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Old 08-30-17, 12:00 AM
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Old timer districts anyone? Itching to race again and see that there are only 2 reg'ed for the 35-39 field on Sunday?!?! Well, shoot, how about Saturday. Only 3 in the 35+?!?! I've been a bit absent, is this the new normal? Even the Giro looks lean.
I’ll be there on Saturday to maintain my BAR lead!

And on Sunday most likely, as will Dave. In the past the 35-39 race was about 10 guys, expecting the same or less this year.

Giro better be the usual! I pre-regd early just to get things going. Hoping to win the p12.. along with a bunch of other fast dudes.
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Originally Posted by hack
Old timer districts anyone? Itching to race again and see that there are only 2 reg'ed for the 35-39 field on Sunday?!?! Well, shoot, how about Saturday. Only 3 in the 35+?!?! I've been a bit absent, is this the new normal? Even the Giro looks lean.
my team was supposed to reg me for both sat and sunday, but seems like they didn't so I just did. We should have 4 or 5 guys for the districts race. Will take 5 if we want to win vs. Matt's teammate or Coble.
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108 degrees on Saturday! Yikes. All I have to do to hold my lead is make sure a certain person doesn't ride off the front and take all the primes and the win. That shouldn't be too hard. Then its straight to shoreline to meet my wife and in-laws for a Foreigner concert. My father in law loves that stuff.
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108 degrees on Saturday! Yikes. All I have to do to hold my lead is make sure a certain person doesn't ride off the front and take all the primes and the win. That shouldn't be too hard. Then its straight to shoreline to meet my wife and in-laws for a Foreigner concert. My father in law loves that stuff.
Yep, it's going to suuuuck. Wish I could have mad it to last TT so I had bigger lead on 3rd and 4th place.
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Yep, it's going to suuuuck. Wish I could have mad it to last TT so I had bigger lead on 3rd and 4th place.
Those last couple TTs were ridiculous points. TTs can be pretty fun when you don't really care and just riding hard for fun and the guaranteed points!
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Those last couple TTs were ridiculous points. TTs can be pretty fun when you don't really care and just riding hard for fun and the guaranteed points!
Yeah. Wish I didn't promise GF to go see eclipse. I could have waited until next one.
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Is (inexpensive) parking available near the crit today?
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Jesus CAT3 race was a blood bath. Half the field is listed as DNF, pretty sure due to crashes.
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Wow pre-reg for Jackson are abysmal!
What do you guys and gals think, venue, location or everyone pretty much called it a day after Giro?
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Originally Posted by UmneyDurak
Wow pre-reg for Jackson are abysmal!
What do you guys and gals think, venue, location or everyone pretty much called it a day after Giro?
It isn't closed yet, don't be so pessimistic!
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It isn't closed yet, don't be so pessimistic!
OK, 2h 30m too soon.
Hurry up and register!
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Originally Posted by UmneyDurak
Wow pre-reg for Jackson are abysmal!
What do you guys and gals think, venue, location or everyone pretty much called it a day after Giro?
All of the above?

Really I believe that less people are racing because they suck at racing. Said with a little more nuance, at the beginning of the season everyone has big dreams; they either realize them or have them crushed at some point in the season. By the end of the season, many have given up.

So people suck at racing, plus this looks like a hard course. I probably shouldn't even try but I'm dumb enough to try it at least once!
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Originally Posted by mattm
All of the above?

Really I believe that less people are racing because they suck at racing. Said with a little more nuance, at the beginning of the season everyone has big dreams; they either realize them or have them crushed at some point in the season. By the end of the season, many have given up.

So people suck at racing, plus this looks like a hard course. I probably shouldn't even try but I'm dumb enough to try it at least once!
Hey that describes me, except I am not smart enough to realize it and signed up anyway. Will jump in to masters right after.

Actually was going to call it a season after Giro, but I had tons of fun on that course (even with all the crashes), so figured will do Jackson and then see how I feel about Oakland.

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Originally Posted by mattm
All of the above?

Really I believe that less people are racing because they suck at racing. Said with a little more nuance, at the beginning of the season everyone has big dreams; they either realize them or have them crushed at some point in the season. By the end of the season, many have given up.

So people suck at racing, plus this looks like a hard course. I probably shouldn't even try but I'm dumb enough to try it at least once!
Looks like a decent lead into the climb so may not be too bad. We will see of course. The downhill hairpin looks... interesting.
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Looks like a decent lead into the climb so may not be too bad. We will see of course. The downhill hairpin looks... interesting.
Registration is now closed, can I be pessimistic now?

Hmm looking at strava has a short 21% at the beginning?
https://www.strava.com/routes/10112282

If water street is fully opened doesn't look that bad of a hairpin.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.3511...7i13312!8i6656
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Well the course is fun, but that hill is brutal. The E 3/4 + M35+ 3/4 field was shattered within three laps.
I thought the hairpin would be the trickiest part, but for me it was the left turn before it. It's in to narrow down hill, and if something goes wrong and you hit the barriers I am pretty sure you would be going over and down a steep hill.

I would do it again, but probably not if it's this late in a season.
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Oh great now there is a ten dollar late fee for online registration for week off, and additional ten dollar fee for day off.
So now day off is 60 bucks, and promoters wonder why less people attend their races.
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Oh great now there is a ten dollar late fee for online registration for week off, and additional ten dollar fee for day off.
So now day off is 60 bucks, and promoters wonder why less people attend their races.
Oakland is worth it though! Best crit course on the calendar!
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Oakland is worth it though! Best crit course on the calendar!
Never really jelled with it. Usually burned out by then.
For me it would be behind, in no particular order, Giro, Lodi, Davis. Martinez if it wasn't so freaken hot there.
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Oh great now there is a ten dollar late fee for online registration for week off, and additional ten dollar fee for day off.
So now day off is 60 bucks, and promoters wonder why less people attend their races.
I wonder too - and I don't believe it's because of an extra $10.

I mean, that's a ****ing burrito! A pricy burrito, but easily the price of a burrito.

You'll turn down glory for the price of a burrito?
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I wonder too - and I don't believe it's because of an extra $10.

I mean, that's a ****ing burrito! A pricy burrito, but easily the price of a burrito.

You'll turn down glory for the price of a burrito?
A good super burrito is pretty glorious...
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I wonder too - and I don't believe it's because of an extra $10.

I mean, that's a ****ing burrito! A pricy burrito, but easily the price of a burrito.

You'll turn down glory for the price of a burrito?
Yes.

It's not the money per say. I can't even explain it, but it just irks me the wrong way.
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A good super burrito is pretty glorious...
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A good super burrito is pretty glorious...
There is that.
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Burritos cost $60 there?
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