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06-20-10 | 06:43 PM
#6776
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06-20-10 | 06:49 PM
#6777
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Great biking day. Took the late afternoon ride around Cazenovia Lake.
Tried a new mix in the water bottle - half lemonade. Not a mix, homemade with real lemons, some orange, sugar and mint. Excellent.
Tried a new mix in the water bottle - half lemonade. Not a mix, homemade with real lemons, some orange, sugar and mint. Excellent.
06-20-10 | 07:15 PM
#6779
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06-20-10 | 07:17 PM
#6780
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Oh yeah, pre-ride meal was bbq shrimp (on the barbie of course) over salad. Dining was al fresco, natch.
06-20-10 | 07:33 PM
#6782
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Peloton Shelter Dog
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WhatEVER. I've been racing since 1993 or so. Most of my races probably pre-date their current computer system. And their website lists results, not total participation. Many of the races I do don't been even report results back to USA Cycling. Get a clue kid.
Last edited by patentcad; 06-20-10 at 07:38 PM.
06-20-10 | 07:38 PM
#6783
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If razor finishes a damn tri I'll be impressed.
Wait, lets not start that conversation again.
Wait, lets not start that conversation again.
06-20-10 | 07:39 PM
#6784
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Paying $100+ to wake up at 3am to jump in the stupid Potomac river. Triathlon is way stupider than bike racing. I did not come out of the river with any extra limbs though, so I consider it a success.
06-20-10 | 07:41 PM
#6785
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Really?
06-20-10 | 07:43 PM
#6786
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06-20-10 | 07:53 PM
#6788
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I was talking about the grammatical fail I put in bold. "don't been even report results"
06-20-10 | 07:54 PM
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06-20-10 | 07:59 PM
#6790
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06-20-10 | 08:00 PM
#6791
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Hey Pcad,
If you ride as much as you say you ride, for as many years as you say you've ridden, and you ride the same routes time and again, then why in the world do you need a "Joule" to tell you what you did?
A clock and speedometer should give you all the data you need to know.
Hey Pcad,
If you ride as much as you say you ride, for as many years as you say you've ridden, and you ride the same routes time and again, then why in the world do you need a "Joule" to tell you what you did?
A clock and speedometer should give you all the data you need to know.
06-20-10 | 08:03 PM
#6792
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It's all about the schwag.
06-20-10 | 08:08 PM
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06-20-10 | 08:09 PM
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06-20-10 | 08:10 PM
#6795
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06-20-10 | 08:14 PM
#6797
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06-20-10 | 08:15 PM
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Good on you for showing up, and yes, for getting shelled. That's the only way you can guage where you stand in this sport.
Cycling is so strange that way. Me and my pal Juan do some of the same rides and races. So in Prospect Park last Saturday, I get ejected on lap 5 of the fast 35+ race, he hung on the entire race and finished with the field. I saw him today after the Nyack Ride (which he also attended) and asked him what the average speed was on his clock for the Prospect Race, he said 26.4 mph. Anything over 25 mph on that course is fast, 26+ is ballistic. You have to be doing 30 much of the time to average 26 on that course (there's a half mile long upgrade that slows the pack down to 19-24 mph depending on how hard they hit it. At any rate here's the point: I get shelled, he hangs on in that Prospect race, then today on Nyack, I drop Juan by 250+ meters on the finishing hill (which you hit after 40+ hard miles). So who's fitter? Depends on the day, depends on how you feel, etc. You can feel like crap one day, much better the next.
So don't let getting dropped discourage you. You may eventually learn that you're not great at hillier races, or whatever. You may learn how to train and improve at those events. But you won't find out if you don't show up and race them. If you get shelled it does mean you got pushed to your limit. Probably harder than you would ride alone.
Cycling is so strange that way. Me and my pal Juan do some of the same rides and races. So in Prospect Park last Saturday, I get ejected on lap 5 of the fast 35+ race, he hung on the entire race and finished with the field. I saw him today after the Nyack Ride (which he also attended) and asked him what the average speed was on his clock for the Prospect Race, he said 26.4 mph. Anything over 25 mph on that course is fast, 26+ is ballistic. You have to be doing 30 much of the time to average 26 on that course (there's a half mile long upgrade that slows the pack down to 19-24 mph depending on how hard they hit it. At any rate here's the point: I get shelled, he hangs on in that Prospect race, then today on Nyack, I drop Juan by 250+ meters on the finishing hill (which you hit after 40+ hard miles). So who's fitter? Depends on the day, depends on how you feel, etc. You can feel like crap one day, much better the next.
So don't let getting dropped discourage you. You may eventually learn that you're not great at hillier races, or whatever. You may learn how to train and improve at those events. But you won't find out if you don't show up and race them. If you get shelled it does mean you got pushed to your limit. Probably harder than you would ride alone.
06-20-10 | 08:40 PM
#6799
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06-20-10 | 08:57 PM
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