). I'm covered up in Tegaderm and still hopefull for tomorrow :(

OUCH. Glad you're ok, man. Anyone take responsibility for the errant skateboard? Hope you can still make it down and give me some climbing lessons tomorrow.

OUCH. Glad you're ok, man. Anyone take responsibility for the errant skateboard? Hope you can still make it down and give me some climbing lessons tomorrow.

Meh, I yelled at some kids, but I'm pretty sure it was just an "accident" on everyone's part, still sucks though. The part that's freaking me out, is I slid accross a lane of PCH, thank god there weren't any cars, but it's the "what if" that's getting under my skin. I just took the training wheels off my 4 year olds bike and chased him around for an hour, without any problems. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine tomorrow, the adrenaline and pain of racing will mask out my burning ass cheek :p

It's only a flesh wound.
<Holy Grail>

^^ NICE. I'm wearing my "I fart in your general direction!" t-shirt.

Had to skip this one, broke a wrist at Barrio Logan and bruised my quad and hip bone. Going to be out for at least a few days. Relegated to trainer duty.

Had to skip this one, broke a wrist at Barrio Logan and bruised my quad and hip bone. Going to be out for at least a few days. Relegated to trainer duty.


Ack! Heal up soon...

Meh, I yelled at some kids, but I'm pretty sure it was just an "accident" on everyone's part, still sucks though. The part that's freaking me out, is I slid accross a lane of PCH, thank god there weren't any cars, but it's the "what if" that's getting under my skin. I just took the training wheels off my 4 year olds bike and chased him around for an hour, without any problems. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine tomorrow, the adrenaline and pain of racing will mask out my burning ass cheek :p


Wow! Glad that it was as minor as it was. Still sux , though.

Hey it looks like I'm the first one to report back about this race.

I raced with the 5's in the B group, and was lucky enough to have a couple good friends racing as well. I wasn't exactly sure what happened with an escape group early on (please pipe up if you know more), but I think 3-4 guys went fairly early and stayed away.

We were in the process of trying to reel them back in when on the second lap something happened behind me a few bikes and over on the shoulder, and caused a pile-up that caused my friend Mark and two other guys to crash. That was really too bad because Mark is quite possibly the strongest of the three of us and would have finished well.

Thankfully he had a cell phone and called his wife who was at the start/finish line to let her know that he was ok and she confirmed that he was o.k. to us when we got to the start of the third lap.

The headwind was picking up and was pretty nasty on the third descent and flat section, and by then we were feeling a bit worked over. I hung on to that first chase group until about 1/3 of the way up the last climb when they (and my other friend Paul) pulled away. I was able to pull only one of those guys back in before the finish and came in right behind Paul for a 12th place finish.

It's a great road course, with a small bit of everything. The gaps on the bridge didn't look too bad, but I hopped them each lap as a precaution. Also I was pleased to see that the turn onto W Lilac WAS swept and dry. Being my first RR, I was fairly timid and tried hard to pace myself for a decent finish, but the pace was close enough to my limits that I wasn't left with much at all on the last climb.

Lots of fun, and the only way it could have been better was if we'd been able to keep working with Mark throughout the race, and finish with him. I'll most likely be signing up and racing this one next year, possibly with better preparation and depending on what I decide to do this season, perhaps in the 4's.

If you were there, I'd love to hear your report as well.

