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@F16F22 - HELL YEAH!!!! 
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04-11-17, 11:48 AM
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@F16F22 Cool stuff, and enjoy that feeling.
04-17-17, 11:46 AM
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Did the local UNR crit Sunday. It's mostly a collegiate event but the add in some USAC cats in the crit to support the overall omnium.
Hey, I get that the 35+ started at 8:00 and it was below 40 degrees, and Easter weekend, but we have probably 15-20 local folks in that group who could at least come out and support one of the few USAC races we have.
We got 4, including me for the 35 1/2/3. Two 1's and two 2's. Me and another 55+ teammate vs. two actual 35's I ride with all the time. We all knew each other and were all riding the P1/2/3 right after, so we had a truce pact going which lasted 2 minutes into the race.
Twisty, very technical course, so I was able to make up in bike handling what I was missing in fitness. Teamate dropped out early, I ended up OTF for 10 minutes or so, we were all together with 10 to go. Attacked on the last lap, couldn't shake my 1800w sprinter friend, so I got 2nd.
3rd place won the P1/2/3, I made three laps and my legs decided they were done. Coasting into the parking lot one of my jockey wheels ejected, so my legs probably saved my a fair bit of money.
Record for the year:
DNF
6th
2nd
2nd
DNF
Guess I'm due for another 6th.
Hey, I get that the 35+ started at 8:00 and it was below 40 degrees, and Easter weekend, but we have probably 15-20 local folks in that group who could at least come out and support one of the few USAC races we have.
We got 4, including me for the 35 1/2/3. Two 1's and two 2's. Me and another 55+ teammate vs. two actual 35's I ride with all the time. We all knew each other and were all riding the P1/2/3 right after, so we had a truce pact going which lasted 2 minutes into the race.
Twisty, very technical course, so I was able to make up in bike handling what I was missing in fitness. Teamate dropped out early, I ended up OTF for 10 minutes or so, we were all together with 10 to go. Attacked on the last lap, couldn't shake my 1800w sprinter friend, so I got 2nd.
3rd place won the P1/2/3, I made three laps and my legs decided they were done. Coasting into the parking lot one of my jockey wheels ejected, so my legs probably saved my a fair bit of money.
Record for the year:
DNF
6th
2nd
2nd
DNF
Guess I'm due for another 6th.
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04-18-17, 09:43 AM
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Haha @Racer Ex, the funny thing when I once argued to my local cycling friends that they really should support local races. Many of them took that to mean "support me personally and come out to cheer". So one of them dutifully showed up at my next TT with a cow bell. Not what I meant. I meant: think about participating in the race.
Nice 2nd place though, esp given the pups in your field.
@globecanvas, consistency is over-rated.
Nice 2nd place though, esp given the pups in your field.
@globecanvas, consistency is over-rated.
04-19-17, 10:19 AM
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Congrats on the podium, @globecanvas!
04-30-17, 07:25 PM
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05-01-17, 09:37 AM
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GC, a race report that I can read and understand.
05-01-17, 09:57 AM
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Best legs of the year actually. Spent most of the race in the wind and nothing to show for it. If I hadn't been feeling quite as good, I would have burned way fewer watts at smarter times and won. I've done the same at this course (Lime Rock) before .. the course suits me and it's just too easy to go fast so I get too big for my britches.
By contrast some of my best results have been races where halfway through I was struggling to survive. There is some kind of life lesson there.
By contrast some of my best results have been races where halfway through I was struggling to survive. There is some kind of life lesson there.
05-01-17, 10:46 AM
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GC, BTW, I liked your summary and chronology of races.
05-01-17, 01:25 PM
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05-01-17, 01:32 PM
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EXTERIOR - LIME ROCK PARK - DAY
The storied auto race track. Gaze across the rubber-streaked tarmac. Hark! Can you hear the ghostly whine of engines, smell the smoky haze of gasoline and tires? Probably not. All I can hear is the cat 4/5 field piling up in the sprint. It's American carnage. Those poor bastards, just starting out in the hobby, put in a hard effort for the whole race and ended up lying 10 meters from the finish line moaning in pain.
They delayed the start of the masters race a few minutes while they zambonied up the bodies and broken bike parts. There are only about 17 in the masters, and honestly it's a pretty weak field, because most of the big names were at Quabbin RR yesterday.
It's a very punchy course, 3.5 minute laps with a 20 second climb that needs 500+ watts every. single. time.
