Author: kartoone
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Road Atlanta (Day 1 – Georgia Cycling Gran Prix)
Quick summary – 4th from a seven man break with 3 Team Type 1 riders, 2 Aerocat riders, Oneal Samuels (Litespeed), and me. The details – There were lots of attacks in the first few laps, but with everybody still fresh, the large field was able to bring back each move. I made it into…
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Huntsville Omnium Day 2
Masters 35+ criterium Very small field led to a slow start as nobody wanted to be the first to attack. Then the organizers rang the bell for a $50 prime, and that got the ball rolling. Travis Werts (Sonic) took the prime with me just behind. We coalesced into a break of four, but the…
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Huntsville Omnium Day 1
Pro/1/2 road race I wrote last night that I was hoping to report on more wins this weekend, and I am happy to report that my teammate Pat Allison took the Pro/1/2 road race win this morning. Quick summary of the race – Pat initiated the break by rolling off with Bryant Funston (Marx and…
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Huntsville Speedway Omnium
One lap of the speedway – about 500 meters Strava ride map including warm-up on Green Mountain. Here is a link to all my data from the ride and race – http://app.strava.com/rides/945688 Cool-down lap with Josiah Happy to write up a quick report that I won the Huntsville Speedway Omnium this evening to kick off…
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July training and racing
Back from our long trip to Wisconsin to visit family and race the 2011 Tour of America’s Dairyland, we have settled into a really nice routine back here in Birmingham. In the mornings, Kristine goes for a run while I am still waking up and feeding the kids breakfast watching the live coverage of the…
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1,000,000 ft on the way into church
1,000,000 ft route – click to enlarge – climbs annotated Elevation profile for today’s commute to church (click to enlarge) On this ride into church this morning, I reached 1,000,000 ft of climbing for the year. I marked the map with a red X where I think I was at the time. I guess I…
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2011 Tour of America’s Dairyland Summary
What a great race series the 2011 Tour of America’s Dairyland was. I’m already looking forward to next year. This year featured 9 criteriums, 1 road race, and 1 time trial. The criteriums were a mix of hilly technical courses and flat, fast courses. This was my first time to race more than six days…
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Madison Criterium – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 11
Strava map of the Madison Criterium course – 2011 Tour of America’s Dairyland Mmmmm – chocolate milk at the finish in front of the capitol after 11 days of racing This was a great way to end up the 2011 Tour of America’s Dairyland. I put the course map first because it highlights the unique…
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Downer Ave Criterium – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 10
I think I may have cracked the top 15 on this one. I was really happy with the finish as it was a complete turnaround from yesterday. Even though I was again at the very front with one lap to go. I was able to hold my position and not get passed by anyone in…
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Fond du Lac Grand Prix – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 9
The Fond du Lac Grand prix yesterday was another great race that I managed to mess up at the end. Let’s start with the positive, though. I was in several breaks and even attacked once to start a break. I rode well at the front for the entire race before blowing the last lap. There…