Category: Racing
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Union City Georgia Cup Race Report
Saturday – Union City Mall Criterium Terry Duran and I drove over together in the afternoon with us getting there in plenty of time before the 6:30PM start. Jacob, Sammy, Philip, and Timo raced the combined Cat 3s masters race right before ours. Two riders got away late, and they just barely held on with…
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Guntersville Training Race
Small turnout today with the cold and rain, but at the last minute a Velocity rider rolled to the line to make 10 riders for the A race. We had three riders – me, Sammy, and Phillip. Moontoast/Tristar had two riders (Travis and Mike Lanham). Velocity had three riders, and then there were two independent…
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Rouge Roubaix 2010 Race Report
Epic. Yes, that word may be overused by me and many people. But, that’s the only word to sum up Rouge Roubaix. What an experience! My teammate Lennie and I drove down from Birmingham, Alabama to Zachary, Louisiana – the nearest town to the start in St Francisville with hotel rooms still available – but…
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Rouge Roubaix tomorrow
I am in the midst of last minute preparations for the first big race of the season tomorrow – Rouge Roubaix. Lennie and I are going to drive down together to spend the night in the closest town with a hotel with rooms still available (Best Western, Zachary, Louisiana). I just looked at the list…
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GSMR Camp Sumataunga Training Race #2
Here is a tale of two teams and two training camps culminating in the second race of the annual Camp Sumataunga training series put on by GSMR. Travis Sherman and his Moontoast/Warp9bikes.com/Tristar cycling team held their spring training camp in Birmingham this weekend as did we at the Tria Cycling / DonohooAuto / Infinity Med-i-spa…
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GSMR Camp Sumataunga Training Race #1
Beautiful spring weather for another great training race. The first race of the season is always nerve wracking to see how the fitness is progressing over the winter and to see how well the team is working together. I was happy with both for this race — my fitness seems on track, and everybody on…
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Tour de Cullman (2009)
Yesterday we went to a great group ride / training race / and party better known as the Tour de Cullman. Carson Glasscock continues to pour into the cycling community by opening up his home to the community and facilitating this informal ride/race/party. The format is to ride at a leisurely social pace for the…
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2009 Greenville Fall Extravaganza Race Weekend
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hep8mFtyxj0&hl=en&fs=1&] Even though it was a 5+ hour drive from Birmingham, it was well worth it for a new race weekend on the calendar this year in Greenville, SC put on by the Piedmont Orthopaedic Associates Cycling Team. The first race was at Brookwood Church in Simpsonville just outside Greenville. The church had a huge…
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The 2009 US 100K
Attempting to bridge with Andy Crater and a Hincapie rider Exciting racing today in Marietta, Georgia. The US 100K is a race like no other with a start just before sunrise, a fast descent immediately accelerating to 45+mph before hitting the first of three large rollers including one with a 50+mph descent, 11 laps of…
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GCGP Summer Finale Report
While most of the team headed up to River Gorge for the BMW Omnium, I headed over to Atlanta, Georgia to try to retake the lead in the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix series. Alas, I fought hard, but it wasn’t to be. Still with another podium finish in yesterday’s road race, I am happy to…