Month: July 2008
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Alabama State Road Race and Criterium Championships
We’re leaving bright and early tomorrow morning to head up to Hartselle, Alabama for the state road race. 72 miles, 4 laps of an 18 mile course. After the race we’re heading over to Guntersville, Alabama to stay with the McCrory’s whom we haven’t seen in a while so we’re looking forward to catching up…
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Take Back the Tour
[clearspring_widget title=”Take Back the Tour” wid=”486b9d4d7e84547a” pid=”487ea3d4b9f46690″ width=”300″ height=”250″ domain=”widgets.clearspring.com”] If you click on “real-time”, you can watch several of the riders heart rate, power, cadence, and speed statistics in real-time. It’s pretty cool! Give it a minute or so to update itself before you first start seeing any real values.
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Versus! Tour de France Stage 11
We found out yesterday that we could add Versus to our extremely cheap cable lineup for only $10/month. I am sure that it is a mistake somehow, but we now have Charter 10Meg Internet, basic digital service (channels 2-13), the discovery channel (23), and the sports package including Versus (212) for only $45/month! Anyway, I’m…
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Alabama state time trial champion
From worst to first! Anybody who knows my racing knows that I usually finish towards the bottom end of the group in time trials. Today I turned that around — well, sorta … I placed third today in the 1/2/3 category but since I was the only Cat 1 from Alabama in the race, I…
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July racing update
Fitchburg-Longsjo was an awesome experience at the beginning of the month. Tomorrow is the Alabama state time trial championships in Sprott, Alabama. Table-top flat and I am looking to get some good time trial training and establish a base level for a 40k time trial since this will be my first one. I am hoping…
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2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Photos
Update: Unfortunately, I had to remove these pictures because of copyright issues. Oh well. As a substitute, you can hover over any of the links and WordPress will automatically display a preview of the picture. I think the pictures (follow the links) tell a pretty good story about how the race played out starting with…
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Stage 4 – Downtown Fitchburg Criterium, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
Quick summary: 71st, s.t as winner, moved up to 55th in the general classification, 8 minutes down on the leader. Finished my first NRC stage race! The stats: Heart rate (157 avg, 180 max), Speed (27.8 avg, 37.0 max), Cadence (88 avg, 138 max), Power (340 avg, 862 max), Climbing (1857′), Time (1:51:25), Distance (51.2…
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Stage 3 – Fitchburg State College Circuit Race – 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
Quick summary: 53rd, “the ramp”, “the roller coaster”, moved up to 60th in the GC The stats: Power (348 avg / 800 max), Heart Rate (158 avg / 179 max), Speed (27.8 avg / 41 max), Cadence (85 avg / 123 max), Climbing (3196′), 72 miles (2:35:25) The details: I was a little nervous about…
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Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
Quick summary: 77th, 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind today’s winner, which moved up 45 spots in the general classification to 82nd, about 6 minutes 45 seconds back from the overall leader The stats: 104 miles, 24.2mph, 306 watts avg power, 150 bpm avg heart rate, nearly 8000′ of climbing!, 4:18:05 The details: Whew. Hard…
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Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
Quick summary: 77th, 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind today’s winner, which moved up 45 spots in the general classification to 82nd, about 6 minutes 45 seconds back from the overall leader The stats: 104 miles, 24.2mph, 306 watts avg power, 150 bpm avg heart rate, nearly 8000′ of climbing!, 4:18:05 The details: Whew. Hard…