Pictures of you suffering in a race (please credit photographer)
02-19-09, 01:33 PM
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That's correct. We've got 9 races scheduled, everything from Women's 4 to P/1/2/3
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02-22-09, 08:51 PM
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Crashing+staying in a 60 minute collegiate A crit for a half decent finish = Suffering.
02-22-09, 09:23 PM
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I had too much to do today, and I was glad I didn't go because I woke up this morning and my right hamstring/tendon was killing me. Hard to bend my knee. Not sure what I did.
Did you race yesterday?
02-22-09, 10:00 PM
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But I did get popped on the last climb on the last lap (8 of 8) after a GU guy had been laying down some brutal attacks up every hill.How'd you do? Hope you feel better too.
02-23-09, 06:41 AM
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Not well. I got shelled on that middle climb in the 2nd lap (of 4). I finished, eventually. I'm a terrible climber, I need to lose some weight and gain some power if I'm gonna hang on in C road races.
03-11-09, 05:51 PM
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My first road race Saturday, cresting the finish hill on the first lap:
My first crit Sunday, going through the chicane:
Photo credit: Dave Riggs, www.davidriggs.com
Mac
My first crit Sunday, going through the chicane:
Photo credit: Dave Riggs, www.davidriggs.com
Mac
03-11-09, 05:59 PM
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^^^ no other people usually means off the front... or off the back...
03-11-09, 06:26 PM
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now that I finally have a race picture
03-11-09, 06:42 PM
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wash that bartape
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03-11-09, 07:13 PM
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Pushing the pace up the hill right before I went OTF for half a lap.
edit: i was not suffering.
Last edited by Pablo.; 03-11-09 at 07:46 PM.
03-11-09, 07:15 PM
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It just gets dirty again pretty quickly. I hate it. But white tape is pretty when it's clean.
It's cheap and it fits well, so why not 
03-11-09, 07:26 PM
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RR: No pack anywhere, the race was strung out from 0.1miles in, when the dirt started.
Crit: Nope, all alone somewhere in the middle, trying to catch a group of 3 about 15s ahead of me. Never caught them, got pulled for a 21st out of 41 finish.
With medium-strong winds, and half the field (myself included) racing its first ever crit, any semblence of a pack disintigrated pretty quick. The largest group of riders may have in fact been the lead group of about 8, which would probably explain why they lapped the field so quick.
Mac
Crit: Nope, all alone somewhere in the middle, trying to catch a group of 3 about 15s ahead of me. Never caught them, got pulled for a 21st out of 41 finish.
With medium-strong winds, and half the field (myself included) racing its first ever crit, any semblence of a pack disintigrated pretty quick. The largest group of riders may have in fact been the lead group of about 8, which would probably explain why they lapped the field so quick.
Mac
03-12-09, 09:46 AM
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My 2nd race. That's me in the middle, with what remains of the field. I eventually popped with 200m to go, but I still finished top 20 and played in a little break early on. Not happy, but still learning....
Friends say I look like I am grinning.... that's because I love to suffer.
Friends say I look like I am grinning.... that's because I love to suffer.
03-12-09, 11:32 AM
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03-12-09, 11:40 AM
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Here's one from this past weekend, at the ECCC Princeton men's C crit. This is a combination of both focus and suffering, since I'm trying to corner at 30mph (focus) and keep away from the pack on a solo break (which sort of hurts). Also, I'm not going to lie, I think the photo is cool (that's me in front).
Hopefully this image link works:
Hopefully this image link works:
03-12-09, 12:11 PM
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03-12-09, 12:18 PM
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Here's one from this past weekend, at the ECCC Princeton men's C crit. This is a combination of both focus and suffering, since I'm trying to corner at 30mph (focus) and keep away from the pack on a solo break (which sort of hurts). Also, I'm not going to lie, I think the photo is cool (that's me in front).