Stupor Bowl 13
Saturday.
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Showing posts with label ice. Show all posts
Friday, February 05, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Saturdays "poor excuse for a ride report" Report
Saturday's ride happened
2 riders
late afternoon start
after dark finish
18+ miles
3 "warm up" stops
Between 10 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit
Streets were great in some places terrible in others
The route ...I think
Finished out the route in the dark
Got home with a frosty beard
Good fun
2 riders
late afternoon start
after dark finish
18+ miles
3 "warm up" stops
Between 10 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit
Streets were great in some places terrible in others
The route ...I think
Finished out the route in the dark
Got home with a frosty beard
Good fun
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Trebon knocked out of KCCX in head on crash
Defending Champion Knocked Out Of Race
At the midway point of the Men's Elite race, it was clear the winner was going to emerge from a group of three: Page - the silver medalist at the 2007 World Cyclocross Championships - Wells and Johnson.
Defending national champion Ryan Trebon was gone, having been knocked out of the race with five-and-a-half laps to go when he collided with a rider who broke through the barrier tape on a portion of the course where it doubled back on itself.
"He hit me head-on and I landed on the ice on my back, shoulder and arm," Trebon said. "It hurt like hell."
Even local favorite and Masters 45-59 champion Steve Tilford of Topeka, Kan., was out of contention, the victim of a pair of double flat tires.
Johnson said he switched bikes twice, though it might have only been once had he not had a slight mechanic mishap early on in the hour-long race.
"The first couple laps I went into one of the dips and my bars slipped down so they were pointing towards the ground and my hands kept slipping off the shifters," he said.
But Johnson looked to be in full control when he attacked Page on the second-to-last trip up the hill to the finish line. The gap he opened up was only a slight one, though, and it remained a handful of seconds until Page crashed near the pits, dropping his chain. He quickly grabbed another bike and was on his way. But the momentary bobble cost him valuable time and Page would never get any closer to Johnson again.
"I was in control except for one little bobble, and that was the bike race," Page said. "I just ran out of real estate. That's 'cross, I guess."
Johnson said the victory puts a cap on a season that started with what he called a "weak" showing at the inaugural Cross Vegas race at Interbike in September.
"(But) it got better and better and I was able to win a couple races like Granogue and Portland," he said. "But going into this race, it's a lot of pressure to have everybody say, 'This is your kind of race. This is your kind of course.' I tried not to let it affect me and weigh me down."
**Thanks to Trailhead Marketing for the words and Team Skin Cycling for the YouTube video**
At the midway point of the Men's Elite race, it was clear the winner was going to emerge from a group of three: Page - the silver medalist at the 2007 World Cyclocross Championships - Wells and Johnson.
Defending national champion Ryan Trebon was gone, having been knocked out of the race with five-and-a-half laps to go when he collided with a rider who broke through the barrier tape on a portion of the course where it doubled back on itself.
"He hit me head-on and I landed on the ice on my back, shoulder and arm," Trebon said. "It hurt like hell."
Even local favorite and Masters 45-59 champion Steve Tilford of Topeka, Kan., was out of contention, the victim of a pair of double flat tires.
Johnson said he switched bikes twice, though it might have only been once had he not had a slight mechanic mishap early on in the hour-long race.
"The first couple laps I went into one of the dips and my bars slipped down so they were pointing towards the ground and my hands kept slipping off the shifters," he said.
But Johnson looked to be in full control when he attacked Page on the second-to-last trip up the hill to the finish line. The gap he opened up was only a slight one, though, and it remained a handful of seconds until Page crashed near the pits, dropping his chain. He quickly grabbed another bike and was on his way. But the momentary bobble cost him valuable time and Page would never get any closer to Johnson again.
"I was in control except for one little bobble, and that was the bike race," Page said. "I just ran out of real estate. That's 'cross, I guess."
Johnson said the victory puts a cap on a season that started with what he called a "weak" showing at the inaugural Cross Vegas race at Interbike in September.
"(But) it got better and better and I was able to win a couple races like Granogue and Portland," he said. "But going into this race, it's a lot of pressure to have everybody say, 'This is your kind of race. This is your kind of course.' I tried not to let it affect me and weigh me down."
**Thanks to Trailhead Marketing for the words and Team Skin Cycling for the YouTube video**
Monday, December 17, 2007
One Eyed z is spreading...
...Like a bad rash it seems
Links to me connected to KCCX in several places as of late
How to Avoid the Bummer Life dot Com
and
gwadzilla
Guess I need to get a recap posted sooner than later
Links to me connected to KCCX in several places as of late
How to Avoid the Bummer Life dot Com
and
gwadzilla
Guess I need to get a recap posted sooner than later
I think I am still cold
Boss let me have the day off today
I think I really needed it
I am beat after the weekend
probably should have gone for a bike ride since it was so nice out but didnt
slept in, ran out to the shop, had lunch and watched a movie
thats all I have done today
I feel pretty torched
don't know if its a combo of the last 4 days
OR
purposely getting D-runk last night
Probably both
Need to get the few photos I took up on the Flickr page and some thoughts put together for here
Roger has a ton of photos from the weekend up on his Lanterne Rouge Racing page
Spoke to another guy (who's name I don't remember) who told me he had burned though something like 6 rolls of film... and that was before the Elite races
There were BKB brothers in attendance
Saw them racing but never got a chance to speak to any of them
The Darkness picked up first in the Single Speed race Sunday morning
Need to do a recap post but don't currently feel up to it
Maybe by tomorrow night my brain will be rested and defrosted
Til then check out the reports on the KCCX blog
I think I really needed it
I am beat after the weekend
probably should have gone for a bike ride since it was so nice out but didnt
slept in, ran out to the shop, had lunch and watched a movie
thats all I have done today
I feel pretty torched
don't know if its a combo of the last 4 days
OR
purposely getting D-runk last night
Probably both
Need to get the few photos I took up on the Flickr page and some thoughts put together for here
Roger has a ton of photos from the weekend up on his Lanterne Rouge Racing page
Spoke to another guy (who's name I don't remember) who told me he had burned though something like 6 rolls of film... and that was before the Elite races
There were BKB brothers in attendance
Saw them racing but never got a chance to speak to any of them
The Darkness picked up first in the Single Speed race Sunday morning
Need to do a recap post but don't currently feel up to it
Maybe by tomorrow night my brain will be rested and defrosted
Til then check out the reports on the KCCX blog
Friday, December 14, 2007
KCCX starts out icy!
*O.E.z. Note*
This was posted after the first race this morning using my phone.
due to the poor quality of the photo it appears as if Tiny has her shirt up
she does not
she is getting her cracked ribs wrapped over her skin suit.
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