Clearly, the hot conditions took its toll on everyone. I had to spend quite a bit of time in the EMT tent recovering with cold towels and drinks before I could make it back to my car! Here is the temperature graph from our race: Temperature graph for the oxford hills pro/1/2 road race The…
Quick summary – my teammate Justin Bynum won the Cat 3 race from a four-man break. He looked strong all race! My race was cancelled due to a thunderstorm with nearly constant lightning. Also, I’ve posted pictures below from Justin’s race and from yesterday’s Road Atlanta race.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…