Tag: epic
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Wrapping up the year with the Festive 500
Finished #festive500 yesterday in the dark with temp down to -22.4 degF. Not ashamed to admit some tears were shed towards the end… perhaps this is how Andy Hampsten felt on that epic day in the 1988 giro. I have finished atop the leaderboard in several Strava challenges, but I am more proud of finishing…
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A little bit of arctic adventure in the deep south
I took this picture of my frozen beard about 3 hours into my attempt to ride from Nashville home to Birmingham. I was actually quite warm except for my feet, which were very, very cold. Everything was fitting together perfectly for me to attempt this epic ride from Nashville, TN back home to Birmingham, AL.…
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Gravel Grovel Pre-ride
View from the hickory ridge fire tower looking back down the first big climb from the start View from the firew tower looking east towards some of the later climbs on the course Standing at the bottom looking up the 110 foot fire tower Snowing on the gravel road heading out towards the Story Inn…
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Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
Summary Epic. Awesome. Classic. Wow. Whatever your favorite exclamation word is — this weekend was it! The criterium Saturday night had the feel of Athens Twilight with a fast course, lots of people lining the course, and a huge field. I ended up in OK position (top 20) for the start of the last lap,…
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Skyway Epic 2013
2013 Skyway Epic – Men’s open podium – Me, Kyle Taylor, Jamie Alexander (L-R) Epic. This year’s race was highlighted by the most epic course of the season and an epic battle for the win between me and Kyle Taylor. I ended up on the losing end of that battle, but I’m still really happy…
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Hell of the South 2013
Hell of the South 2013 Pro/1/2 podium – Me, AJ Meyer, Tommy Schubert. Photo credit – Tim Hall – I love that he got the Berlin Community Fire Department sign in the photo. You can see the registration tables in the background. Bike wheels on the inside … perfect for this race. Quick summary An…
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Rouge Roubaix 2013
Annotated power map (click to enlarge) I have been wanting to write this race report from the moment the race was over, but it has been a crazy busy week at work. I am finally caught up enough that I can sit down to reflect on what for sure was the most epic Rouge Roubaix…
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Skyball out and back epic
This adventure started out on Christmas day when we began our annual trek north to Wisconsin to visit Kristine’s family and enjoy the winter wonderland of the northwoods of Wisconsin. For the past two years, I have left our house in the morning and biked north towards Wisconsin. About six hours later, Kristine has picked…
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A very cold adventure
Welcome to Wisconsin – when we made a gas / food stop at the Wisconsin dells at 5 in the morning, the temp had fallen to 12 degF. Eventually it would bottom out at -2 degF. We are in cold, snowy Wisconsin after twenty hours of driving. The temperature fell from 50s degF in Alabama…
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Strava Shoot-out Belmont
This week’s Strava shoot-out climb is Belmont Rd over in Irondale. I was working on the computer this morning when Kristine mentioned that the high was going to be close to 70 today. After having frost in our yard and on our neighbhor’s roofs this morning, I immediately thought “updraft!!!” So I finished what I…