...fasten your race chains

27.5.09


Nice wrap-up B.Chan!

I've been doing some stalking, and I'm astonished at the detail of some people's race reports.  How do people remember which lap they are on and what their position was?  This tells me that I need to pay more attention.  

Working together at the Quad Cities race was awesome.  We did a great job of shutting down Ms. Sarah Huang pretty early on.  Too bad we didn't remember that Maura was in the race: I think we could have caught her had we anticipated her attack earlier.  A good race anyhow...    Maura, 1st place, said our kits were a tad scary.  Agreed.

Back to the Wednesday night ride tonight.  We didn't make any effort to keep up with the guys after we turned out of Monticello toward Champaign.  Seasonal allergies make me feel like I have the lung capacity of a chain smoker, and I was hacking the whole ride out.  I guess I'll trade snow in for pollen any day though.  I'm excited to get back into Build 1 & 2 modes: longer rides (including endurance! My fave!) and working on my weaknesses.

Becky and I are each ranked number 1 in our zip codes.  Morgan: during your recovery, you can rest assured that you are still number 1 in Bement.  :-)


5 comments:

QuickKarl said...

more photos..

Anonymous said...

Thanks...don't know how much #1 in Bement is saying, but I'll take it! Wish I could have been there last weekend to tear things up with you guys! Props to both of you (again) for your performances. I still can't believe you won Snake Alley...that is an accomplishment not many people get to put on their mantle, and a testament to your ability to tolerate pain!

Erik said...

I'm jealous, I really wanted to make it to the ride last night (and not make any effort to keep up)... yet somehow my reward for racing all weekend has been being sick all week.

Erik said...

Hey Karl... Here they are in all their unadulterated glory. Bare in mind a lot of them are very similar.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37612311@N00/sets/72157618842600653/

QuickKarl said...

thanks Eric, wanted some for the web page