A big guy who I didn't recognize took off at the whistle. A lap later another guy who's not very threatening bridged across. A lap later the field basically had them caught, and honestly they looked terrible. Nobody bothered to put a nail in, so the 2-man break crawled out of the coffin and the gap went back out. The field seemed like it was done chasing forever so I put in an effort, and at the top of the hill I had a big gap to the field. So I said screw it and kept going.
At that point I should have puncheured out a hard lap to get over to the break. In the major error of the race, I instead got comfy and tried to grind my way across. After 15 minutes of solo wind eating in no man's land, with the gap to the break holding at 8-10 seconds ahead and the field way back out of sight, I started to feel like grindeuring wasn't that much fun any more and the break started to creep away. I stopped pedaling and waited a really long time until the field finally moseyed along.
With about 10 minutes left, a couple of entirely nonthreatening guys went off. Then a TT specialist buddy went after them and in the minor error of the race, I admired his nice attacky form and did not jump on his wheel. I was mentally focused on the guys he was bridging to not being dangerous. When I snapped out of it I went after him hard, but he sat in behind the other guys for a few seconds and then towed them along. At 500m I thought, I'm gonna catch those guys and I went all in but I paid a few hundred watts of tax for spending most of the race in the wind and I could not quite catch them. The field was 30 seconds back.
An entirely lame result, behind a bunch of guys I should have beaten, and a 50 minute power PR. One big mistake cost the win and one small mistake cost the podium.
The storied auto race track. Gaze across the rubber-streaked tarmac. Hark! Can you hear the ghostly whine of engines, smell the smoky haze of gasoline and tires? Probably not. All I can hear is the cat 4/5 field piling up in the sprint. It's American carnage. Those poor bastards, just starting out in the hobby, put in a hard effort for the whole race and ended up lying 10 meters from the finish line moaning in pain.
They delayed the start of the masters race a few minutes while they zambonied up the bodies and broken bike parts. There are only about 17 in the masters, and honestly it's a pretty weak field, because most of the big names were at Quabbin RR yesterday.
It's a very punchy course, 3.5 minute laps with a 20 second climb that needs 500+ watts every. single. time.
A big guy who I didn't recognize took off at the whistle. A lap later another guy who's not very threatening bridged across. A lap later the field basically had them caught, and honestly they looked terrible. Nobody bothered to put a nail in, so the 2-man break crawled out of the coffin and the gap went back out. The field seemed like it was done chasing forever so I put in an effort, and at the top of the hill I had a big gap to the field. So I said screw it and kept going.
At that point I should have puncheured out a hard lap to get over to the break. In the major error of the race, I instead got comfy and tried to grind my way across. After 15 minutes of solo wind eating in no man's land, with the gap to the break holding at 8-10 seconds ahead and the field way back out of sight, I started to feel like grindeuring wasn't that much fun any more and the break started to creep away. I stopped pedaling and waited a really long time until the field finally moseyed along.
With about 10 minutes left, a couple of entirely nonthreatening guys went off. Then a TT specialist buddy went after them and in the minor error of the race, I admired his nice attacky form and did not jump on his wheel. I was mentally focused on the guys he was bridging to not being dangerous. When I snapped out of it I went after him hard, but he sat in behind the other guys for a few seconds and then towed them along. At 500m I thought, I'm gonna catch those guys and I went all in but I paid a few hundred watts of tax for spending most of the race in the wind and I could not quite catch them. The field was 30 seconds back.
An entirely lame result, behind a bunch of guys I should have beaten, and a 50 minute power PR. One big mistake cost the win and one small mistake cost the podium.
05-01-17, 03:43 PM
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Haha that is a great race report, @globecanvas.
Best image of the week is the cat 4/5 guys getting zambonied up.
Best image of the week is the cat 4/5 guys getting zambonied up.
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I liked the above race report format showing your tally of races and finishes (or not finishes) and that your are adding on to it.
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EXTERIOR - LIME ROCK PARK - DAY
The storied auto race track. Gaze across the rubber-streaked tarmac. Hark! Can you hear the ghostly whine of engines, smell the smoky haze of gasoline and tires? Probably not. All I can hear is the cat 4/5 field piling up in the sprint. It's American carnage. Those poor bastards, just starting out in the hobby, put in a hard effort for the whole race and ended up lying 10 meters from the finish line moaning in pain.
They delayed the start of the masters race a few minutes while they zambonied up the bodies and broken bike parts. There are only about 17 in the masters, and honestly it's a pretty weak field, because most of the big names were at Quabbin RR yesterday.
