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CapeRoadie · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject:

Ah, youth. Remember when we could do that, berck?
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Ralphnorman · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 3938 Location: Dundee

Yea I'm doing recovery work (not just rides). Stinks getting old, tell me about it, in 2 months I'm going to be a senior Shocked

No more wins for a long time I reckon. That time I did is actually poor. PB is 1.04.22 so I'm a minute and a half outside it and I want to get under the hour so I have a long way to go.
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kellyrocheearly · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 2968 Location: Ireland/Boston

patience Ralph, you'll get under the hour within a year or so.
Also get some road races in you!! You'll improve faster.
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Ralphnorman · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 3938 Location: Dundee

Did a 1.09 today. That climb is much longer than I thought and got lupmy at the top. Had a right ol' ding dong battle with number 2, i was number 1 Wink

He caught and passed me, i repassed him about a mile later, he then went straight back passed me, i retook him after another 2 miles then he attacked and got away Rolling Eyes

Number 4 came passed me with about a mile to go but I hung on and jumped him from about 20m back in the sprint and got him with a lunge on the line Very Happy

Had no idea where I'd come from Cool

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CapeRoadie · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject:

300+ miles this week, but mostly recovery from three hard effort days. Easy week coming up with my first race since May, a criterium on Saturday. Managed to ride a 26-7 mph average for 30 minutes yesterday in the pack with a final sprint at 34-5 mph for 200m. Feeling good.
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CapeRoadie · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:54 am Post subject:

Ralphnorman · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 3938 Location: Dundee

14 mile swim??!! Are you sure? Shocked

Actual time from yesterday: 1hr 8mins 30secs

I also have some prize money to pick up that I didn't know I'd won from a few races ago.
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CapeRoadie · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:47 am Post subject:

Ralphnorman · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 3938 Location: Dundee

Mid Scotland 25m TT Champs today. 1st junior with a 1.05.16. Have pictures but need to get them developed and then will stick them up. I have a story to go with them (I'll just stay I was doing some retro TT'ing)
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Ralphnorman · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 3938 Location: Dundee

Aha! picture found!:

Way Out
http://www.jamesruskinphoto.com/photo2998935.html
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CapeRoadie · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject:

Dangerous crit course yesterday! Three 90-degree right turns, one into a downhill and another coming off that hill, several defects in the road at all the wrong places--holes, ridges, breaks, sand and off-cambre turns.

Was going really well until about halfway through when I lost about 30 lbs. pressure from my rear tire. Fishtailed badly twice and almost took out another rider the second time with 8 laps to go. So decided to go to neutral support (SRAM/Zipp guy) for a rear wheel swap. That broke my rhythm and then they didn't push me off until the group whizzed past, so it took a lot of work to latch back on. Then I had to recover, so no real rest break.

The next 6 laps I fought hard for position and managed to get near the front for the final lap, taking the inside up a short climb and passing 20 riders in a hurry. Around 90-degree turn #1 at the top of that climb, CRASH right in front of me! That split the field and about 15 guys were ahead of me. Managed to pick a couple off around the next two turns, but the top ten had a huge gap! Around the final curve into the straightaway, I managed to move up one place by powering past one more guy, who I nipped at the line. My final sprint speed was 35.5 mph, so I was very happy with that since it was a slight uphill.

But then I found out the SRAM/Zipp guy said there was no defect with my wheel and they relegated me from 12th to last place! Not the result I had in mind! Protest useless at that point.

But one of the guys from my club who was being talked up before the race either got dropped badly or was a DNF. My friend Ben and I made it our goal to beat him. He was already dressed when we rode past during our cool-down lap, so we met our goal as fastest Cat 4's in the club, for whatever that was worth (not much).

All in all, happy with my performance, since we had a lot of 30+ mph surges that didn't destroy me like last year and even last spring. Hoping to race again in two weeks. Need a win or podium; gettin' closer.
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cyclingtv · Joined: 22 May 2007 Posts: 3476

cape.. great recap thanks.. well done anyways.. maybe next time..
you finished right up there even with the problems.. be proud..
quite alert of you.. keeping your head up and avoiding that crash..

the tire bit.. in hindsight you could have ridden on it until flat..
the cost.. marring up your rims unless you were on tubes..

you're getting more and more competitive.. big surprise Wink

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CapeRoadie · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:05 am Post subject:

Ralphnorman · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 3938 Location: Dundee

70 miles today in 4 hours. Had steady drizzle most of the way round but picked up slightly towards the end. It was very hard, my thighs were killing me and I could barely stand at the end of it. Thanks God for Aero Bubbles!! Very Happy

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