They won't mind. The neighbors are getting tired of looking at that tree!
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They won't mind. The neighbors are getting tired of looking at that tree!
Capers thanks for letting us park in your driveway and pee on your rug. Tell you landlord to re-grade your driveway and get you a new rug.
Saturday was the Hell of Hunterdon, which was awesome. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere was highly social. I saw Kevin, and met M Styer from the board. I also had beers with Lance and Sean R. after the ride, my beer consumption was 2:1 with these guys, so it was easy for them to wait in the keg line to feed me with brew.😀
My plan was to ride a steady aerobic pace, as opposed to last year...which was to kill myself trying to stay with the lead group. The ride was highly enjoyable this year. Chris M.,Chris G and myself did the 77 mile ride together, since we shared the podium together at the last mountain bike race of the year in 2013(Cathederal Pines), it was fitting for us to head out together for the first event of 2014. The day went quickly as we pedaled away the miles. We felt solid till the end despite not riding over the winter. It was a perfect day riding with these guys, it was exactly the pace I needed to get back into shape without destroying myself.
Speaking of destroying oneself.
Unknown Cyclist; Post ride
The Garmin profile looks like a dragon. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/465757592
So its back to training for me. After 2wks on the bike things are starting to feel normal again. My power numbers are still not what they where last year but feel like I am making gains. Last week I did the Marty's 50 mile ride and was spent after 3hrs, this week I did 77 and felt good after 4.5 hrs. Yesterday I did Interval work(3x5) and hit some numbers I haven't seen since last year. This felt good mentally and physically. I feel like I am working my way back and am content to ramp up slowley.
Spring is in bloom, in my head anyway.
We regraded the driveway in 2011. Landlord made me pay for it too. It stayed flat for about 1 month then all the potholes returned almost immediately. The only way that driveway will ever be flat is if it were paved.
Glad you enjoyed the ride. Bummed I wasn't even in town for the party of the year in my own neighborhood.
Yes it's real...and very scary.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ef_1367116609
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SpartaBard
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I have seen them doing that along the power lines up in these parts along route 15. crazy stuff.
Race face^
Race season started for me this weekend. I wasn't really ready for it but with the winter we've had who is really ready to race bikes? Well thats what I thought going into Battenkill lining up with other Cat 4's. It seems there was no shortage of hammerheads looking to attack the first climbs at Bkill.
The famous Juniper Swamp climb which is about 40 minutes in was a mess, the dirt road was very soft near the top. Guys were dismounting and running it because they couldn't climb it or they were trying to avoid someone who fell over in the quick sand gravel. I got caught up in this mess and had to dismount and run up to try and stay with the lead group. Upon remounting at the top I could not clip in with my left speed play pedal. My cleat was clogged with gravel and dirt, so for the next 2hrs and 45 minutes I did the best I could to keep my foot on the pedal. Any hard efforts with my left foot resulted in my foot flopping off the pedal. This sucked but I made the best of it.
I was in a chase group behind the leaders. There were about 6 of us, at times we would pick up some stragglers along the way but they would never last. I convinced these guys to work together double pace lining. It was a solid group but toward the end it became evident that everyone was getting tired. When we got to Meeting House road I pushed the climbs and dropped the group I was with. Some of the stronger guys were able to catch up to me after Meeting House rd and we worked together with a rag tag team toward Stage Rd. Again I pushed and two other guys were able to climb Stage Rd. with me. Once we got to the top we traded pulls to the finish line.
Going into the race my only goal was to stay with the lead group through the Juniper Swamp climb, I'd like to blame the road conditions and bottleneck on the fact that I was not able to do this. But I also know that I was not in the kind of shape one needs to be in to survive the climbing attacks at Battenkill.
I liked approaching Bkill as a training race for the season. It continues to be a must do event for me, the size and atmosphere of this race is just too good to pass up. The course is a fun road layout with dirt roads that add some technical features and enough climbing to suck the air out of your lungs.
The other thing I like about Battenkill is the fact that its only 28 miles from Prospect Mountain xc ski center in VT. I stayed in Bennington after the race and got in some beautiful skate skiing to end the ski season the next day. Bonus!
Also I should add that when Mary and I went to Man of Kent after the race for food and beers, I convinced the waitress to hang my race number up on the wall. If you ever go there look for it, its #138 and it sits directly behind the cash register.😀
You always amaze and impress me with you ability to hammer your road bike. You had limited miles this winter & only trained for a short time and were super competitive in a long cat 4 road race. Sucks about the bottleneck & cleats because it sounds like you could have hung.
Cool that you were able to get Mary to join you for the weekend. Sounds like it was a good one and her being a part of it is a bonus.
Cool that you were able to get Mary to join you for the weekend. Sounds like it was a good one and her being a part of it is a bonus.
