Category: Racing
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Road America Tour of the Dairyland report
Not quite as large a field as the previous days, but still well over 75 riders lined up for Stage 5 of the Tour of America’s Dairlyland. This course is very similar to the Barber’s course that we race every year in Alabama, but maybe a couple miles longer. Check out the topocreator map below:…
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2010 Giro d’Grafton race report and heartrate data
Quick Summary 2nd on 1st $200 prime 3rd on $750 prime with 7 laps to go Narrowly avoided crash in final 100m to finish 14th. Heartrate and power data for the entire race Going for the $200 prime Struggling to move forward from towards the back of the pack Easier once I made it to…
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Tour de Grove 2010 Heartrate data
My Garmin has just finally dried off enough for me to connect it to the computer and download the Tour de Grove heartrate data. I’ve been having problems with the Garmin in the rain — and it definitely rained as you can tell by the goofy altitude readings at the end of the race. Lots…
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Tour de Grove 2010 Race Report
Always a great weekend of racing, this year’s Tour de Grove (formerly Tour de Winghaven) was awesome — even with all the bumps and bruises along the way. No, I didn’t crash at all, but my poor kids were on the pavement as much as they were off of it. Read the quick summary below…
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Tour of Atlanta Wrap-up
First, my heartrate data from Stage 3 (Saturday’s race) … Initial easy part of the race, just letting everything get chased down Attacking at start of 2nd lap and working with Jan Kolar to chase leaders Attacking our small group with 1mi to go, staying away for 8th place Stage 4 – 54mi Circuit Race…
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Tour of Atlanta update
Three races down, three more to go! This has been a great weekend of racing already, and it is only half over. Here’s a quick recap of the three stages we’ve completed here at the Tour of Atlanta. Stage 1 – 6.5mi Time Trial – Friday 8PM The plan was for Kristine to take the…
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Alabama State Criterium Championship
The folks down at the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center put on a great race yesterday — the Alabama State Criterium Championship. Good crowds too — even with the temps in the 90s. There was a bit of relief from the heat as part of the course went through a parking deck. Rare to find a…
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Sandy Springs USA Crits Race Report
Sunday’s finale of the annual USA Crits Speedweek racing series was the traditional Sandy Springs wrap-up race. The six corner course is wide and fast with lots of elevation change throughout the course. The big factor for the race was the wind — very gusty winds — helping to contribute to many crashes. Even with…
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2010 Historic Roswell Criterium race report
Kristine snapped this photo of me in the middle of a huge field right before the start of the 2010 Roswell Criterium Pro/1 race. I was only three or four rows back from the start line, so I had a pretty good start. One of the unique things about this course is that there is…
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Athens Twilight 2010
Even in the pouring rain, this race is awesome. I raced the computrainer qualifiers on Friday and placed 83rd, but that still meant I was starting towards the back — maybe 10th row on the start line? After all the call-ups, we were finally off and the race went well for the first two corners…