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Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
12-08-16, 03:35 PM
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Posted By happybday29475

Or, even better, just go do what the huskies do: ...

Or, even better, just go do what the huskies do:
Iditarod Trail Invitational (http://www.iditarodtrailinvitational.com/)

Feb 26...you'll be ready, right? And no, it won't be cold, not compared...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
12-08-16, 01:11 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Well that pretty clearly makes you a stage racer....

Well that pretty clearly makes you a stage racer. Or maybe RAAM.
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
12-08-16, 01:06 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

I'm sure that factoid has been hanging out in...

I'm sure that factoid has been hanging out in your brain forever, just waiting for the right moment!

Actually that speed could win an occasional local old guys' sprint, too.

The biggest problem...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
12-08-16, 01:02 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Ahh, I was wondering who would ask that! It...

Ahh, I was wondering who would ask that!

It depends if one goes from 10" seconds out or 60...you've had at least one terrific experience being the gazelle...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
12-08-16, 12:31 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

OK full disclosure...that's what's in my head. ...

OK full disclosure...that's what's in my head. In reality, it's more like: (a fella can dream...and yes I was at the San Diego Zoo last week)
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
12-08-16, 12:29 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

egads, my brain is wired completely oppositely. ...

egads, my brain is wired completely oppositely. I'm more like:
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
11-25-16, 11:12 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Congrats, Racer Ex! What can one say, except...

Congrats, Racer Ex! What can one say, except "you da man!"

(I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to meet. I opted not to race, or even drive down and spectate, but rather just went for a nice long...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
11-08-16, 12:57 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

This is an interesting and complicated topic, to...

This is an interesting and complicated topic, to be sure!

Probably like most everybody that enjoys bike racing, I have always been exceptionally motivated to improve myself. That's probably the...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
11-08-16, 12:36 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

uphill sprint == does not compute

uphill sprint == does not compute
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
11-07-16, 08:58 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

by "deep", I didn't mean strong, I just meant...

by "deep", I didn't mean strong, I just meant abundant.

fwiw, almost 100% of my training is done alone, and social rides, for me, rarely serve as training. In fact, I don't really see how to mix...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
11-07-16, 07:03 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Interesting and thoughtful response, as per...

Interesting and thoughtful response, as per usual.

Immediate reactions:
"My threshold HR is 166 and I typically ride TTs at around 162-163"
- Your threshold HR is in TT position, right? ...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
11-07-16, 05:15 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

I think this is one of the skills of a good TTer....

I think this is one of the skills of a good TTer. Everybody talks about watts and CdA, but the ability to focus and stay in the pain cave is also important.

The easiest way for me to get focused...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-30-16, 10:25 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Clearly. Witness 100m dash vs marathon. Or,...

Clearly. Witness 100m dash vs marathon. Or, triathletes' snobbery toward crits (kidding) (not).


Oxymoron of the week.


I did not know this! In fact, in my 4k, I both started to slowly and...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-29-16, 04:42 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Yeah, that's a good summation. One oddity:...

Yeah, that's a good summation.

One oddity: If I race with my age group, that includes all categories, including some 1's and 2's, who can whip me with one leg. If I race my category, I race all...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-29-16, 04:20 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Great job, @YK! I've thought about doing the...

Great job, @YK!

I've thought about doing the HHH from time to time, but then I start thinking about it, and spell out the name, and then suddenly my calendar gets full...

I remember doing a...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-28-16, 07:07 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Fair points, but track is a bit different, at...

Fair points, but track is a bit different, at least in Colorado...it's a smaller nich-ier community; I think maybe there's a little less emphasis on trophies or what have you, and more emphasis on...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-28-16, 05:48 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

CO State Track Championships were this weekend. ...

CO State Track Championships were this weekend. I raced cat 4.

Saturday: 4k Individual Pursuit: 2nd of 3. Yes, only 3. I took second by a handful of seconds. I didn't have any aero gear like...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-23-16, 08:28 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

I do. Your rate of progress is ginormous. ...

I do.

Your rate of progress is ginormous. And I don't just mean fitness and tactical wherewithal, which are clearly skyrocketing, but also your age. In a short while you'll get to race with the...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-23-16, 08:25 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Sonic Boom Crit: ~40th/45 Last local race of...

Sonic Boom Crit: ~40th/45

Last local race of the year. Very flat. Non-technical course. Wide roads (except for occasional narrowing by cones, as LAJ mentioned).

My goal was to not get...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-03-16, 09:26 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

vg, sorry about the crash. Last year, I had...

vg, sorry about the crash.

Last year, I had two injurious crashes, both self-inflicted, and neither were perceived either before or after as sketchy or risky situations. This was after 8 years of...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
08-03-16, 09:18 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

I see a "non-sprinter" name before some...

I see a "non-sprinter" name before some sprinters, here, on a very sprinty course, including a crit state champ...
...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
07-19-16, 09:05 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

One of the ways that I've matured in this sport...

One of the ways that I've matured in this sport is to realize that it's not all about winning, but rather that a lot of it is about having fun with peeps with whom, more often than not, you have a...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
07-19-16, 08:59 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

racerex Congrats! You win so much that it's...

racerex Congrats!

You win so much that it's normal...which makes me wonder if you get fewer congratulations than others...which makes me wonder if it's a tough gig, winning all the time? ;)
...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
07-18-16, 06:30 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

+1 - congrats to both, those are some impressive...

+1 - congrats to both, those are some impressive results!

