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Behind the 8 ball |
| Thursday, May 3, 2007 |
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March and April were brutal..... Work rose up and bit me in the buttocks and sapped me for both energy and training time. To make matters far worse, my wife had lymph nodes removed after finding a tumor in her neck. That kept us all preoccupied. And, being a stress eater that I am, I packed on 6 pounds in 5 weeks. I found out what that means when I did a 5.5 mile running race which included 1100' gain in the 1st 3.5 miles. It really smoked me! Anyway, my focus now is just to lose some weight. I'm shooting for 5 pounds by May 20th. That's the date of the Midseason Gran Prix Crit. Hopefully, I can get my training up to and over 6 hours per week. This has been the worst start to a season ever.... BTW, here's a pic from my last time trial. Top 10 finish against a strong field of 28 riders. |
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DARE CRIT |
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 |
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| Did my 1st Crit today. Raced in the 30+ 4/5 catagory and did okay. With a full field of 75, I was 30th. I got out of the way at the end for the sprinters; there had already been two crashes and I didn't want to leave my skin on the pavement. One one the guys who crashed went into my rear wheel. Fortunately, the mtb skill skept me up. When the race was done, I saw that his wheel had melted the slip cover to my shoe. There was an imprint of his tire, followed by the melted spot. Whew... |
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Piru TT |
| Tuesday, February 6, 2007 |
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Did the TT with road rash. As if there's not enough suffering going on already! Your'e laying across the top tube in an unatural position, your 'boys' are numb because of the pressure, and your ass is hurting from doing an imitation of cheese going across a grater... I finished 6/15 in Cat 5. More importantly, I was only 40 seconds back from my training partner, who is a very good time trialist. And, on a longer course to boot. Fiesta Island TT coming up! Here's a photo of me(the overly large one) and Phil (aka the blade) after the race; dashing in our team kit... |
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OUCH!!! |
| Saturday, February 3, 2007 |
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Doing some time trial work yesterday when a lady passed me in her car. She then hit her turn signal and turned to the right. Gave me enough time to lay it down at about 25 mph. Ruined my right sock, bike shorts, and right glove. Fortunatley, it was cold, so I had polartec on top. Ground down my derailleur, bar wrap, carbon brake level, and shifters. Overall, not too bad on the equipment. For the body; gouged the ankle, got a plate sized rash on my calf, got a plate sized bruise and rash on my hip, and my muscles are sore today! For those asking, the lady stopped and was very helpful. Rules of the road here in CA put me at fault, so I didn't even bother bitching. Also, a guy came out of his house and let me use his bathroom to clean the wounds, hit them with peroxide, and get some antibiotic on them. Even offered to give me a ride home. Samaritan's are not gone! Still going to try to race on Sunday. We'll see. |
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Spare tire blues |
| Wednesday, January 31, 2007 |
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I'm blessed with the metabolism of a coastal redwood. I'm down to about 1500-1800 calories per day, and I can't seem to break past around 187-188 pounds. Maybe some has to do with age, but damn!! Any suggestions out there? Anyway, TT this weekend. Hope to have a decent showing before the much more competitive Fiesat Island TT in San Diego on Feb. 11. |
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