Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Hillsboro race reports - Wombat's take
His two rather silly Hillsboro race reports can be found here.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
First 'cross win - Angela
Racing has been great but what lingers more than anything is the support and company of our teammates. This past weekend Jeff had the team site all set up. The tents were up, trainers ready and Jeff’s new toolbox got more use than ever. It is so nice to have a place to go to and know I will find my teammates. Bryan Smith was supporting riders all day and then once again was all over helping to get things taken down and packed up. For this I am extremely thankful! Sallyanne and Julie made sure our podium girl theme was all that it could be. Again, I enjoyed seeing my teammates out at the fairgrounds in Astoria just as I had seen many mates at PIR. However I missed the race and the party on Saturday, but I heard about some good times.
Now about racing. I warmed up for the women’s race using my trainer and downing some Hammer gel Anna provided me. The sound of my wheels spinning was impressive but only because they are carbon. I am racing in the 45+ group which has been the epitome of good feminine competition. With my 1st place finish on Sunday, the top 5 now all have a 1st place finish and a fair share of the various top 5 finishes. A crazy thing happened in the women’s race on Sunday, we had to restart after everyone was at least ½ to a whole lap into the race. I had a great start both times and only saw other 45+ racers when I lapped them. I was riding hard, climbing strong and going through the muddy descents aggressiveley.
On my last lap my lovely green sprinters dress got caught on my saddle after I went down in some slick, swift mud just before the bleachers and the descending turns through the trees. I finally had to leap off my bike to get untangled. When the race was over I was stunned by my lead. At the time I did not feel like I had worked all that hard. However, after the trick or treaters were asleep and I had a few hours of sleepful rest in my body, I began to feel the most significant soreness of the season. Throughout the day on Monday, my body informed that I had indeed pushed it very hard on Sunday.
Hugh pulled off a 9th place finish on Saturday and a 7th on Sunday, which puts him at 15th for the series. Jamie Bradley did great too and is sitting at 3rd in the series I think. It was impressive to see Jeff cruise around on the course showing off his ripped muscles along with Cristina and her flowered SS, Kristin sporting some obnoxious outer underwear and her amber colored rims as well as German on his sweet prize from last year! Lisa looked good, really good on her SS. There’s so much more to share, but that’s enough from me. I look forward seeing many of you and racing again next Sunday so close to home at Washington CO fair grounds.
Now about racing. I warmed up for the women’s race using my trainer and downing some Hammer gel Anna provided me. The sound of my wheels spinning was impressive but only because they are carbon. I am racing in the 45+ group which has been the epitome of good feminine competition. With my 1st place finish on Sunday, the top 5 now all have a 1st place finish and a fair share of the various top 5 finishes. A crazy thing happened in the women’s race on Sunday, we had to restart after everyone was at least ½ to a whole lap into the race. I had a great start both times and only saw other 45+ racers when I lapped them. I was riding hard, climbing strong and going through the muddy descents aggressiveley.
On my last lap my lovely green sprinters dress got caught on my saddle after I went down in some slick, swift mud just before the bleachers and the descending turns through the trees. I finally had to leap off my bike to get untangled. When the race was over I was stunned by my lead. At the time I did not feel like I had worked all that hard. However, after the trick or treaters were asleep and I had a few hours of sleepful rest in my body, I began to feel the most significant soreness of the season. Throughout the day on Monday, my body informed that I had indeed pushed it very hard on Sunday.
Hugh pulled off a 9th place finish on Saturday and a 7th on Sunday, which puts him at 15th for the series. Jamie Bradley did great too and is sitting at 3rd in the series I think. It was impressive to see Jeff cruise around on the course showing off his ripped muscles along with Cristina and her flowered SS, Kristin sporting some obnoxious outer underwear and her amber colored rims as well as German on his sweet prize from last year! Lisa looked good, really good on her SS. There’s so much more to share, but that’s enough from me. I look forward seeing many of you and racing again next Sunday so close to home at Washington CO fair grounds.
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