Tag: road race
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Tour de Tuscaloosa Road Race
(You will want to watch this video below with the volume turned down – I love my fanatical wife! This is me winning the 2012 Alabama State Road Race Championships (Pro/1/2) today at the Tour de Tuscloosa) Quick thanks and shout out Thanks to all my teammates today. We ended up winning the state championship…
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Rouge Roubaix 2012
Race summary via a video (watch the whole thing (it’s worth it) or scroll to 2’20” to watch George Hincapie’s first puncture, scroll to 4’40” to watch a glimpse of what my race was like yesterday – Hincapie alone with two Domo-Frites riders who have a teammate alone in the lead up the road. Then…
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Camp Sumataunga Training Race WIN
http://youtu.be/yIw78-u9lmE Video of a very tired me crossing the line after more than 40 miles on a solo break (Video taken by Russell Fulmer’s wife – thank you!) What a great way to start off the racing season – with our team taking 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th. I won on a long solo break…
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Race of the Falling Leaves
Great race today in Grant, Alabama. Chris Cundiff organized a race billed as “The Race of the Falling Leaves” in tribute of the race of the same name held today in Italy around Lake Komo. The race held up to its name as there were literally leaves falling as we raced three times up the…
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Pensacola Stage Race Day 1 – Road Race and Time Trial
Road Race Summary I’ve got a 4th place streak going on here with two races in a row missing the podium by one spot. The race went well until the final sprint where I came in a disappointing 4th from a 5-man break after losing the wheel of the winner Grant Potter (Z-Motion). Phil Gaimon…
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River Gorge Day 2 – Road Race
The River Gorge road race is of course the highlight event of the weekend with the only summit finish of the year in the entire southeast racing calendar. Plus, throw in a tough climb up Sand Mountain early in the race, and this race really packs a punch for its 60 mile distance. Here is…
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Day 4 – Crossroad Classic – High Rock Road Race
Kristine got a good video of the sprint finish with a small break staying just off the front – High Rock Road Race – power/heartrate graph The power graph above summarizes the race pretty well – constant attacks, chasing, hoping missed break comes back, etc… 80 guys on narrow roads makes it tough to move…
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Oxford Hills Road Race (Day 3 – Georgia Cycling Gran Prix)
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…
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Greenbush Road Race – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 5
Notice anything missing in this picture??? Answer – my iBike came loose on one section of bumpy road. There was no way to tighten it back up while riding so I had to wait for one of the screws to come completely off. Then I could spin the iBike around to unscrew the other screw.…
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2011 Sunny King NRC Criterium and Foothills Road Race reports
Sunny King NRC criterium summary – I survived to finish 36th place with well over 100 starters and only 73 finishers. I moved up quite a bit on the last few laps, but it wasn’t enough to get into the top 30. Considering how hard the race was and how bad I felt early on,…