Tag: heartrate

  • 2010 Tour de Cullman

    Big thanks to Carson Glasscock for another great Tour de Cullman ride/race/party! Lots of folks lined up for the start in front of Carson’s house with Smith Lock, Velocity Pro Cycles, and Tria all having good representation. We rolled out under beautiful weather and made our way through the rolling countryside. I had been sick…

  • End of the year epic sassafras mountain ride

    End of the year epic sassafras mountain ride (2D) 3D view of the major climbs on this year's ride It has been an annual tradition for me for the past 15 years to end the season with a truly epic ride. During my college days, that would involve a 200+ mile ride in the mountains…

  • Greenville Fall Cycling Extravaganza Day 2

    Sunday was another great day of racing at the Greenville Fall Cycling Extravaganza. And it was another podium for me, one step closer to the top but not quite there. For Sunday’s race, we raced on a short course on the industrial park side of the Donaldson Center military airport. This was like a trip…

  • Greenville Fall Cycling Extravaganza Day 1

    Quick update from Greenville, raced hard tonight, made it onto the podium in 3rd place. Small but tough field! Strong teams from Hincapie and Subaru (3 riders each), and then a lot of strong solo riders, too. I made it into a couple good breaks, but with the downhill backside of the course and lots…

  • Texas Tough USA Crits Finale Race Report

    Zoomed in view of the start/finish stretch before the start of the Cat 2/3 race. Race report Raced and fought hard to a 30th place finish out of a strong field of about 100 starters. I got caught up in a crash near the middle of the group about 10 laps into the race ultimately…

  • Dothan Cityfest Criterium Race Report

    Oh so close to a late season podium… 4th place after 20+ laps in a 4-man break. Still, the Dothan Cityfest criterium was an awesome new race on the calendar this year in Dothan, AL. The Pro/1/2 race featured a $10,000 prize purse paid 25 places deep. My awesome teammates Stuart Lamp, Terry Duran, and…

  • 2010 Tour de La France and US 100K Race Reports

    Quick summary I had a great three day weekend of racing and training this week in South Carolina and Georgia. Here’s the quick summary: Saturday – Tour de La France criterium – top notch field, fun course, 29th Sunday – Awesome training ride in Clemson on my old routes from college Monday – US 100K…

  • Downtown Chattanooga Crit (River Gorge)

    I got the opportunity unexpectedly this past Sunday to race the Chattanooga criterium, part of the River Gorge omnium, when my plans for NY fell through. I had debated about what to do for training since I had been preparing all week for a very hard Sunday, so when we woke up in Birmingham to…

  • 2010 Meridian / Cuba Omnium Race Report

    Wow – I just had my first omnium win thanks to amazing teamwork by Tria Cycling this weekend at the Cuba Meridian Challenge Omnium. Quick summary Saturday criterium – 3rd place, I initiated 4-man break that lapped field, went too early in the finishing sprint to finish 3rd. Sunday road race – 1st place, I…

  • Presbyterian Invitational Heartrate data

    Here’s my heartrate data from the race … survived 58 minutes including the ceremonial half-lap after I was dropped back to the start/finish to be pulled by the officials. Manageable first two laps At the back, struggling Easier, but exhausted Pace ramping up again, the death knell…