Category: Racing
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Cycling in Nicaragua
A bike race in Managua – 1. 6:30 wakeup by the kids, goodbye to Kristine 2. 6:50 walk out the door pick up taxi on the way to the bus station 3. 7:20 Take a “microbus” to Managua – these microbuses only leave when they are full and cost $2. When I arrived, there was…
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Cycling in Nicaragua
A bike race in Managua – 1. 6:30 wakeup by the kids, goodbye to Kristine 2. 6:50 walk out the door pick up taxi on the way to the bus station 3. 7:20 Take a “microbus” to Managua – these microbuses only leave when they are full and cost $2. When I arrived, there was…
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Downtown Greenville Cycling Classic Photos
Here are few more photos from Sunday’s P/1/2/3 race:
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Day 2 – Downtown Greenville Cycling Classic
A little bit disappointing with how the season ended today – but I am glad I was even able to finish the race after my power meter cable came loose and was getting caught in my gears. I had to shift around in the back as it was jumping around to try to physically push…
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Day 2 Pre race – Downtown Greenville Cycling Classic
We have had a nice relaxing morning, and now we are sitting in a very cool coffee shop Spill the Beans with free wireless and a perfect view of Turn 1 on the race course. The juiniors are racing now and there is a solo breakaway rider and Nate Brown is in the final process…
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Day 1 – Downtown Greenville Cycling Classic
Summary: 9th place, race came down to a field sprint The Details: Good field of about 60-65 guys including a few DLP pros, Johnny Sundt (Kelly Benefits), and about 12 Coca-Cola Hincapie riders. I worked hard to stay near the front for the first half of the race. I started to cramp up in my…
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College Playground
I love that the last big race of the year and the end of my long racing season each year is in Greenville, South Carolina – very close to my alma matter of Clemson University. Check out my topocreator map! Clemson is highlighted near the center, Greenville is in the upper right, and Highlands, NC…
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Raisin Hope Tour the Town Criterium Race Report
Updated with excellent photos my wife took Summary: Excellent team race, 4th (me), 14th (Mike), and a great leadout (Stuart). Good practice for a variety of situations that can come up in a race. The Details: Stuart, Mike and I lined up in a small field – three riders from Hincapie Development (AJ Meyer, Ben…
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Saul Raisin’s Tour the Town Criterium
Tomorrow in Dalton, Georgia (B) is the next to last race weekend of the year. We are hoping to make a fun trip out of it, leaving right after church (A) and heading to the race, then after the race heading to Rome, Georgia (C) to meet one of Kristine’s friend who just moved there…
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Pepper Place 2008 Wrap-up
Wow, it was a great fun evening with my team taking 1st, 2nd, 3rd (Philip Thompson, Jacob Tubbs, and Sammy Flores) in the Category 3 race and then taking 3rd and 4th (Stuart Lamp and Darryl Seelhorst) in the Pro race. There were a lot of attacks but nothing was getting away. Each guy in…