-Jeremy

Had to skip this one, broke a wrist at Barrio Logan and bruised my quad and hip bone. Going to be out for at least a few days. Relegated to trainer duty.

dude, you're cursed...

dude, you're cursed...

tell me about it. 4 races in a row now. What do I have to sacrifice to appease the cycling gods? Hell what did I do to piss them off to begin with?

this is my first road race as well and I was in the cat 5a group. well on the first lap everyone was pretty much together till the climb up to the start finish and I tried to keep up but about halfway up I had to back down since I knew there was 2 more laps to go. So me and another guy started working together on the decent down 395 and picked up 4 guys who got dropped by the lead group. So we started working together doing short pulls to try to catch up but I think the lead group had 9 people with them so they were at more of an advantage.

right before the horse training track on the second lap one of the riders in our group some how lost it and went crashing into that little swamp at the side of the road thankfully he was ok. That dropped our group to 5 riders on the second lap and we lost another one on the climb to the start/finish. By the time we got to camino del rey we were down to 3 riders but hooked up with some cat 4 riders and we worked together to the bottom of west lilac since the wind was really blowing this time. When we started climbing to the finish on the last lap I just took off and was able to finish ahead of everyone else. I just wish we had a bigger group to work together to catch the lead group of riders but it seemed to me that the cat 5a group was really spread out thin.

Overall it was a great race but it did show me I did need to work on my climbing.

this is my first road race as well and I was in the cat 5a group. well on the first lap everyone was pretty much together till the climb up to the start finish and I tried to keep up but about halfway up I had to back down since I knew there was 2 more laps to go. So me and another guy started working together on the decent down 395 and picked up 4 guys who got dropped by the lead group. So we started working together doing short pulls to try to catch up but I think the lead group had 9 people with them so they were at more of an advantage.

right before the horse training track on the second lap one of the riders in our group some how lost it and went crashing into that little swamp at the side of the road thankfully he was ok. That dropped our group to 5 riders on the second lap and we lost another one on the climb to the start/finish. By the time we got to camino del rey we were down to 3 riders but hooked up with some cat 4 riders and we worked together to the bottom of west lilac since the wind was really blowing this time. When we started climbing to the finish on the last lap I just took off and was able to finish ahead of everyone else. I just wish we had a bigger group to work together to catch the lead group of riders but it seemed to me that the cat 5a group was really spread out thin.

Overall it was a great race but it did show me I did need to work on my climbing.



So....you finished 10th?

tell me about it. 4 races in a row now. What do I have to sacrifice to appease the cycling gods? Hell what did I do to piss them off to begin with?

Man, sorry to hear that. Was it bothering you right after or did it start hurting later?

It was a great day to race out there. Wes finished 2nd. And me... let's not talk about me. I hate road racing. Hate it.

Wes got beat??? It didn't start hurting to the point that I couldn't move it till the next morning, which is what the friend who I was staying with who was an EMT said would happen. It could be as little as a hairline fracture or as bad as a full break, no way to say now. I'm expecting a race report chuckles, no excuses. I gotta live vicariously through someone

Man, sorry to hear that. Was it bothering you right after or did it start hurting later?

It was a great day to race out there. Wes finished 2nd. And me... let's not talk about me. I hate road racing. Hate it.


who won - the guy from Big Bear (Peter)?

Alright, man...
The pack stayed together until the second time up the climb when a big gap formed just after start/finish. And since I was in probably the back 1/3, I was too far back to try and do anything. A bunch of guys managed to make it across before the descent, but when I tried to pick it up a little it just wasn't happening. So now i'm in a group of about 15 or so going over the top, and just like always, a bunch of guys get dropped on the descent because of the headwind. My group is down to 8 now, and a nice, rotation starts across the bottom and part way up the climb again. I took too long of a pull at one point and ended-up losing that pack as well. But when I looked down the hill behind me, I saw a lot of guys coming up and basically soft-pedalled down the descent so i'd have some help along the bottom. This group was pretty big - maybe 20 - so I managed to get a good rest, went with 5 when the pace picked up on the climb, and ended-up crossing the line in - get this - 57th!

I'm such a badass.

Wish I could tell you about the epic battle up front, but i wasn't even close enough to be a spectator. Heck, I wish I could go back a month to when I was feeling stronger and finishing well just to see if I'd be doing any better at this road racing crap. Two weeks of no racing is gonna do me some good, I think.

who won - the guy from Big Bear (Peter)?

