June 13, 2008 – 10:30AM Ohio St Time Trial Quick summary: Felt awesome for the first part, getting close to my 30 second man, but after the turnaround I never saw my 30 second man again and started to fade. The hill on the course wasn’t too bad but the last part was into a…
June 13, 2008 Cannon Falls Road Race Quick summary: The field mostly stayed together even with lots of crosswinds on the course, a crazy dirt road, and very fast finishing circuits. With two laps to go on the finishing circuit I got gapped off by another rider and couldn’t chase around to get back onto…
June 12, 2008 St. Paul, Minnesota Downtown Criterium Quick summary: cold, rainy, miserable, but I survived to race another day. Photo credit: Steve Pottenger, Nature Valley Grand Prix website The details: I made it 11 laps after a starting position about 30 riders from the back of what the announcer said was a 200 man…
June 7-11, 2008 Welcome to my new blog chronicling my cycling adventures. I am currently in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota racing the Nature Valley Grand Prix. This first post describes our travel up here from Birmingham, Alabama and a race I did in St. Louis along the way. Tour de Winghaven – O’Fallon,…