Last week, after my race, I started writing a report. It included how I went off the front a few times, recovered ok. Then ended up placing not so well overall. and I manage to drive heave when I crossed the line. (Cross that off my life list.) Blah [...]
Tag Archives: Road
It was the biggest turtle I have ever seen. He/She was in the shade of some grass on the right side of the path, maybe a quarter mile from Norristown.
You’d think that I would have considered it a sign. IE Slow and steady wins the race. There were bunnies around the path too. [...]
Doing the Habitat for Humanity circuit race in East Norriton this sunday. I did this race last year. 10 x 2.25 mile loop. There are 2 hard turns, 1 that is extremely narrow. Also, There is a long climb that leads to the uphill finish.
I took 10th out of 51 starters. [...]
Updates, Notes, Races in May.
21-May-07I’m way behind on blog posts about races. mostly because I’ve been trying to put together a birth story about Graham’s arrival, and haven’t gotten beyond just jotting down notes.
Mrs. H just did 3 posts on the subject. Have at them here
Did the New Bethelhem criterium 2 weekends ago. Shat the bed in [...]
Back in November, I knew that this would be the last possible weekend for bicycle racing. Stephanie’s due date was set for 4/10, so that would be that. There was supposed to be a 2 day race here in the city. For a variety of reasons, it did not happen. But a [...]
Results – Strasborg 3/24
27-Mar-07I was in the second group of Cat 5s. I was doing pretty well until the end of lap 3. (ie Good positioning in the front. Doing as little work as possible. ) Then, on the descent coming out of the second climb, I got spit out the back, and couldn’t hop [...]
Results, Phlyer 2007
17-Mar-07Men’s 4/5, Women’s 2/3/4 (54 starters)
1 347 Jamil Alexander Drexel Alumni
2 328 Andrew Adams
3 313 Michael Coyle QCW/Breakaway (Drexel alum)
4 316 Eric Silva [...]
Cat 5 Bicycle Racing, in Hobbesian Terms
11-Mar-07“Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of Warre, where every man is Enemy to every man; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security, than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit [...]