No, I think it was the Platinum guy who finished 2nd at Punchbowl.

Oh, I forgot - my shoes and pedals raced twice today. They took 7th in cat3. They must have enjoyed going fast....

Here's my race report, was there only on the last lap cuz I slept in and wife made blueberry pancakes so it took more time to get out the door. I caught the last lap of all the first half races since I got there like 11:30 or so.

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Chucklehead's group on the last lap
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/jsigone/bikes/San%20Luis%20RR/lilacrace030.jpg

Chucklehead posing for the camera, I guess he spotted my bright copper car from a distance

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Pros/1/2's
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No, I think it was the Platinum guy who finished 2nd at Punchbowl.

Yeah, it was my teammate Seth. 19 points now. He attacked at the base of the climb on the second lap and said had a lead of about 30 seconds at one point for finished about 10 seconds ahead.

http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2846.jpg

Chucklehead posing for the camera, I guess he spotted my bright copper car from a distance

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/jsigone/bikes/San%20Luis%20RR/lilacrace031.jpg


Hehe, I remember that. I was jut a little back from him there...

prolly got a pic of your ass in the next shot then haha

Hehe, I remember that. I was jut a little back from him there...

Nice kick up through the corkscrew section before the finish. I was bs'ing when I said I had nothing left just before the turn and had visions of outsprinting the group to the line, but me being me, I let too much of a gap form and came across 4th or 5th in our group.

Nice kick up through the corkscrew section before the finish. I was bs'ing when I said I had nothing left just before the turn and had visions of outsprinting the group to the line, but me being me, I let too much of a gap form and came across 4th or 5th in our group.

I felt really good that whole last lap. Nobody wanted to work, but I didn't feel the least bit tired when I would pull and I kept making gaps. When we were on the climb, the one guy attacked, or rather just kinda rode off the front. The guy at the front said "I'm not going to chase him". I was on his wheel to the right and someone else was to my left. I was pinned to the gutter and I sure I could have gotten around him, but I said "I'll chase" and he moved over and let me though. I started to accelerate and then remembered that I didn't want to pull the pack with me, so I jumped and bridged up to him. I came up on him and said "just me". He looked at me and I said if we work together we can hold them off. I went in front and after a few moments he was off my wheel. I didn't want to blow up so after I got a good gap I dialed back and held a near-TT effort. I was passing a lot of women as I went and when I would look back it was hard to tell if it was the women or you guys. As I went through the last few corners I could see and feel someone near and I thought it was one of you so I drilled it to the line. That was fun. Sucks that I had dropped my chain, I'm confident I would have been able to stay with the main pack for a while, if not the whole race.

prolly got a pic of your ass in the next shot then haha

Probably, but kuf takes lots of pictures of my ass already ;)

...when I would look back it was hard to tell if it was the women or you guys.

There wasn't much difference at that point between the women and us guys:p

When do we get to see pics???

There wasn't much difference at that point between the women and us guys:p

When do we get to see pics???

very soon

There wasn't much difference at that point between the women and us guys:p

When do we get to see pics???

Hey, we stayed to feed on the P/1/2 race, and then drove back up to SB. :eek:
We're working on it...

Here's my race report, was there only on the last lap cuz I slept in and wife made blueberry pancakes so it took more time to get out the door. I caught the last lap of all the first half races since I got there like 11:30 or so.

Hi Jeff,

You were pretty happy with the camera today, huh? ;) :)

However, if you got there at 11:30 AM you missed a few of the races entirely. My teammate and I were in Oceanside eating burritos by 11:30 AM having already finished our four lap race (Master Men 45+ Cat. 1-4). :D

You can read my race report here (http://cleavesblant.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-back-of-pack-2008-mark-reynolds.html).

Unfortunately, I didn't see any BF folks this morning. :(

Hey, we stayed to feed on the P/1/2 race, and then drove back up to SB. :eek:
We're working on it...
Yikes. You two had as long a day as I did. I was there until 6:30 driving the course and picking up cones and signage.

