How'd you do in your first race?
05-07-07, 01:57 PM
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How'd you do in your first race?
Title explains it all..
what were the results of your first cat 5 race..
this should be interesting
what were the results of your first cat 5 race..
this should be interesting
05-07-07, 02:00 PM
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First juniors race, I won. (pretty small field) First Cat 5 race, I crashed and burned.
05-07-07, 02:16 PM
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Mt Tam Hill Climb, 2005
35+ Cat 4/5 - 1st out of 87 finishers.
35+ Cat 4/5 - 1st out of 87 finishers.
05-07-07, 02:28 PM
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23rd out of 70-something
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05-07-07, 02:30 PM
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Tour of New Braunfels
46th out of 52 finishers.
I try to block that race out. . . .
46th out of 52 finishers.
I try to block that race out. . . .
05-07-07, 02:33 PM
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My first race was a Citizen's race in 1991. I failed to clip into my pedal and spent 4 laps chasing the pack. Never caught them, but they did not lap me, I was not DFL and I did not DNF. I did a few more Citizen's races in 1992.
Got my USCF license in 1993, #59008. And now I'm actually using the friggin thing again.
Got my USCF license in 1993, #59008. And now I'm actually using the friggin thing again.
05-07-07, 02:43 PM
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Wheel & Sprocket Crit
Juniors 15-18 17th out of ~30
Cat 4/5 21st out of ~30
Juniors 15-18 17th out of ~30
Cat 4/5 21st out of ~30
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well i assume most of yall knew what yall were doing.. considering most of you sound like you did well..
05-07-07, 02:45 PM
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CRASH!
I hit a gravel shoulder and my bike handling skills were, shall we say, in their infancy.
I hit a gravel shoulder and my bike handling skills were, shall we say, in their infancy.
05-07-07, 02:51 PM
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My first USCF race was a roller race and I finished something like 8th out of 15 or 16. And there were some 2s and 3s out there! Of course roller races don't really mean much...
I was doing pretty well in my first Cat 5 road race until there was a pile-up in front of me. I could barely walk without motrin for two days after that.
My first day at the track was so-so, but the next week I took third overall.
I was doing pretty well in my first Cat 5 road race until there was a pile-up in front of me. I could barely walk without motrin for two days after that.
My first day at the track was so-so, but the next week I took third overall.
05-07-07, 03:01 PM
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Dropped, lapped, allowed to finish. Not DFL. I beat two whole people.
05-07-07, 03:28 PM
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Dropped, lapped, pulled with 5 laps to go....17th out of 26 starters.
05-07-07, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Cypress
16th out of 18 finishers.
Rode the last 7 miles with one leg.
Rode the last 7 miles with one leg.
11th of 50. lost a good 5 spots on the home stretch because clicked 3 gears instead of two when i started "sprinting."
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