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  • Stage 4 – Downtown Fitchburg Criterium, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic

    Quick summary: 71st, s.t as winner, moved up to 55th in the general classification, 8 minutes down on the leader. Finished my first NRC stage race! The stats: Heart rate (157 avg, 180 max), Speed (27.8 avg, 37.0 max), Cadence (88 avg, 138 max), Power (340 avg, 862 max), Climbing (1857′), Time (1:51:25), Distance (51.2…

    July 8, 2008
  • Stage 3 – Fitchburg State College Circuit Race – 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic

    Quick summary: 53rd, “the ramp”, “the roller coaster”, moved up to 60th in the GC The stats: Power (348 avg / 800 max), Heart Rate (158 avg / 179 max), Speed (27.8 avg / 41 max), Cadence (85 avg / 123 max), Climbing (3196′), 72 miles (2:35:25) The details: I was a little nervous about…

    July 5, 2008
  • Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic

    Quick summary: 77th, 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind today’s winner, which moved up 45 spots in the general classification to 82nd, about 6 minutes 45 seconds back from the overall leader The stats: 104 miles, 24.2mph, 306 watts avg power, 150 bpm avg heart rate, nearly 8000′ of climbing!, 4:18:05 The details: Whew. Hard…

    July 4, 2008
  • Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race, 2008 Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic

    Quick summary: 77th, 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind today’s winner, which moved up 45 spots in the general classification to 82nd, about 6 minutes 45 seconds back from the overall leader The stats: 104 miles, 24.2mph, 306 watts avg power, 150 bpm avg heart rate, nearly 8000′ of climbing!, 4:18:05 The details: Whew. Hard…

    July 4, 2008
  • Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race Quick Update

    Somewhere in the top 75, maybe top 60. Mike Olheiser made it into the top 10, and Stefan Rothe was in a 5 lap breakaway (55 miles) with Shawn Milne (Team Type I). Good race. More details soon!

    July 4, 2008
  • Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race Quick Update

    Somewhere in the top 75, maybe top 60. Mike Olheiser made it into the top 10, and Stefan Rothe was in a 5 lap breakaway (55 miles) with Shawn Milne (Team Type I). Good race. More details soon!

    July 4, 2008
  • Stage 1 – Time Trial, 2008 Fitchburg-Longjso Classic

    Quick summary: not dead last (127th out of 145 if you count the people who didn’t start), thunderstorm, “the river”, “the lake”, epic. The details: I had a great warm-up and was feeling very good with my TT position on my road bike. My TT bars were far enough out that I could stand comfortably…

    July 3, 2008
  • Racing in the Northeast at the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic

    1300 miles of driving through 9 states and we have finally made it to Fitchburg, MA. We swung up through Nashville to pick up a U-Haul trailer and load it up with not one, not two, but about 30 bikes for all the juniors, pros, masters, etc. riding for Tri-Star. Check out our travel map:…

    July 3, 2008
  • 2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Criterium (and overall results)

    Quick summary: 7th place for the crit, 8th place overall for the weekend omnium The details: This was a somewhat frustrating race for me as I managed to bridge up to what should have been the winning move. Instead, the break didn’t stick and I had used up a bit too much gas trying to…

    June 29, 2008
  • 2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Time Trial

    Quick summary: 11th place The details:I spent the afternoon relaxing in the hotel lobby and then working to get my brand new clip-on TT bars mounted on my bike. Philip and Brent helped a lot to get my position right. Thanks guys! Philip, Jacob, and I all decided to bike over to the start/finish area…

    June 29, 2008
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