Sunday was the crit. Downtown Knoxville was pretty nice when we actually got to where we were going, that was as good as my day got. I had "concrete legs", they felt very heavy at the start and hardened as the race went on. I sucked today.
Andre did awesome, took 4th in the crit and the omnium!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tomato Head RR
Had to go with Frank's report for the day:
Andre 5th - The master sprinter sprinting in his junior gear!Adam 20th? (after a busting his butt to bridge gaps, catch multiple breakaways and great lead out for Andre)Frank 25th (actually finished a long time after the field finished....buthe DID finish!)OJ 26th (rode with frank for much of the ride, made some good jokes aboutthe locals)Lots of horses, trucks with trailers backing onto the race course, morehorses and carriages.....horse caravans, people thrown from horses, horsesbacking into cyclist after they were spooked, horse poop, a couple dogs,some rollers, road-side garbage, lots of head wind, did I say horse poop?,and horses. What a fun and COLORFUL bicycle ride in TN!1st Favorite Quote of the Day from OJ: "Did that just happen?" Referring to the pausing-seconds immediately after he and Frank passed the horse andcarriage caravan while they were pulling onto the race course. "Oh, look atthe bicyclist".....little did they know what was in store for them.2nd Favorite quote of the day from Frank: "STOP!" Frank yelling at adriver backing his trailer onto the course just before the masters fieldcame through. (Oj and Frank had been dropped from the cat 3 and weregetting caught by the masters field.)3rd Favorite quote of the day from a lady thrown from her horse: "I justwant my horse back." Frank and Oj turn and look into a field on the side ofthe road, there were 3 horse galloping about and returning to theroad......Oh my, lets get out of here!And no, we didn't almost get lost going to the race and nobody got car sickand the bananas didn't stink up the car after they were sitting on top ofthe dash board in the sun. :-)
The only thing left out was the guy peeing during the race, the snake in the road, and a dog that actually got his mouth on my foot.
Yee-haw
Andre 5th - The master sprinter sprinting in his junior gear!Adam 20th? (after a busting his butt to bridge gaps, catch multiple breakaways and great lead out for Andre)Frank 25th (actually finished a long time after the field finished....buthe DID finish!)OJ 26th (rode with frank for much of the ride, made some good jokes aboutthe locals)Lots of horses, trucks with trailers backing onto the race course, morehorses and carriages.....horse caravans, people thrown from horses, horsesbacking into cyclist after they were spooked, horse poop, a couple dogs,some rollers, road-side garbage, lots of head wind, did I say horse poop?,and horses. What a fun and COLORFUL bicycle ride in TN!1st Favorite Quote of the Day from OJ: "Did that just happen?" Referring to the pausing-seconds immediately after he and Frank passed the horse andcarriage caravan while they were pulling onto the race course. "Oh, look atthe bicyclist".....little did they know what was in store for them.2nd Favorite quote of the day from Frank: "STOP!" Frank yelling at adriver backing his trailer onto the course just before the masters fieldcame through. (Oj and Frank had been dropped from the cat 3 and weregetting caught by the masters field.)3rd Favorite quote of the day from a lady thrown from her horse: "I justwant my horse back." Frank and Oj turn and look into a field on the side ofthe road, there were 3 horse galloping about and returning to theroad......Oh my, lets get out of here!And no, we didn't almost get lost going to the race and nobody got car sickand the bananas didn't stink up the car after they were sitting on top ofthe dash board in the sun. :-)
The only thing left out was the guy peeing during the race, the snake in the road, and a dog that actually got his mouth on my foot.
Yee-haw
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
12 Hours of Tsali
This past weekend was the 12 hours of Tsali. Velosports sent two sport teams and Nate from Carolina Fatz was doing 6 hours solo. Frank and I left his house at 7:00 a.m. making sure that we were getting enough coffee into our bodies along the way. We met up with Doug briefly on the road to Tsali before he decided to make a pit stop. We arrived at the venue, and thanks to Smoky Mountain Bikes, we were able to set-up with them and have a great spot, easy to load/unload our stuff, and have a great position to watch the race and switch out riders.
We got everyone registered and ready to go, then started to get into race mode.
Dave from SMB got started early changing tires for me and fixing Andre's bike, hub, brakes, etc. to get us ready. I changed Frank's stem and now we were ready to roll, and Andre ready to run.
Adam and Andre started out the race with the LeMans start (600 yard run) and did the first lap. They came in from the first lap in 2nd and 3rd positions (frickin' awesome), and the race started. Billy and I were the 2nd riders, Frank and Doug went 3rd, and David and Alan took the 4th spots. One of the teams moved into 2nd place ahead of us and we started trying to catch them. We started moving between the 3rd and 4th places in the race with team # 30 making the race really fun. I started cramping on my 3rd lap, costing my team a little bit of time, but I moved my cleats and felt much better on my last lap. My last lap was in the dark and was great. The only issues I had were a raccoon running out in front of me and a bat landing on my helmet (it happened).
When all was said and done, Team #2 took third for the sport class and Team #1 finished 6th. It was an awesome day, we had no bad accidents, no big mechanicals, and everyone had an awesome time.
Thanks to all of my teammates, Team #2 and Team #1.
Thanks to Dave, Pam, Phil, and Karen from Smoky Mountain Bikes, they helped keep us rolling and fed.
Thanks to David and Terry Berger for a great event, the weather cooperated this time and the race was awesome!
Check out all of the pics
We got everyone registered and ready to go, then started to get into race mode.
Dave from SMB got started early changing tires for me and fixing Andre's bike, hub, brakes, etc. to get us ready. I changed Frank's stem and now we were ready to roll, and Andre ready to run.
Adam and Andre started out the race with the LeMans start (600 yard run) and did the first lap. They came in from the first lap in 2nd and 3rd positions (frickin' awesome), and the race started. Billy and I were the 2nd riders, Frank and Doug went 3rd, and David and Alan took the 4th spots. One of the teams moved into 2nd place ahead of us and we started trying to catch them. We started moving between the 3rd and 4th places in the race with team # 30 making the race really fun. I started cramping on my 3rd lap, costing my team a little bit of time, but I moved my cleats and felt much better on my last lap. My last lap was in the dark and was great. The only issues I had were a raccoon running out in front of me and a bat landing on my helmet (it happened).
When all was said and done, Team #2 took third for the sport class and Team #1 finished 6th. It was an awesome day, we had no bad accidents, no big mechanicals, and everyone had an awesome time.
Thanks to all of my teammates, Team #2 and Team #1.
Thanks to Dave, Pam, Phil, and Karen from Smoky Mountain Bikes, they helped keep us rolling and fed.
Thanks to David and Terry Berger for a great event, the weather cooperated this time and the race was awesome!
Check out all of the pics
Friday, May 9, 2008
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