Hermes, I've been racing at the track recently...it's like a whole different sport...As I totally suck at Standing 500's, I have huge...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
07-14-16, 07:03 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

lol well I didn't shave my legs or use my race...

lol well I didn't shave my legs or use my race wheels. #hedging

Thank you. I'm not frustrated. It's life. I do think it's interesting that it took 6 months of hard work to (almost) get back.
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
07-13-16, 04:27 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Longmont Crit 50/Open 3rd race of my...

Longmont Crit 50/Open

3rd race of my comeback season. The first two circuit races I got shelled immediately on the first hill of each race. This race was a crit, my forte, and flat. OK not...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
07-06-16, 03:55 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Sounds like you had fun and learned a fair bit,...

Sounds like you had fun and learned a fair bit, sarals...pretty hard to top that!

racerEx, that's a pretty sweet Caddy. Congrats!

Is your secret to consistent, long-term, world-domination:...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
06-20-16, 11:03 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Except for the heat, it sounds like really fun...

Except for the heat, it sounds like really fun racing! Good tactics, good rivalries, and great success! Congrats!
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
06-12-16, 07:25 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Congrats you two! PS - New rule is that you...

Congrats you two!

PS - New rule is that you have to wear your hardware for Copper Triangle. :)
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
06-07-16, 08:54 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

This is the angst that I'm suffering. I wish I...

This is the angst that I'm suffering. I wish I could compete against 50/3's, or similar...but there aren't enough of us old fogies around, so they combine 50+ 1's, 2's, and 3's.

Years ago, in my...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
06-07-16, 08:48 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

lol yep!

lol yep!
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
06-06-16, 09:10 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

@LAJ...

@LAJ (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?u=140600), I wouldn't upgrade yet. While I'm no champion of sandbagging, I am a fan of some advice I got here (I think it was @shovelhd...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-23-16, 09:56 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

It makes me happy to see your hard work and...

It makes me happy to see your hard work and perseverance pay off! It's been a long journey with a lot of ups and downs, and it's great to see you on top!

You're a pretty modest fella so let me...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-22-16, 05:56 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Yes! But wait, there's more...

Yes!

But wait, there's more...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-21-16, 06:03 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Congrats HP! Terrific! Lol too skeered to...

Congrats HP! Terrific!

Lol too skeered to go public with your goal (ummm I can relate) yet you crushed it!

re: cornering:
a) get some Ex time. It's my opinion that those with a motor...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-16-16, 08:53 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Lafayette Crit Race Report. Preamble: - I...

Lafayette Crit Race Report.

Preamble:
- I raced this last year, 2x in one day, for a 2nd and a 4th place. Totally loved the course! (Obviously).
- At the end of last summer, I upgraded to 3's...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-16-16, 08:42 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

lol thanks peeps! I upgraded at the end of last...

lol thanks peeps! I upgraded at the end of last season.
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-16-16, 08:38 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

That's a solid result on a non-trivial TT course!...

That's a solid result on a non-trivial TT course!


:ride:


I saw a few crashes when it was dry..the last thing either you or I need is to bash our hips into some pavement..


I understand...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-16-16, 08:16 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Congrats! Totally agree. Last year was...

Congrats!


Totally agree. Last year was the first year for this race and it was poorly marketed, almost like an underground race...but it's a totally fun course! I'm surprised it wasn't more...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-09-16, 08:01 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Congrats, LAJ! Completely stoked for you! ...

Congrats, LAJ! Completely stoked for you!

As you know, successful breaks are infrequent in your field, so I'm curious to hear why it worked this time, and how you're going to make it work again...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
05-09-16, 07:56 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Congrats HP! You've come a long way in a...

Congrats HP! You've come a long way in a relatively short time...I'd bet that you obvious trajectory has some looking over their shoulders...keep it up!
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
04-24-16, 09:32 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

I resemble that remark. And, sadly, and I hope...

I resemble that remark. And, sadly, and I hope that this does not surprise you, so do you. :)
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
04-24-16, 09:31 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Sweet! I look forward to trying some of those...

Sweet! I look forward to trying some of those this summer.

How many tenths is good music worth?
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
04-24-16, 09:20 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

LAJ you are for sure one of the stronger riders...

LAJ you are for sure one of the stronger riders in the field.

Most of the 50/4's races seem to come down to sprint finishes. This of course favors the lazy sprinters like me, for whom the...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
04-24-16, 09:12 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Dirt: relax, loose, smooth, no abrupt changes. A...

Dirt: relax, loose, smooth, no abrupt changes. A bit lower tire pressure than a fully paved course. But you know all that.

I would guess that your coach is one of the best in the business in...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
04-16-16, 09:36 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

race report thread... ...I was planning on...

race report thread...

...I was planning on my first race back this weekend...but as SnowBombZilla says, "everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth".
516230
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
04-11-16, 08:08 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Contrary to other's experiences, I always put out...

Contrary to other's experiences, I always put out more watts when going downhill. I can't really figure out why...but it makes me smile...and I think that's why.

Seriously.

At 200 watts, or...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
04-11-16, 08:01 AM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

Good job HP, LAJ and valygrl on getting out...

Good job HP, LAJ and valygrl on getting out there, and also on all the hard preparation all of you have done...it will pay off...

The only racing I've been doing is vicarious racing through you...
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
03-28-16, 04:20 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

LAJ your result was awesome! Your category was...

LAJ your result was awesome! Your category was fast...compare it with 40/4's and you would have done very well...also, you're no dinky climber-type! Well done!
Forum: Masters Racing (All Disciplines)
01-12-16, 02:11 PM
Replies: 5,450
Views: 318,186
Posted By happybday29475

lol after watching, I concur, more puke...

lol after watching, I concur, more puke intervals! (And less skiing!)
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