You decide
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Dont Forget
To sign up for Superior Bike Fest. Prices are cheaper then they were last year. Well worth the drive for three days of fun!!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
When in Globe....
do as the Belgians?
The day started for me at 3:20 am when i woke to my alarm clock to get up and get going to my race up in globe. I knew it was gonna be a rough day on the bike so i made sure to have some nutella and a whole lot of go go juice. I got to Globe at 7 and it was pouring and 42 degrees. I geared up pure yooper summer gear(knee warmers, arm warmers, vest and rain coat) i also rigged up the ol plastic bags over the feet with some shoe covers over them. These kept my feet dry for 35 miles.
The course was full of rolling hills on the way out with a slight tail wind the group split with the first good climb of 2 miles. In the break we had 2 WM riders and a southwest hand racer and some other guy. we kept it rolling not to put out to much energy knowing that when we turned around to come back we had a 6 mile climb. This climb turned out to be the deciding factor of the race. The group came together and the pace was high up this 7% grade. After i got done putting some nice tempo and was about to go back to watch the southwest hand rider he jumped i tried to counter but couldnt match his acceleration. two teammates bridged to me and we blew the group apart. We worked well together and i rolled in 2nd place. Team WM was strong today and i most deff wouldnt have been able to pull that off with out the team.
ill try to post some pics soon
The day started for me at 3:20 am when i woke to my alarm clock to get up and get going to my race up in globe. I knew it was gonna be a rough day on the bike so i made sure to have some nutella and a whole lot of go go juice. I got to Globe at 7 and it was pouring and 42 degrees. I geared up pure yooper summer gear(knee warmers, arm warmers, vest and rain coat) i also rigged up the ol plastic bags over the feet with some shoe covers over them. These kept my feet dry for 35 miles.
The course was full of rolling hills on the way out with a slight tail wind the group split with the first good climb of 2 miles. In the break we had 2 WM riders and a southwest hand racer and some other guy. we kept it rolling not to put out to much energy knowing that when we turned around to come back we had a 6 mile climb. This climb turned out to be the deciding factor of the race. The group came together and the pace was high up this 7% grade. After i got done putting some nice tempo and was about to go back to watch the southwest hand rider he jumped i tried to counter but couldnt match his acceleration. two teammates bridged to me and we blew the group apart. We worked well together and i rolled in 2nd place. Team WM was strong today and i most deff wouldnt have been able to pull that off with out the team.
ill try to post some pics soon
Monday, April 6, 2009
Welcome to the Mtns.
Well the second weekend of racing is over. It had some ups and some downs. The last weekend consisted of a crit around U of A and on sunday a road race just outside the boarder.
The crit was a blast. it was a 6 corner crit with a false flat and a little uphill. The crit got exciting on the 4th or so lap when the sprinkler system from the U of A softball stadium decided to go off and excess water to run into a corner. With this excess water came a small lake that covered the corner. with the water on the course your tires were still wet going into the next corner. if you came into this corner to hott your tires for sure would be sliding on through. I kept it up right and fought to stay in it as gaps would go after the water. The pace seemed decent at an avg of 25 mph for 50 mins for my early season legs. i came in 10th on the day.
The next day was suppose to be the hardest one day road race in Arizona. Im learning to believe the promoters down here. This was easiest the hardest race i have done. With a climb that was 18% for a good while. Then after this climb it was continuous rabbit hills that just killed the legs. With no where to recover during the race it was one continuous effort the whole time. I found it amazing how these guys could just fly up this hill like nothing was there. I got popped off on the second lap and continued to chase and rejoined the group going into the 4th lap. When i caught them i got to sit in for just a few mins before the attacks started to fly again going up the climb. i hung in with the guys for the next to laps then got popped hard. This race was a great learning experience. Not only to learn to race better but to learn more about what kind of shape your in and ones weakness.
This coming weekend there is suppose to be an 8 mile climb....hope my climbing legs are there due to no crit the day before!
The crit was a blast. it was a 6 corner crit with a false flat and a little uphill. The crit got exciting on the 4th or so lap when the sprinkler system from the U of A softball stadium decided to go off and excess water to run into a corner. With this excess water came a small lake that covered the corner. with the water on the course your tires were still wet going into the next corner. if you came into this corner to hott your tires for sure would be sliding on through. I kept it up right and fought to stay in it as gaps would go after the water. The pace seemed decent at an avg of 25 mph for 50 mins for my early season legs. i came in 10th on the day.
The next day was suppose to be the hardest one day road race in Arizona. Im learning to believe the promoters down here. This was easiest the hardest race i have done. With a climb that was 18% for a good while. Then after this climb it was continuous rabbit hills that just killed the legs. With no where to recover during the race it was one continuous effort the whole time. I found it amazing how these guys could just fly up this hill like nothing was there. I got popped off on the second lap and continued to chase and rejoined the group going into the 4th lap. When i caught them i got to sit in for just a few mins before the attacks started to fly again going up the climb. i hung in with the guys for the next to laps then got popped hard. This race was a great learning experience. Not only to learn to race better but to learn more about what kind of shape your in and ones weakness.
This coming weekend there is suppose to be an 8 mile climb....hope my climbing legs are there due to no crit the day before!
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