Just a couple pics so far was from the option whoops section the pic doesn't give the section any justice :( Cool pics but I was hoping it would show how sheep and sketch the section was....
Official results have us in 12th out of 29 teams, 3Man was the most competitive group so I'm pretty happy with it :) Already thinking SOLO beginner next year..... We'll see solo beginner won with 8 laps and 6 laps took 5th I think I could def take a top 10 if I train and pace myself next year :)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
I’m a bit hazy now on this… I’m dead tired, head out just before dark I put my bar light on no helmet as I was planning on finished just before dark. Matt starts his lap just behind me we ride tempo till the climb I stop to pee (I totally over hydrated between laps) and he is gone up the climb (he on lap 2) I take it easy and just set a goal of clearing the climb. I dabbed in one spot but got to the top in 27 mins. I ride all the stuff up top trying to just have fun and enjoy as I’m too tired to try and race it out, its about conserve and enjoy now. I rock the decent this time as I was not as tired from hammering the climb. Thru the tunnel of love, still pulling that CX move up the wall lookin like a PRO (people were all over this WALL section making it half way and then trying to unclip with out falling and then trying to walk up the CX run up was way faster and smoother!) I finish it out and call it a night! Activity
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I’m pretty beat and with the 3 man team and the fast course people are turning 1:10 lap times with ease. I get about a 2Hr break and head out again. This time I don’t hammer out the main climb as hard and get up in 25mins. I have less traffic now so I ride all of the fun single track up top no CX moved required. It was hot now 90F saw a water station grabed a cup dumped it down my back and soaked my self (yea I was dry in like 10 mins) Down the main decent I was trying to conserve a bit but was loosing focus at the task at hand, lost the front wheel on a hi speed corner and Wrecked HARD! I knocked the wind out of myself but got up and on the bike and started moving again…. Weezing and sucking trying to get my breath back I coasted till I could breathe again getting passed by 3-4 guys. One guy asks if I was ok all I could do was put a finger up to single give me a min and then just gave him a thumbs up. I got my composure and said to myself ok that was a nice break not pound! I catch and pass all the guys that passed me (was pretty happy with that) and come into the finish 1:03. I’m pretty beat and with the 3 man team and the fast course people are turning 1:10 lap times with ease. I get about a 2Hr break and head out again. This time I don’t hammer out the main climb as hard and get up in 25mins. I have less traffic now so I ride all of the fun single track up top no CX moved required. It was hot now 90F saw a water station grabed a cup dumped it down my back and soaked my self (yea I was dry in like 10 mins) Down the main decent I was trying to conserve a bit but was loosing focus at the task at hand, lost the front wheel on a hi speed corner and Wrecked HARD! I knocked the wind out of myself but got up and on the bike and started moving again…. Weezing and sucking trying to get my breath back I coasted till I could breathe again getting passed by 3-4 guys. One guy asks if I was ok all I could do was put a finger up to single give me a min and then just gave him a thumbs up. I got my composure and said to myself ok that was a nice break not pound! I catch and pass all the guys that passed me (was pretty happy with that) and come into the finish 1:03. Activity
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9am hits and the gun goes off, no Lemond start, it’s a parade lap around the camp grounds, I get toward the front pack with the pros and spendex clad crowd as I didn’t wanna get caught up in any stupid crashes by people who don’t ride in a pack. And it def did happen behind me. I hit the course and the fire road up to the main climb and dial it back as I’m out of the craziness. I try and recover a bit from the pinning I gave it on the parade lap, and hit the main climb. I’m getting passed here and there but I’m also passing people. I hit the top in 22mins (that is 3mins faster than fastest time I did in April) Hit the first decent and pass a handful of uber spandex clad suckers grabbing their brakes like ol ladies…. Hit the technical sections up top and more great climbers with no tech skills getting in my way, there was a great option up top Ride a NASTY loose rocky ravine or take 3 switch backs to the right… I ride the ravine almost die pass like 