Tag: road race
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Meridian/Cuba Challenge Race Report
Summary: 5th in the crit, 2nd in the road race, 2nd overall The Details: Two days of good racing with some fast competition led to my best omnium placing ever! We started out with the downtown Meridian criterium – one hour of racing on a six corner, bumpy course. I lined up with five of…
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2008 Olympic Fever
Well, I’ll admit that I just got Olympic fever in the past day. Last night, I watched the opening ceremonies with Analise after putting Josiah down for bed while Kristine was having a rare night out. It was cool to watch the “show”, but my favorite part is definitely the parade of athletes. When Kristine…
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2008 Olympic Fever
Well, I’ll admit that I just got Olympic fever in the past day. Last night, I watched the opening ceremonies with Analise after putting Josiah down for bed while Kristine was having a rare night out. It was cool to watch the “show”, but my favorite part is definitely the parade of athletes. When Kristine…
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Huntsville Race Weekend – Full reports
I’ve already included my heart rate and power data in the previous post, so here I want to detail how the races played out for those interested in reading about race tactics. State championship road race, Hartselle, Alabama First, Heath Goebel put on a great race with two excellent course venues. The road race was…
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Alabama State Road Race and Huntsville Crit (updated)
Update: Somebody just pointed out to me that the criterium was not the state championship criterium. That is coming up here in Birmingham at the Pepper Crit in September. If I can medal in that race, then I will have medaled in all three Alabama state championship events! Quick summary: 3rd yesterday in the road…
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Alabama State Road Race – Update
It was a very exciting race, and it came down to an exciting three-up sprint which I led out, head down, 40mph (slight downhill) thinking that I had the jump to hold it to the line – but Mike Olheiser and Matt Winstead came around with less than 50 meters to go. That meant third…
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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…
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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…
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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!
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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!