Wow – it is not every day that you get a chance to race your bike on a spectacular speedway normally reserved for cars and motorcycles going well over 150mph! My top speed for the day was just over 40mph, but that was fast enough to make the podium of the Pro/1/2/3 race. It is…
Can’t beat racing less than 5 miles from home! Well maybe a winning a race 5 miles from home would be better – but alas it was not to be this week. Still, it was a good race with a small but strong field. There were lots of attacks early that ended up eventually splitting…
Criterium The Tour de Tuscaloosa has to be one of my favorite race weekends of the year – plus it’s less than an hour’s drive from home! The Saturday criterium was held later on Saturday evening under the lights. The course was an eight-corner course with a large 35-40mph downhill and a stair-step climb. I…
Criterium The Tour de Tuscaloosa has to be one of my favorite race weekends of the year – plus it’s less than an hour’s drive from home! The Saturday criterium was held later on Saturday evening under the lights. The course was an eight-corner course with a large 35-40mph downhill and a stair-step climb. I…
Excellent, fun training race on Sunday in beautiful sunny, warm spring conditions. Around 20 of us started the Cat A race, and Darryl and I immediately animated things by taking turns attacking. A few miles into the race, the selection was made — consisting of eight riders. Each lap we lost riders from the break…
It’s been over a week since this race finished. I wanted to write up my report sooner, but life outside of cycling was quite hectic immediately after returning from the race — starting with some very nasty stomach/intestinal bug on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday of last week. Here’s an edited copy of the report I sent out to…
Wow – you wouldn’t think that a field with 25 riders would generate such a hard race – but it did! Here’s how it went down. 7.7 mile course – 9 laps – On the 1st lap, Wes took a flyer with a pro from Canada and they start to put some good time into…
Camp Sumatanga is a Christian camp and retreat center located in rural Gallant, Alabama at the base of Chandler Mountain. The folks that run the camp have been so kind to let GSMR use their facilities for the start/finish of the annual training race series. Each year, close to 200 cyclists gather in late February…
Camp Sumatanga is a Christian camp and retreat center located in rural Gallant, Alabama at the base of Chandler Mountain. The folks that run the camp have been so kind to let GSMR use their facilities for the start/finish of the annual training race series. Each year, close to 200 cyclists gather in late February…
I had my longest training ride of the year today. Kristine was meeting some friends in Chattanooga for a lunch get-together, and my parents had volunteered to take the kids for the night – sooo what’s a crazy cyclist to do … bike to Chattanooga!!! That was the plan, and it went pretty well but…