#7030134 - 04/23/13 12:30 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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nato2377
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about 2 miles to go, trying to drop the kid behind me. succeeded.
pretty much riding through a creek for a mile
about hit him lol
gamby- SS and hills should help increase your power which will help your increase your speed. just gotta ride ride ride
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#7030890 - 04/23/13 04:48 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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gamby- SS and hills should help increase your power which will help your increase your speed. just gotta ride ride ride
Yep. It worked well last year. I'm hoping to ramp it up this year (as it's 45 and rainy out today  ). I'd like to get used to hammering the hills on my SS.
Those MTB pics are fantastic. Great photographer.
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#7039680 - 04/28/13 08:07 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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nato2377
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had another race today at Fairhill in elkton, md. 2nd stop in the MASS series. fast race course, good for roadies. last year this was my first CAT2 race and i got my ass kicked and got 26th. distance 15 miles. 2 laps of a 7.5 mile course. finished 2nd but boy was i smoked. time was 1 hr 1 minute,, avg speed 13.57 mph average heart rate was 185bpm!!!! with a max of 196. i could see first the whole time but couldnt close the gap, lost by 40 seconds. awesome awesome race. heres some shots from my friends wife phone. professsional photos to follow. this puts me at #1 in the MASS series standings for CAT2 men 19-29 year olds woot! this also lets me put in a optional upgrade to CAT1 then the next step is Pro.
podium! yolo!
hurting pretty bad, climbed this long hill at 191 bpm
somewhere...
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#7041221 - 04/29/13 04:11 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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nato2377
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dang man, that sounds like a heck of a week, id be pooped haha
i really should do a bit of running too. im at 162 right now. id like to be at 155 race weight but i like to eat too much  wanna lose that weight for free speed though!
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#7041805 - 04/29/13 10:07 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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#7041918 - 04/30/13 12:12 AM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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dang man, that sounds like a heck of a week, id be pooped haha i really should do a bit of running too. im at 162 right now. id like to be at 155 race weight but i like to eat too much wanna lose that weight for free speed though!
Pfft--I'm at 193 at the moment. I inadvertently put on 7 lbs of muscle weight in the past 3 months during that fitness study I did (more on this in a later post). My TT weight was 185 last summer, so the extra weight won't help me in the climbs. Hoping to ditch more of the belly. I'm still trying to lower carb intake while having enough fuel in the tank to ride.
Did 32 on Friday, 40 on Saturday, hoping to get out for a quick 18 tomorrow.
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#7042893 - 04/30/13 12:40 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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nato2377
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dang man, that sounds like a heck of a week, id be pooped haha i really should do a bit of running too. im at 162 right now. id like to be at 155 race weight but i like to eat too much wanna lose that weight for free speed though! Pfft--I'm at 193 at the moment. I inadvertently put on 7 lbs of muscle weight in the past 3 months during that fitness study I did (more on this in a later post). My TT weight was 185 last summer, so the extra weight won't help me in the climbs. Hoping to ditch more of the belly. I'm still trying to lower carb intake while having enough fuel in the tank to ride. Did 32 on Friday, 40 on Saturday, hoping to get out for a quick 18 tomorrow.
extra weight wont help, but the extra power might even it out! and it will help with TT speed! i ran 4.3 miles last night and now my legs are so sore i wont have a productive ride today now lol
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#7043857 - 04/30/13 09:56 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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Power seems to be good, but I definitely want to drop 5-7 lbs.
I rode one of my loops (the one I posted here a little while back) at a decent clip. Did 17.5 miles in 57:45. If I'm doing this at the beginning of the season, things might bode well. We shall see.
I got 281 miles in for April. 
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#7045751 - 05/01/13 07:09 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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shamrok
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ugh, race #3 this weekend - it's one of the hard ones 35-40% stuff like this    screw that kinda of sutff!i did a 40 mile race with the trails like that the whole way. took my 5 hrs 55 min. to do LOL
call me a sadist - but once I figure out techy lines - I love it
started mtb'ing in sept and trying my damn best to be a multi-dimensional rider
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#7048351 - 05/02/13 11:48 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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Respectable run on a partially amended version of my hill loop. 14.91 miles in 58:32. I was charging the climbs and felt decent doing so. Happy about that.
Harassment of the day came in the form of a car full of high school kids at the top of a climb. Dude in the passenger side says "nice ass, man" (which is baffling--mind you, I wasn't kitted up--I was in a t-shirt and MTB shorts) and didn't anticipate the stop sign that they were about to hit. Knee jerk, all I thought to say was "wow--that was REALLY gay" as he was astonished that his car had stopped. I thought of a million other comebacks after the fact, but he looked like a douche to his backseat chick co-occupants, so I guess it's a small victory.
WTF is it with animosity toward bikes??? 
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#7049619 - 05/03/13 05:45 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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I've made the "I hope they get stuck at the light" sprint a couple of times, but I'm usually too far away.
I've experienced a LOT more animosity this season than I have in years past--and it's only May.
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#7051792 - 05/05/13 06:47 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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My "climbing weight" last summer was 185  Dragging 191 up the hills at the moment. 
Thus my slowness compared to these 150-170lb riders. That said, I'm a decent climber, IMHO. I crushed a few climbs on Saturday's 35-miler. 
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#7060253 - 05/09/13 03:09 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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#7060621 - 05/09/13 06:28 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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Seriously. I can't even hold a candle to that.
I wonder if sponsorship/flow could come into the picture soon.
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#7062132 - 05/10/13 12:24 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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nato2377
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aaaaaand now im 7th lol
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#7062922 - 05/10/13 04:57 PM
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gamby
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1/4 mile from finishing today's 30 miler, punctured my 3-ride-old $65 rear Bontrager R3. FFFFFFFUUUUUU
Small puncture and a big cut that didn't puncture through yet. I've been doing most of my miles on my old wheels with the Kenda Karvs on them, so I've barely used my Ultegra wheels with the R3's.
I know the bike snob elite frowns upon patching tire cases, but this one is too new to ditch.
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#7067406 - 05/13/13 09:46 PM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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I see MTB chick w/great legs/ass.
Cycling does WONDERS for the legs/ass of a chick. 
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#7077678 - 05/20/13 07:23 AM
Re: Cyclists that race - training
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gamby
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Yesterday I finished the Almanzo 100. Took me 10 hours. 6300 feet of climbing. 105 miles of gravel roads, on my 40 pound Surly Troll. When the pain in my hands and legs subsides, I'll likely say it was the most fun I've had on my bike. But today there is no doubt in my mind that the Almanzo race was the single hardest physical event I've ever put my body though.
That is NUTS. So cool. Why on a 40lb bike, though? Seems like that would beat the shit out of you even more. I'll have to google that race. 10 hours is a crusade. 
No racing, but I did a flat 44 on Friday and a hilly 39 on Saturday. Felt pretty strong climbing on Saturday. This might be a good omen.
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