Since my last entry a whopping 10 days ago I wrapped up the San Dimas Stage Race, shipped teammates Brett & Alex back to Chicago, kissed Rosa goodbye for 6 weeks, shipped myself back to Chicago, spent a couple days catching up on ABD paperwork, putting in a couple days at Prairie Path Cycles’ Winfield & Batavia store, put on a fun Cycling College for ABD’ers with Presidente Farrell and managed to get 2nd @ Parkside on Sunday... phew.
I didn’t really wrap up the San Dimas Race as much as it wrapped me up in a body bag and kicked me repeatedly. The Crit was wicked fast as the first break of the day was the one that stuck, and you effectively had five or six riders who did the Tour of California pursuiting against the BMC team, who’d done the Tour of California - for over an hour. It was my first crit of the year and was probably just as fast or faster than Superweek Crit. I pulled the ripcord at the halfway point (45 minutes) and we were averaging 28mph on a course with a little grade in it. As much as I don’t like getting spanked it was good to see “Big Bird” in the break pounding away.
As for the Prairie Path Cycles’ stores, it’s an exciting time at the shops as everyone is stepping up their game to be the best all around bike stores in the area. I’m just sort of the “tech advisor” in charge of wiring up the computer and phone network and setting up the permanent Cycling Center in Batavia with ABD Junior/shop employee/wunderkid Alex Billingsley handling much of the nitty gritty software stuff.
Then this weekend in Kenosha. We had a lot of fun at the Cycling College as the group of riders engaged themselves in the material and asked all the right questions to make sure they could apply it to their own situations. Over the years, I’ve managed to glean nuggets of wisdom from various people and sources that I enjoy passing on if it can help riders get a little faster or even just enjoy the sport a little more. And of course, any conversations with my co-presenter Coach Farrell on training and tactics is like a glimpse into the National Archives — with a little humor, of course.
The Sunday race went well too. I had a solid two-hour tempo ride in the morning, a short nap in the Student Union, and a hard 60 minute + two lap effort. The PCW guys started sending riders from the gun and myself, Ken D and Scott Pearson ended up in a group with a strong PCW junior and the White brothers. We all worked hard, took turns attacking each other and in the end I finished 2nd. It was a solid training race with everybody just gunning it and not worrying how deep we buried ourselves.
Hillsboro on Saturday and the John Fraser on Sunday, It’s going to be great to get out with the team.f California pursuiting against the BMC team, who’d done the Tour of California - for over an hour. It was my first crit of the year and was probably just as fast or faster than Superweek Crit. I pulled the ripcord at the halfway point (45 minutes) and we were averaging 28mph on a course with a little grade in it. As much as I don’t like getting spanked it was good to see “Big Bird” in the break pounding away.
As for the Prairie Path Cycles’ stores, it’s an exciting time at the shops as everyone is stepping up their game to be the best all around bike stores in the area. I’m just sort of the “tech advisor” in charge of wiring up the computer and phone network and setting up the permanent Cycling Center in Batavia with ABD Junior/shop employee/wunderkid Alex Billingsley handling a lot of the nitty gritty software stuff.
And then this weekend in Kenosha. We had a lot of fun at the Cycling College as the group of riders engaged themselves in the material and asked all the right questions to make sure they could apply it to their own situations. Over the years I’ve managed to glean a lot of knowledge from various people and sources that I enjoy passing on if it can help riders get a little faster or even just enjoy the sport a little more. And of course, any conversations with my co-presenter Coach Farrell on training and tactics is like a glimpse into the National Archives — with a little humor, of course.
The Sunday race went well too. I was able to get a solid 2 hour Tempo ride in the morning, a short nap in the Student Union, and a hard 60 minute + 2 lap effort. The PCW guys started sending riders from the gun and myself, Ken D and Scott Pearson ended up in a group with a strong PCW junior and the White brothers. We all worked hard, took turns attacking each other and in the end I ended up 2nd. It was a solid training race with everybody just gunning it and not worrying how deep we buried ourselves.
Hillsboro on Saturday and the John Fraser on Sunday. it’s going to be great to get out with the team.
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