10 people all piled up in the switch backs SUCKERS!!! Guy behind me follows and I hear him crash out behind me he was ok at least he was trying to get back on his bike when I looked back. I bridge the gap to the next group of riders and we hit another switch back section and people are dabbing and walking half on the bike. I dismount toss the bike on my shoulder and run around a handful of people, do a beautiful CX mount and off I go man I’m liking these CX workouts helping my XC racing also! We hit the next climb and a couple of the guys/girls I passed on the switch back catch me…. We hit the main decent and I’m mixed in with a group that is ok at descending but not great I see a whole line of peeps ahead so I sit up a bit and try and recover a bit as I’d have to pass like 10 people to get up front and really move. We get to the next climb and I PIN IT!!!! As I know the climb is short and I don’t wanna be behind these people on another decent. I slam it and hit 195!!! As I enter the single track at the top of the climb a guy passes me and I’m like great this guy is gonna hold me up on the tunnel of love (the next SiCK decent) we hit the descent and this guy takes OFF! He is on a hardtail Sworks Carbon, I follow and we are cranking I’m at 187 descending but I’m hanging on. We come up on groups of 2-3 people and he starts BARKING at people to get out of the way and I stay on his wheel using him as a pick! Its was sick at one point there was a quick up and down and I passed a guy as I aired out the top and it was single track and I know my rear wheel was a lill close to the guy I passed I apologized as I speed away (maybe it was a dick move but my momentum was awesome and I wasn’t slowing down!) We finish the section I thank the guy for his descending skills he says “I’m old I have to use gravity when I can”, I reply “I’m fat I hear ya” we ride tempo together on the next short climb and after a bit he pulls away There was a fast fire road into a 90 deg left and up what looked like a WALL! No chance at riding it way to steep, I saw it that previous night so on the run up I shifted up to and easy gear, swung my leg over the seat made the turn and CX style ran up it and jumped back on and passed a couple more peeps in the process, damn that move was FAST! . We go thru another section and we hit the option I think was stupid, not being a pussy I ride the sick whoops much to the shagrin of a camera man right there I tried to give him a good shot and dropped a nice rocky line down Over that hump and hit the run in to the finish and put my head down and cranked! Activity
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So we get up to the race venue and setup camp and its dark now, I’m determined to get in at least a ½ lap to scout the course. So we head out with lights and do a 40min easy ride to scout the bottom technical sections of the course…..which they added 2 options into around the hard stuff…. But the option was WAY faster than the tough section….. it was so stupid there way no time penalty for skipping the tech stuff…..) Then ate and slept as the race was at 9am Activity
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Good ride tonight, was a bit chilly but I wanted to spin out the legs before the race this weekend. Headed out with the Gary Fox crew. Started out redlining it on the short climbs and movin quick, but we toned it down once we got into Tunnels. I'm gonna miss the tunnels word is they (in they I mean the Ahole Equestrian dicks the pay there way onto the land managment boards) will be closing the area.... Thru the tunnel goodness and then back thru PQC. I walked up the goat climb as I wanted to keep the legs fresh for tomorrow. Activity
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Another fucking flat on my ride home!!! What is with the roads around here? tire armor liners and slime tubes and I still flat.... I pumped the tube back up and could hear the slime gurgle but it didn't seal and I ran out of CO2.... Kerin saved me and picked me up. Got home pumped up the tires and this am still fine... WTF no more CO2 I guess as that didn't seal um. Ride started out just fine, I love these new lights! Pushed it a little harder then last week up the scripps poway climb. then I saw these lill ~12-13 yr old kids going up the climb to miramesa on the bike path (at night... no helmets no lights..... not smart) anyway kid on a BMX rides up beside me, "Hey wanna race?" I said "you sure?, you really sure?" he said "bring it on" so I let him go ahead ~half a bike length, then rocket past him off into the night (I did hit 187HR is all fairness) I heard "cheater!" in the distance :) Activity
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