I did Turkey Hill this past weekend. Rolling ~6 mile loop with a hill thrown in the last two laps. Not too much to report- I felt pretty bad the Friday before, and on the first small uphill on the loop I pegged my HR up to 180 very quickly. My legs felt like I had alrady ridden for a few hours.... needless to say I didn't hang on long. I've been off the bike since, trying to eat and sleep alot. Not sure why I felt so hoorible on the weekend (thanks cycling.tv) but the days afterward I was pretty well messed up I think. Constantly felt starved, but couldn't really eat much. Think I may have been a bit dehydrated. Been eating much more normally the last few days, so when I get back on the bike once I'm out in Pittsburgh hopefully I'll feel allright.
Graduation is on Friday, the 18th, then it's off to Pittsburgh for the summer. Munas and myself got a place near Walnut Ave in Shadyside- a cool hipster area of the city. Even the goodwill there has a fancy storefront. Looking forward to the J-O-B- at Siemens where I'll hopefully learn a lot of real world fuel cell stuff before heading back to school.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Easterns and the end of an era
This past weekend marked my second and last Easterns weekend. Hosted in Vassar, it was a heck of an event. TTT and RR on Saturday, and a crit on Sunday.
Day 1
Team Time Trial
I stepped down and did the TTT with the B squad this weekend, hoping to go for a "V", and because Justin and Jeff had upgraded to As for the mass starts, and couldn't do the Bs anymore. We were relatively smooth for the 11 miles. I worked it up real hard on the last lap and did a few long hard pulls towards the end, but we ended up only 3rd. I think Yale and MIT beat us out, which was a theme for the weekend, as these teams were sparring for the overall..... Yale and MIT? Go fucking study you dorks.
Road Race
Day 2
Criterium
I was really looking forward to the crit. I got to the course and was already a little disappointed. Four corners and flat it was... but the straights were so long, and the corners so easy.... this would be too easy. Noone would get shelled. Too many people would think they could win. And that's what happened. I stayed right at the front for the whole race, feeling pretty good. Got mixed up going for primes and was never really in the best position for them. People kept FLYING by on the backstretch completely voiding my good position I had fought for. I worked very hard to stay in the top 10 in the last few laps, but then when we got the bell, it all sat up. All the way across the road. Bitches! Doesn't someone have teammates? Shouldn't we have shelled half of you? Yes and yes. The BC dude Greg had a teammate, and he got a legit leadout on the backstretch and won. I botched following a strong wheel, and came across in 6th. Not the best way to end the season, but it wasn't too bad.
Cornering after taking a flyer that no one was interested in coming with for. Noooo I'm not clipping my pedal.
Day 1
Team Time Trial
I stepped down and did the TTT with the B squad this weekend, hoping to go for a "V", and because Justin and Jeff had upgraded to As for the mass starts, and couldn't do the Bs anymore. We were relatively smooth for the 11 miles. I worked it up real hard on the last lap and did a few long hard pulls towards the end, but we ended up only 3rd. I think Yale and MIT beat us out, which was a theme for the weekend, as these teams were sparring for the overall..... Yale and MIT? Go fucking study you dorks.
Road Race
This was a fun race, but not for me. Pretty epic course though. I was bitched off the back of the field on the first climb, just a few miles in. I chased for most of the 30 mile lap with a group of ~10. We got within sight, and people started saying stupid shit like... go easy, we'll catch them. Stupid. So on the next little climb I put my balls on the stem and went as hard as I could, catching Munas's Subaru in the process. I may have ridden directly behind it for a few miles... but then it was a long descent, and I went through a shit-ton of cars and motorcycles, and even swerved my way through traffic coming into a hairpin turn. That was fun. Caught back onto the group just in time for THAT climb again.... you guessed it. Bitched again, and just rode to the feedzone and called it a day. Luke manned up from our field and got himself a top 10. Legit!
Chasing back to the group next to the team car. So
Chasing back to the group next to the team car. SoDay 2
Criterium
I was really looking forward to the crit. I got to the course and was already a little disappointed. Four corners and flat it was... but the straights were so long, and the corners so easy.... this would be too easy. Noone would get shelled. Too many people would think they could win. And that's what happened. I stayed right at the front for the whole race, feeling pretty good. Got mixed up going for primes and was never really in the best position for them. People kept FLYING by on the backstretch completely voiding my good position I had fought for. I worked very hard to stay in the top 10 in the last few laps, but then when we got the bell, it all sat up. All the way across the road. Bitches! Doesn't someone have teammates? Shouldn't we have shelled half of you? Yes and yes. The BC dude Greg had a teammate, and he got a legit leadout on the backstretch and won. I botched following a strong wheel, and came across in 6th. Not the best way to end the season, but it wasn't too bad.
Cornering after taking a flyer that no one was interested in coming with for. Noooo I'm not clipping my pedal.Next up: Turkey Hill this Saturday. Hopefully I can help some of the Dynaflo guys who's names happen to be Munas or Spohn out. Or maybe make it over the hill twice in good enough position to mix it up myself. We'll see.
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