Mom-Coach-Racer not always in that order
March 2008 - Posts
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Lynda and I decided to do RimRide together - as in stay together during the race. At the last minute we decided to go SS too. 32.19 for me, 34.20 for her. How’d it go? Well…beyond all expectations. We didn’t expect to be in the mix - we actually weren’t planning on putting down a [...]
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Now I’ve decided to do Rim Ride SS it has brought on a minor obsession. I sallied up my SS with the 34×20 and all the race goods. 4 water bottles, Power-Tap, GPS, a couple of tubes and misc items taped around.
Barrel Roll was fabulous today. I love that trail. Nothing fell off the bike so I [...]
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How much fluid to carry and how to carry it is the second most burning question for Rim Ride now that the rear shock blew up on my FS. I figured if I was HT then I might as well be SS - and of course that makes the #1 burning question what gear to ride. Brad recommended a [...]
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Long ride yesterday into red neck territory. Note bullet holes in sign.
As coaches it is our duty to test out new sports products that come on the market so we can give our athletes geniune feedback.
Wow. All I can say is that I was glad I didn’t have any others stimulants circulating when I put [...]
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It is warming up here. I switched the sprinklers on and the kinders dashed in for their swimsuits to run through them. It really isn’t that warm yet - they are fueled on something I am not…
This perhaps…
In an effort to get more veggies into their bellies I let them choose what we were planting this [...]
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Smith Mesa was the object of our tires today. Not very technical, good thing cause you can’t keep yer eyes on the trail. Plenty steep though.
Rumors of ejector seats and flying monkeys abound behind these signs. We sure wanted to explore…but resisted. These signs really pull ya in don’t they?
This is where the monkeys land.
Hey [...]
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Emma is thinking about sports modeling
She came out the house ready to ride wearing swim goggles. It was a really funny moment. She is all about function. Said they were to protect her eyes.
I talked her into the pink shades.
We rode about 4 miles. I think it is time to upgrade her wheels.
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Remember Quadrant Analysis? Here’s the VQ data in it’s entirety in QA:
Red lines with numbers represent cadence. Yes, that one all the way to the left is 30. Being a high cadence guy, it’s hard to wrap my head around the fact I was grinding at less than 60 rpm for 4+ hours of this event. [...]
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I’d set my bike up to race this one. From all the locals I’d heard it was a challenging and fun event. It was challenging and ironically it was the Vision Quest part that was the challenge not the racing part.
A vision quest is a rite of passage, similar to an initiation, in some Native [...]
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VQ is done and I’m alive to tell the tale. The race wasn’t too bad but the bozo driving near 80 mph to the race’s finish, losing control, knocking a full-size pickup into mid-air for 3 rolls and then careening directly into us made it a full on epic day. But you’re here for the [...]
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