Feed zone, start of second lap
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2849.jpg

feed zone, start of third lap
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Watch the guy on the far left
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2858.jpg

keep watching
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2859.jpg

Chuckles begging for water
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2863.jpg

My chase group
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2864.jpg

My turn for water
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2867.jpg

George
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2868.jpg

http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2870.jpg

My chase group has grown to 15 riders
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2872.jpg

There's me and Chuckles
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2875.jpg

Seth's finish
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2877.jpg

The sprint for third
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2878.jpg

And second
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2879.jpg

OC Roadie
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2884.jpg

I came in first of my group, apparently I picked up a woman
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2885.jpg

The rest of my group
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2886.jpg

And Chuckles
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2887.jpg

Pics are amazing!

Did that guy end-up hitting the deck?

I came in first of my group, apparently I picked up a woman
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2885.jpg


Hey, what are you doing picking up women!!?? :mad:

Pics are amazing!

Did that guy end-up hitting the deck?

Thanks!
More pics at our site (http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/313/san-luis-rey-cat-4-pictures)

He made it ok.
Also, no crashes in the feedzone as far as I know.

Hi Jeff,

You were pretty happy with the camera today, huh? ;) :)

However, if you got there at 11:30 AM you missed a few of the races entirely. My teammate and I were in Oceanside eating burritos by 11:30 AM having already finished our four lap race (Master Men 45+ Cat. 1-4). :D

You can read my race report here (http://cleavesblant.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-back-of-pack-2008-mark-reynolds.html).

Unfortunately, I didn't see any BF folks this morning. :(

haha, I had priorities, blue berry pancakes then watching the races HAHA Yah I got happy with the camera, reason being, maybe I took a pic of a BFer and didn't know it. I'm sure they would have like to see pics of themself. + was cool to check out the machines they were riding. It was still cool to hang out for a few hours, and watching the Pros fly up that road made me realize how slow I am on that road HAHA:p

Almost forgot, here is esammuli "suffering in a race"
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2889.jpg

Hey, what are you doing picking up women!!?? :mad:

Can I have her?

haha, I had priorities, blue berry pancakes then watching the races HAHA Yah I got happy with the camera, reason being, maybe I took a pic of a BFer and didn't know it. I'm sure they would have like to see pics of themself. + was cool to check out the machines they were riding. It was still cool to hang out for a few hours, and watching the Pros fly up that road made me realize how slow I am on that road HAHA:p

Actually you did get a picture of me in the Pro/1-2 field. I was 15th today. It was a tough race. I missed the break that went on the first lap, but I don't really think I would have made it up the climb with those guys 7 times so I wasn't too sad. Another small group went about 1/2 way into the race and then I was able to go with the guys that attacked the "field" on the last lap. I think I yelled at George and Brandy who were watching from the sidelines.

Unfortunately, I didn't see any BF folks this morning. :(

There was at least one BF member, OTB in your race.
http://www.photoscene.com/kimandsteve/images/2890.jpg

Yikes. You two had as long a day as I did. I was there until 6:30 driving the course and picking up cones and signage.

We left around 5, right after the P/1/2 race finished. I had two teammates (including OTB) that I was feeding. When we left, he had just started on his last lap, determined to finish. He asked the officials if he could stop since he finished the lead lap (he had just been passed by the leaders), but they said he had to to the whole distance. He had done the 45 race that morning (and got second), so that was his 11th lap of the course!

Actually you did get a picture of me in the Pro/1-2 field. I was 15th today. It was a tough race. I missed the break that went on the first lap, but I don't really think I would have made it up the climb with those guys 7 times so I wasn't too sad. Another small group went about 1/2 way into the race and then I was able to go with the guys that attacked the "field" on the last lap. I think I yelled at George and Brandy who were watching from the sidelines.

George was out riding and I don't know where Brandy was. That may have been us. What team are you on?