Tag: road race
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Meridian-Cuba Challenge
That’s Meridian, Mississippi and Cuba, Alabama just to clarify. We had a great team race and ended up winning just about all the Cat 3 Bonuses thanks to a strong performance by Mike Lackey, who even managed a strong 6th place finish in the road race in the combined 1/2/3 field. My team worked hard…
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Tour of Elk Grove Stage 2 Road Race
Technical course, strong wind, light drizzle, and a very fast race made for some tough racing. Unfortunately, I still ran out of gas with two laps to go and then came off the group with half a lap to go after fighting hard all race to stay as close to the front as possible. I…
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Cascade Cycling Classic
Kristine’s view from the feedzone on Stage 2 I am out here with my family in beautiful Bend, Oregon racing the Cascade Cycling Classic. The field here is like a “who’s who” of whose not in the Tour de France. To give you an example, during one of the many “slam on your brakes” moments…
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GCGP Cycle for Parkinsons Race Reports
Another HOT weekend of racing … temps in the mid 90s, racing midday both days, and small fields meant two races of survival this weekend. I got 3rd in the road race on Saturday and finished 4th today in the criterium. See details and heartrate data below. Saturday Road Race – Dacula, GA Small field…
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GCGP Low Country Challenge Race Report
Another great weekend by the folks at Swagger and the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix … this time in beautiful Beaufort, SC and Port Royal, SC. This was a long 7 hour drive (8 hours with stops for the kids), but it was fun to have a mini-beach vacation and visit my grandmother in Florence not…
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GCGP Low Country Challenge Race Report
Another great weekend by the folks at Swagger and the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix … this time in beautiful Beaufort, SC and Port Royal, SC. This was a long 7 hour drive (8 hours with stops for the kids), but it was fun to have a mini-beach vacation and visit my grandmother in Florence not…
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Wet and Dirty but Worth It!
The weekend in Beaufort ended well for me with a 2nd place finish in the rainy road race. Kristine snagged this picture with her iPhone after the race. We’re on our way home right now, but I’ll check in later with a full weekend report.
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Georgia Cycling Gran Prix – Dahlonega Omnium Race Report
I am very happy to report that I won my first road race of the season yesterday! Here’s how the whole weekend of racing played out: Time Trial (15.4 miles) – Saturday AM I rode the course late Friday afternoon and thought the course was going to be a good one for me with so…
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Tour of Atlanta – Memorial Day Weekend
Tour of Atlanta Stage 2 – MAR #1 (Photo credit: Georgia Cup) I participated in an exciting four days of racing this past weekend at the Tour of Atlanta. A professional cycling team from Australia (Fly V Australia) as well as top amateur teams from the Southeast made for some fast, hard racing. Seven stages…
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Tour de Tuscaloosa Weekend
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…