Author: kartoone
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Mississippi Gran Prix 2013
Quick summary Friday night crit – 6th in a race that ended in a field sprint Saturday morning road race – 7th in a race that ended in a field sprint Saturday afternoon time trial – 32nd in a time trial that ended with a sprint Sunday morning circuit race – 6th in a race…
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Smyer KOM
Quick post here … I took back the Smyer to Shades Crest KOM today. One of the things about that climb is that it is has been on my commute route home from work for the past eight years. Before I ever had a GPS I used to time myself with a very basic bike…
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12 hours of iron maiden
Quick summary Amazing race on Saturday – great job Chain Busters Racing! I ended up winning my very first 12 hour mountain bike race … barely! Tyler Murch nearly closed down a 30 minute gap that I had at the start of my next-to-last lap. But it was dark and pouring down rain for those…
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Hell of the South 2013
Hell of the South 2013 Pro/1/2 podium – Me, AJ Meyer, Tommy Schubert. Photo credit – Tim Hall – I love that he got the Berlin Community Fire Department sign in the photo. You can see the registration tables in the background. Bike wheels on the inside … perfect for this race. Quick summary An…
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Union City 2013
Note: I started this blog about Union City last week (March 16-17), but I’ve been crazy busy all week and haven’t been able to post it until now. Day 1 – Shannon Mall Circuit Race I’m still trying to parse what just happened in today’s circuit race, but however the outcome we had a great…
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Rouge Roubaix 2013
Annotated power map (click to enlarge) I have been wanting to write this race report from the moment the race was over, but it has been a crazy busy week at work. I am finally caught up enough that I can sit down to reflect on what for sure was the most epic Rouge Roubaix…
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2013 Simple Joe’s Training Race Series
Each year for the past 10+ years, Bill Seitz and his GSMR team have put on an excellent “kick-off-the-year” training series up in a rural valley near Gadsden at the Camp Sumataunga. I signed up to race all three races, but I forgot about a church program Analise and Josiah were going to be in…
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2013 Southern Cross Race Report
Me and race promoter, ultra mtb racer Eddie O'Dea at the awards presentation Quick summary 1st place overall! Thomas Turner dropped me about halfway up the first climb, but I ended up catching him again just before the start of the final descent (35 miles later) before he dropped me again on the descent. He…
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BBL Wrap-up plus Huntsville Climbing
This weekend was quite the kicker of a way to end the training season and dive headlong into racing season … starting next weekend with the southern cross race. Here’s a quick look at what I believe I’ll be racing the next few weeks: Feb 16 – southern cross (mtb) Feb 17 – gsmr training…
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BBL iBike Newton+
Cahaba river pedestrian bridge behind the ballfields (plus iBike Newton pic) Baseball skills assessment collage … Josiah was scheduled for his tryouts at 2:45 … I rode 102 miles and arrived at exactly 2:42, but he had gone early because it was starting to rain. Fortunately I was able to catch them in the parking…