She went to Opus on Tuesday and gave me the play by play in the 1/2/3 race while I was at work by text...
AND, later that evening, when I asked if she saw Cleary, she said that she didn't know what cleary looked like...
I asked if she saw any leprechauns.
She said that Yes, she saw one, but it was Pete Hannah.
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yep. that's pretty amazing.
-jason
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
it's official
I got 20th out of 29 starters in my field at durand. Spencer got 5th, so he held it down for the team. LGR at the back of the field, minus Taylor mixing it in with us!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
First update in months. Durand happened.
some other things have happened as well. I took up tennis. That's been treating me well. Been doing that more than bike riding lately. I've been enjoying it a lot.
Just got back from breakfast at the Seward co-op with Margaret and her dad. Margaret's treat. It was pretty great. It's been a good (couple) week(s).
Went to Oshkosh over Easter weekend. That was a nice getaway. Rode bikes outside and it got WAY colder than expected, and did an 1:08 on the computrainer at a pretty good clip. Not bad considering I had meant to load the 17 miler that takes about 45 minutes. Didn't figure that out until it was almost too late.
Durand was yesterday. It was WAY harder and faster than I remember it being last year. Again I worked too hard, but I made it pretty clear that I wasn't going to be the guy on our team that was gonna place high. So I marked a guy and made sure nothing got away that didn't have at least one LGR in it. LG and Byrnes kept things interested and each attacked a couple times. I got away once for a little bit. I kept things slow an awful lot, too. Got dropped just after the turn that marked the end of the 3rd lap (out of 4) and rode the last 12 miles by myself.
Before I got dropped the avg watts of my race was 240. That's pretty hard. At least for me. Including the last 12 miles riding at my "I got dropped, lets just finish this damn race" pace my avg dropped to 199. Super OK with that. Normally when things aren't going well for me I just throw in the towel and quit. It was have been WAY faster for me to quit than it would have been to ride the last 12 miles, but I did it. First time for everything. I mark that a check in the maturity box. I was happy to finish.
I also realized something. Whereas last year I could ride at the front of the race and then finish in the top 10 (more often than not) in the shorter races, this year is going to be different in that there is just more damn power in the field and I can't ride at the front the whole race and still contest the finish. That's good to know. Glad I got that out of the way early.
All in all it was fun. It was hard. Racing with a team is super rad, and I look forward to doing it more.
That's about it for me. Might have more to say soon. Here's hoping!
Just got back from breakfast at the Seward co-op with Margaret and her dad. Margaret's treat. It was pretty great. It's been a good (couple) week(s).
Went to Oshkosh over Easter weekend. That was a nice getaway. Rode bikes outside and it got WAY colder than expected, and did an 1:08 on the computrainer at a pretty good clip. Not bad considering I had meant to load the 17 miler that takes about 45 minutes. Didn't figure that out until it was almost too late.
Durand was yesterday. It was WAY harder and faster than I remember it being last year. Again I worked too hard, but I made it pretty clear that I wasn't going to be the guy on our team that was gonna place high. So I marked a guy and made sure nothing got away that didn't have at least one LGR in it. LG and Byrnes kept things interested and each attacked a couple times. I got away once for a little bit. I kept things slow an awful lot, too. Got dropped just after the turn that marked the end of the 3rd lap (out of 4) and rode the last 12 miles by myself.
Before I got dropped the avg watts of my race was 240. That's pretty hard. At least for me. Including the last 12 miles riding at my "I got dropped, lets just finish this damn race" pace my avg dropped to 199. Super OK with that. Normally when things aren't going well for me I just throw in the towel and quit. It was have been WAY faster for me to quit than it would have been to ride the last 12 miles, but I did it. First time for everything. I mark that a check in the maturity box. I was happy to finish.
I also realized something. Whereas last year I could ride at the front of the race and then finish in the top 10 (more often than not) in the shorter races, this year is going to be different in that there is just more damn power in the field and I can't ride at the front the whole race and still contest the finish. That's good to know. Glad I got that out of the way early.
All in all it was fun. It was hard. Racing with a team is super rad, and I look forward to doing it more.
That's about it for me. Might have more to say soon. Here's hoping!
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