6 posts tagged “cycling”
2008 so far...
Snelling RR - 12th
Merco RR - 27th
Berkeley TTT - 14th
Zamora RR - 8th
Copperopolis RR - 5th
Brisbane Circuit - 10th
Wards Ferry RR - 4th
Sea Otter RR - 5th
Wente RR - 4th
Progress! This is good.
7:30 this morning I rolled up to the stoplight at Irving/19th with my race bike and full team kit on. A lady in the crosswalk looked me up and down, paused a beat, and then addressed me directly.
Lady: You kinda look like Lance.
Me: Yup, just less successful...
Lady: And less wimpy! He dumped her when he had cancer!
mt. tam hill climb - 17th
I rode it in 48:50, a personal best by more than a minute.
a few months ago i sprained my finger crashing in a race. it's a minor injury but it's still not fully healed, and the doc is recommending that i stay off the road until it's better. so lately i've been spending a lot of quality time on the indoor trainer! it helps that the vuelta is on right now, so there's plenty of bike racing action to keep me motivated while i pedal away in front of the tv.
did i mention the sweat? one hour on the trainer and i'm absolutely soaked. this is with all the windows open and a towel at hand to mop my brow every 30 seconds. and two 20oz bottles of water. since my background's in running, i am used to sweating profusely during a workout and actually quite enjoy it!
a doesn't like the fact that the bike-trainer setup has become a semi-permanent fixture in the living room. valid. if all goes well i'll be in good shape for tam next weekend and can get back to my regular road riding program.
early bird crit - dnf
snelling rr - 58th
merced crit - 24th
merco rr - 25th
merco crit - 41st
santa rosa crits - 42nd, 45th
berkeley ttt - 13th
brisbane rr - dnf
brisbane crit - dnf
wente rr - dnf
madera crit - 22nd
madera tt - 38th
madera rr - 30th (30th on gc)
berkeley hills rr - 24th
panoche rr - 16th
pescadero rr - 16th
burlingame crit - 49th
leesville rr - dnf
san rafael crit - dnf
district champs rr - 8th
dunnigan hills rr - 44th
san ardo rr - 19th
mt. tam hill climb still to come, and then it's officially wintertime!
friday was the most beautiful day in months, and i couldn't resist taking the long way home from work via the embarcadero - crissy field - presidio. combined with my commute in to work, friday's riding was a perfect loop with no retraced paths. pretty cool.
i take special pleasure in zipping up hills in my street shoes and rolled-up jeans, leaving befuddled spandex-clad guys in the dust. this is the equivalent, i suppose, of when i ride the full-carbon race bike up page street in my team kit and some joker on a mountain bike rolls effortlessly past me. man, that is annoying!
