Category: Racing
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Labor Day Omnium Day 3 – Anderson Civic Center Circuit Race
This is the same course as the NRC race that I almost won last year. Read my detailed race report from last year. I was definitely hoping to make the podium this year, but the race played out much differently since the race was much shorter. We did 25 laps of the 2.7 mile course…
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Labor Day Omnium Day 2 – Civic Center Criterium
Summary This was a new course using some of the same roads that were part of the circuit race last year. The course was fast with plenty of opportunities for attack. I thought I was racing well, but ended up missing a split with 18 riders up the road. In the last few laps, 3…
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Labor Day Omnium Day 1 – Lake Hartwell Dam Time Trial
I had a bit of an epiphany today during the 5 hour drive from Birmingham to the start of the Labor Day Omnium — a time trial held across the Lake Hartwell dam on the South Carolina – Georgia border. I realized that I was more interested in the race venue than I was in…
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River Gorge 2012
If you are looking for positive happy go lucky race reports, then skip over this one. Quick summary of results Time Trial – 46th, 10 seconds slower than last year, disappointing. Criterium – Big crash with no more free laps. Instead of immediately telling us there were no more free laps so that we could…
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Climbing comparisons and Rapha Rising goodies!
Prizes from the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race – big belt buckle and full zip jacket. Mt Massive is annotated in the background. (click to enlarge) Prizes from the Rapha Rising climbing competition on Strava – circle of death jersey and rapha bib shorts. The Shades Crest ridge line is annotated in the background. (click…
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2012 Leadville heartrate data and wrap-up
Hear is my heartrate data from this year’s Leadville race (read my race report). Heartrate summary – note the lack of any time at all in Zone 5 2012 Leadville Heartrate data (click to enlarge) A few things to note about the heartrate data … first, there is no time at all in Zone 5!…
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Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race Report
Katie, Kat, me, and Kristine – the Toonesfanclub racing team today for Leadville Quick summary I am very happy to have finished the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race today in 7 hours and 35 minutes in 39th place. I could really feel the effects of being so high up in the mountains (minimum elevation…
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GCGP Day 5 – Newton County Circuit Race
2012 Georgia Cycling Gran Prix Overall GC podium. L-R Dan Holt (Team Type 1), Alexy Schmidt (Team Type 1), Brian Toone (Tria Cycling p/b DonoohooAuto.com and Infinity Med-i-spa). Photo by Barbara Dowde Three days, three podiums! This podium was for 3rd place in the 5 day stage race overall. Unfortunately I didn’t see anyone with…
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GCGP Day 4 – Covington Criterium – 3rd place
GCGP Day 4 – Downtown Covington Criterium Podium – L-R Dan Holt (Team Type 1), Oscar Clark (UHC/707), Brian Toone (Tria p/b DonohooAuto.com and Infinity Med-i-spa) It worked so well yesterday, I thought I would try it again. So as soon as the chief official said “riders ready” – the secret codeword for “go” in…
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GCGP Day 3 – Oxford Hills Road Race
Pro/1/2 Oxford Road Race podium (L-R Brian Toone, Oscar Clark, David Guttenplan) Podium! I ended up second after a long 70 mile breakaway from the gun. I was tired of missing the early move so I decided to initiate the first attack by attacking as soon as the race started. David Guttenplan (United Healthcare /…