My second race!
05-30-05, 06:16 AM
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Yay me. 
22.5 miles, 10 laps of a twisty course through the streets of quaint Beaver, PA. Corners are tougher than they look! I didn't have a clue how to choose a line through the ~12 90 degree turns and chicanes. I kept gapping off of the pack and working way harder than I had to, and despite the wonderful advice in the climbing thread, I still didn't handle the short (100yd?) uphill stretch well at all. But in the end, I didn't stay dropped, and I finished about 20 seconds back in 8th place. (About half the field dropped out or was lapped, so I felt good about just sticking it out!)
Oh, and I am still riding my 23 lb bike.
I'll attach a photo of me, head down and hammering against the wind, you notice that there are no...other...riders in the frame -- yeah, that was the recurring theme. 
Every time I came past my DH I heard, "Get up there! Get in the draft!"
Aw, heck, I'll put another, of me approaching a corner (with a terrible line! I'm only a few feet away from the turn!)...
22.5 miles, 10 laps of a twisty course through the streets of quaint Beaver, PA. Corners are tougher than they look! I didn't have a clue how to choose a line through the ~12 90 degree turns and chicanes. I kept gapping off of the pack and working way harder than I had to, and despite the wonderful advice in the climbing thread, I still didn't handle the short (100yd?) uphill stretch well at all. But in the end, I didn't stay dropped, and I finished about 20 seconds back in 8th place. (About half the field dropped out or was lapped, so I felt good about just sticking it out!)Oh, and I am still riding my 23 lb bike.
I'll attach a photo of me, head down and hammering against the wind, you notice that there are no...other...riders in the frame -- yeah, that was the recurring theme. Every time I came past my DH I heard, "Get up there! Get in the draft!"Aw, heck, I'll put another, of me approaching a corner (with a terrible line! I'm only a few feet away from the turn!)...
05-30-05, 06:17 AM
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Congratulations Alison!! You go girl!
05-30-05, 08:04 AM
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Alison! That's my hometown! Well done! You are rocking!
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Congradulations... way to go!
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Allison,
Congrats on the race.. Looks like you need to work on the biker tan this summer..
Congrats on the race.. Looks like you need to work on the biker tan this summer..
05-30-05, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by socalrider
Allison,
Congrats on the race.. Looks like you need to work on the biker tan this summer..
Congrats on the race.. Looks like you need to work on the biker tan this summer..
Thanks, all.