It's a very punchy course, 3.5 minute laps with a 20 second climb that needs 500+ watts every. single. time.
A big guy who I didn't recognize took off at the whistle. A lap later another guy who's not very threatening bridged across. A lap later the field basically had them caught, and honestly they looked terrible. Nobody bothered to put a nail in, so the 2-man break crawled out of the coffin and the gap went back out. The field seemed like it was done chasing forever so I put in an effort, and at the top of the hill I had a big gap to the field. So I said screw it and kept going.
At that point I should have puncheured out a hard lap to get over to the break. In the major error of the race, I instead got comfy and tried to grind my way across. After 15 minutes of solo wind eating in no man's land, with the gap to the break holding at 8-10 seconds ahead and the field way back out of sight, I started to feel like grindeuring wasn't that much fun any more and the break started to creep away. I stopped pedaling and waited a really long time until the field finally moseyed along.
With about 10 minutes left, a couple of entirely nonthreatening guys went off. Then a TT specialist buddy went after them and in the minor error of the race, I admired his nice attacky form and did not jump on his wheel. I was mentally focused on the guys he was bridging to not being dangerous. When I snapped out of it I went after him hard, but he sat in behind the other guys for a few seconds and then towed them along. At 500m I thought, I'm gonna catch those guys and I went all in but I paid a few hundred watts of tax for spending most of the race in the wind and I could not quite catch them. The field was 30 seconds back.
An entirely lame result, behind a bunch of guys I should have beaten, and a 50 minute power PR. One big mistake cost the win and one small mistake cost the podium.
The storied auto race track. Gaze across the rubber-streaked tarmac. Hark! Can you hear the ghostly whine of engines, smell the smoky haze of gasoline and tires? Probably not. All I can hear is the cat 4/5 field piling up in the sprint. It's American carnage. Those poor bastards, just starting out in the hobby, put in a hard effort for the whole race and ended up lying 10 meters from the finish line moaning in pain.
They delayed the start of the masters race a few minutes while they zambonied up the bodies and broken bike parts. There are only about 17 in the masters, and honestly it's a pretty weak field, because most of the big names were at Quabbin RR yesterday.
It's a very punchy course, 3.5 minute laps with a 20 second climb that needs 500+ watts every. single. time.
A big guy who I didn't recognize took off at the whistle. A lap later another guy who's not very threatening bridged across. A lap later the field basically had them caught, and honestly they looked terrible. Nobody bothered to put a nail in, so the 2-man break crawled out of the coffin and the gap went back out. The field seemed like it was done chasing forever so I put in an effort, and at the top of the hill I had a big gap to the field. So I said screw it and kept going.
At that point I should have puncheured out a hard lap to get over to the break. In the major error of the race, I instead got comfy and tried to grind my way across. After 15 minutes of solo wind eating in no man's land, with the gap to the break holding at 8-10 seconds ahead and the field way back out of sight, I started to feel like grindeuring wasn't that much fun any more and the break started to creep away. I stopped pedaling and waited a really long time until the field finally moseyed along.
With about 10 minutes left, a couple of entirely nonthreatening guys went off. Then a TT specialist buddy went after them and in the minor error of the race, I admired his nice attacky form and did not jump on his wheel. I was mentally focused on the guys he was bridging to not being dangerous. When I snapped out of it I went after him hard, but he sat in behind the other guys for a few seconds and then towed them along. At 500m I thought, I'm gonna catch those guys and I went all in but I paid a few hundred watts of tax for spending most of the race in the wind and I could not quite catch them. The field was 30 seconds back.
An entirely lame result, behind a bunch of guys I should have beaten, and a 50 minute power PR. One big mistake cost the win and one small mistake cost the podium.
05-01-17, 04:42 PM
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I can't tell you how many times I went back and forth on the interpretation! Is he saying that is a race report I can read, or please provide a race report I can read? I liked your summary and chronology of the season or of each race? Your recent pseudo- race reports, or older actual race reports are great?
I'm glad we finally figured it out :hugs:
05-01-17, 09:32 PM
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@globecanvas, I'm glad you did figure it out! I just love reading them!
("It's just a stupid bike race...")
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05-04-17, 09:40 AM
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well done @globecanvas; now you just need to summarize your report to a Springsteen song
05-04-17, 01:58 PM
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well done @globecanvas; now you just need to summarize your report to a Springsteen song