Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Nov 18, 2008
While some teams are struggling to stay alive others are stepping up and footing the bill.
I have been hearing a couple of things and thought I will put it out there. If you have any more info, leave a comment.
Some masters next year will be paid to race. I am assuming the $ will be small compared to the big leagues but it is more than what i will get for racing. I think it is all good and I would do it too. How nice to get a bit of dough and go race your bike for it. Awesome!
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Nov 08, 2008
Once again I made it to the church with the group, but not after some extra suffering.
The pace has been very light lately and I am actually surprised. All I remember from last year is me riding by myself with some other dingle berries, but for the last two weeks I have been able to stay with the lead group.
It might be that the size of the group and peloton dynamics is helping me jump form group to group, but the point is that I am finally making it to the sprint.
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Nov 02, 2008
I can't believe its november.... only 14 weeks left until VOS.... I know, I am paranoid. This week we were supposed to join the 45+ squad on the swamis ride. Got there with some time to spare and it seems that a lot of people got the note. I chatted with some SDBC CAT4/5 and they were out in force. Its good to see them show up for a ride other than their own ;-) It will make everyone stronger. So we gather in front of BL and the names start to drop... the heavy-hitters.... Chris Horner, Neil Shirley, Cody Stevenson, James and some other local guys that could really put the hurt down. Things started pretty mellow and they stayed that way for most of the way until some anxious legs started to turn a bit quicker. I was a bit worried because I knew that any moment things could change. Now the worst part... Things did not change. It stayed slow enough that i could not negotiate with my body on how/when to quit the ride/pace. I hate when that happens. It usually is pretty predictable. Slow until it goes fast and that is within 6 mile so BL and then I am on my own and everyone sees me staggering in. Not this week... they freaking held a pace that I could actually manage, so I had to suffer all the way to the church. It hurt, but at the same time it was nice. Looking at the power levels I had a pretty good ride. 5 and 30 minute numbers were equal to the best race of last year, so that is good. Next week might try the long route. Right now its about 83 miles, long route adds another 57... I am usually pretty pooped after that.. we will see.
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Oct 29, 2008
Just saw that there is an application for the iPhone that will map rides.
It was released under MapMyRide, the famous website. I heard this weekend that there would be an app for the iPhone, but I am sure that these are two completely different applications.
The platform is amazing, the only killer thing is that the lifespan of the battery on the iPhone cannot keep up with the amount of riding that some people might do. 3 hours just isn't enough time.
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Oct 27, 2008
This weekend I started my training.
Saturday, Swamis, small group with 2 motivated riders. James and Karl went hard enough to evaporate my chances of making it to the church with the group... so close. Special note here, they added a new stop light on dump hill.... I LOVE IT! Gives me the chance to catch back on... it won't always be red, but at least it increases my chance of sticking with the group.
Ended up riding 88 miles as my first ride back in training... maybe a bit too much, but oh well.
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Oct 24, 2008
Everybody knows that the last couple of months have been really rough in the market.
I have been thinking of what consequences there will be to the local racer and there are many issues that might affect us. Couple of things I could come up with were the slow down in the economy, hike in gas prices and probably a lower disposable income.
I am not quite sure if people will be racing more next year. My concensus is that people will target their A, B, C races better, thus making certain events more competitive than others.
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Oct 14, 2008
Late report/entry/babbling….
My start time was 8:10 or something close to that so I was good on time…. well, so I thought. Woke up too late and rushed everything int he car. it felt like I had to race up north or I was going to a stage race but with no pre-planning. I had packed my road bike to go for a short ride after the TT so EVERYTHING was in my car.
Get there with 1 minute to spare and my TT bike was dangling of my car… my rack needs to be replaced… almost did not have a bike to ride the damn thing.
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Oct 11, 2008
Went on a coffee ride this morning and caught up with some people. It was a nice ride and especially since it was just me and a teammate... no group rides, no crazy stuff.... just the right amount of ASS kicking.... hahahahahah... I am joking. In any case, the biggest thing that I came across today was that the whole Tour of California, USA Cycling, AEG and super wealthy cycling enthusiasts rode the SoCal section of next year's Tour of California. I wish I had gotten a heads up on it, I would have loved to joined it.. not sure if it was invitation only, but I know the streets are public, so there you go!!!! I am getting excited to see these guys come down to SD county next year.... I mean in 3 months.... I wonder how their training is going. Right now all I can think about is bombing so bad at tomorrow's TT that I might have to enter the witness protection plan... and Jenny Craig too....
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Oct 07, 2008
I spent the weekend up in Tahoe and it was pretty nice. I like the altitude, scenery, hiking and the computer downtime.
What I did not like was the eating, some rain, lack of riding and the laziness.
I THINK I AM IN FOR AN ASS KICKING THIS WEEKEND
Posted by: jan in Untagged on
Oct 03, 2008
I find it pretty interesting that I heard little or almost nothing about Lance yesterday.
Isn't 10/2 supposed to be a special day for him. If I remember correctly, there were always some e-mail campaign or some sort of celebration on this date.
The focus of his campaign might be shifting and it is without a doubt leaving a trail of questions. His comeback (thus far) has been marked by a series of people involved in the upper echelon of cycling all leaving the sport.
