I’ve been slacking on the blog posting recently, for a few reasons. I live my life in a dichotomy: there is always too much going on, or nothing at all. I had planned to race Tour of the Hilltowns, but I pulled the plug due to some back pain I had been having for weeks leading up to the race. The …
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Staying In and Pulling Through
Riding at the track is an interesting experience for me each and every time I show up. Adding to the variety: there are three different courses (maybe even more…). There is the road course, Frontier, and the oval (with or without chicanes). All are around a mile to 1.5 miles in length: the road course has non-trivial turns, one punchy …
Exeter Classic, Three for Three.
Last night’s Exeter Classic criterium proved to be quite successful, despite my early nerves. As I stated in prior posts, crit racing makes me a bit nervous. Tighter groups, faster racing, more corners. Crashing is inevitable. Going into the race I was nervous not just about crashing, but also the reglist, as I saw Gabby Durrin and Crystal Anthony had …
Learning. Experience.
I really loved the feedback I got on my last post! Between the post and the race, a lot of good conversation happened here, on Twitter, and that good old-fashion face-to-face communication that may never have actually happened as it was not meticulously documented. Many people understood my frustration with a lack of upgrade, some thought I should have been granted …
Purgatory RR Victory!
So, I am doing a terrible job of regular blogging, but I am either too busy to write, or too bored and uninspired. On Thursday at the track I wrote a great blog article in my head, but by the time I had to time write it on Friday it was gone. My brain is like a sieve. A very …
Lake Sunapee Road Race
I have a lot to say, so I guess I just have to write chronologically, because that is at least some kind of organization. Today I raced the Lake Sunapee Road Race. Back in 2013 it was my second road race ever; I came in 3rd in the W4 field after some over-zealous pulling and not being able to handle …