I'm not certain winning the race to a more advanced state of dementia is a promotion.

At least I showed up.

OK kid. Do that another 250 times so you're closer to my racing experience and we can talk.


386 miles this week. Haven't rolled up that many road miles in a week in a while. And that was over 6 days, took Monday off.

Just kidding pclown....I mean pcad. Honestly though, you should have gone, it was an awesome race.

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.

On saturday at Purgatory my teammate got dropped every lap on the climb. I hung with the group on 3/4 laps. But he is wayy stronger than me. This sport is jacked up. And yes, for me, racing is the best training I do.

I don't race because I'm ever going to have a lot of success in the sport. I do it because it makes me so much fitter and faster than I would otherwise be. And I get a huge charge out of rides like Nyack too. It's fun riding 25-30 mph with the Road Nazis. 80% of the racing crowd are the nicest guys on the friggin planet. The camaraderie is the best part, don't let some of the 33 blowhards dissuade you.

It's the frggin Internet, the World Ahole Convention. I'm the Chairman of the BF Delegation by the way.

We know.

You have no idea.

Man it's nice out here on the Mt. Doom deck @ twilight on a 90º day. Friggin perfect.

Fixed ;)

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.

No heartburn? I envy you.

I don't think I've ever had heartburn in my life.

Oh yeah, pre-ride meal was bbq shrimp (on the barbie of course) over salad. Dining was al fresco, natch.

usac has your race license down for like 7

razor I was looking into a tri...they are $$$ 70 for a sprint near me.

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.

If razor finishes a damn tri I'll be impressed.



Wait, lets not start that conversation again.

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.

Really?

iop3c




(in on pg. 300)

Really... I was joking with pcad. They (promoters) are really bad about it, but it is regional. I only have 3 of 7 races listed.

I was talking about the grammatical fail I put in bold. "don't been even report results"

I 'm trying to think positve here.