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Ladera Ranch GP, +1 Apple Store
WED, 22 AUG 2007
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 I recently added the Brea Mall Apple Store to my list. That's #20, and now it's official. Apple Store Visits »
Ladera Ranch GP
With most of the guys in Chicago for Downers Grove/National Criterium Championships, it was up to Lance, Dan, Paul, and me to represent for Team 5 Star Fish at the Ladera Ranch Grand Prix.
I wasn't able to get a two-event pass from the boss so I drove out to LR for just the Pro/1/2. Dan and Lance did the 30+ and were quite fine without me. Dan, who just the day before tried to kill me with tons of steep climbs in the butchering heat of Murrieta/Temecula, rode to a decisive victory. And he didn't look a bit tired, whereas I was wondering if I should skip registering and racing and go nap under a tree.
Watching the 35+ race as I got ready, I could tell it was going to be a harder-than-usual race because of the way the narrow roads and turns were forcing the field to string out. We got going and I never found an energy boost but did find the course to be hard. At 20 minutes into it I thought I wouldn't last/might have to pull out.
While they were only right hand turns, they were technical because of the narrowness. I got a laugh (afterward, when I caught my breath) about how you could see cars were having trouble navigating the turns because of all the black tire marks on the outside curbs. It was much easier to be 5 from the front than anywhere else.
The race went bad for us because we missed the winning break. For the first two thirds of the race, one of us was in every move and we took turns attacking, too. Some breaks looked promising, especially an early one with Dan, but none stayed off for long. Chris Walker (Time Facotyr Team) was plenty active and on his 237th attack (only slightly exaggerated) he succeeded in rolling off for good with Jason Bausch (Motor Tabs) and Josh Webster (SC Velo).
With just four guys, we opted to not chase as a team and let the more well-represented squads have a go. However, neither SDBC or La Grange or anyone else stepped up to bring the three back.
The result was Bausch with the win, Walker 2nd, Webster 3rd, and everyone else racing for 4th. Andrew Salcedo (SDBC) took the field sprint (4th). Our best was Paul Che at 6th, followed by Dan at 9th and me, just in the money, at 13th (it paid 15 deep). Unfortunately Lance was forced to pull up from a leg cramp with two laps to go. Well, at least we covered our entry fees.
I think of 60 or so that started the Pro/1/2, half finished. Despite some guys being away to race Nat's, it was a very fast race and the course made it hard for people to sit in.
I would do it again. Ladera Ranch is a great area in general and the race is right in the middle of a beautiful area of homes and there's plenty of parking at the school and great spectator spots all around. And there's a park, and the people volunteering were nice... lots of great things to say. The scenery made me feel that much worse for not electing to nap under a tree.
The guy at the prize table was saying they're trying to get the event to be a 3-day stage race at some point. The community seems to be behind it, or at least tolerant of our presence. Let's not pee and throw trash in their bushes to keep it that way.
We talked about how it might have been with a full field and we mostly agreed it would have been just as fast and perhaps just as many guys would have finished because of how much harder it was the further back in the field you were.
-adm
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P.S. I finally updated my 2007 race results. Not much to be proud of personally, but behind all those lousy finishes was a ton of sacrifice for the team.
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Pink Plastic Peanuts, No Elephants
THU, 02 AUG 2007
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 I've been getting a lot of shipments from work lately and the most recent stuff (in a dozen filing cabinet-size boxes) came with a lot of pink, plastic peanuts, or as they're known in the industry, polystyrene loose fill.
Once I was done unpacking the contents I needed, I was stuck with five boxes full of peanuts. I felt terrible throwing out the empty cardboard boxes with the trash, but I didn't have an immediate need for them and had just recycled my household aluminum, plastic, newspaper, and glass. I wasn't going to make a special trip back to the recycling place for a few boxes although it would have been nice to get them recycled instead of turned into landfill.
I did want to find a home for the peanuts (unlike paper, they don't degrade well - bad for the environment) and remembered hearing (reading? seeing?) that most UPS Stores will accept and reuse the material. I phoned my local UPS Store just across the street and sure enough, the owner said he'd be more than glad to have them.
I packed up the car, drove over and delivered the peanuts. The owner was glad to have them because otherwise he'd have to buy the materials he uses to help other customers send their shipments. My only remaining question was, when he buys and they ship him packing peanuts, what do they pack the packing peanuts in? More packing peanuts?
Anyhow, I share this story to remind my fellow Earthlings it's important to recycle whatever you can: aluminum cans, plastic bottles, glass, newspaper, and packing peanuts.
Oh, and there is a website dedicated to recycling packing peanuts: loosefillpackaging.com.
-adm
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Apple Store Visit #19
SUN, 15 JUL 2007
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Tied Up By Red Vines
MON, 09 JUL 2007
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It could be the lack of sleep (which is getting better every week, but still isn't "normal") or it could be the less-than-adequate training (I finally got a job, too), but I'm certain my lack of cycling performance (or lack thereof) as of late is in some-part directly related to the presence of a Red Vines tub in my house.
I can't recall when it first appeared on my dining table but I know I didn't bring it home and put it there. I know better. But somehow it came and it's been calling my name day and night; a veritable siren song of calories.
I can't tune it out. I walk guiltily to the table, glaring at the tub, seeing it ever more empty than the last time I saw it (perhaps just minutes ago?). My taste buds win the battle of consciousness and the next thing I now my hands are popping open the tub and pulling out two, three, sometimes a greedy four Red Vines. My fingers enjoy only a brief moment of the red twists' textures as my hands cram the sugary red loot into my already drooling mouth.
Chew, chew, grin. Chew, chew, sigh. Chew, chew, yum.
Four Red Vines is a 40 gram serving size, 34 grams of carbs, 16 grams of sugar, 1 gram of protein (so it's a recovery food, too, right?), all equaling 140 calories. But it's a non-fat food!
A tub is 225 delectable vines of corn syrup, wheat flour, citric acid, artificial flavor, and Red 40. Doing the math, that's about 56 four-vine servings at 140 calories a serving, or 7,875 total calories!
Thankfully I've had enough restraint not to give the tub a complete go all in one day, but even if it manages to last 60 days, that's 131 extra calories a day assuming I've eaten them all. And no, I haven't eaten all of them - some family and friends have helped when they've come over to visit - but with Julienne and Adrienne not eating them, the responsibility for the majority of the dwindling Red Vines tub population falls on me.
Why doesn't broccoli come with artificial flavor and in Red 40?
-adm
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Viking On Fire, La Mirada Too
SUN, 08 JUL 2007
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 This just in: teammate KARL BORDINE WINS 30-34 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CRITERIUM! Karl "put on an amazing show" according to the article on USACycling.org, "making a solo break with 21 laps left in the 60-kilometer contest and holding on... able to finish over 1:25 up on the peleton."
Mind you, Karl "The Viking" Bordine had just missed a 30-34 National Individual Time Trial Championship by just 13.81 seconds on Friday. He was second only to Joshua Frick (Bethesda, MD/Clean Currents p/b D).
Another of 5 Star Fish's strong-men was out in Somerset, PA. Chris DeMarchi took on the 35-39 race, and as the same article as above says, it was "thrilling with a three-man break getting away early. Two riders made separate breaks and both bridged up fairly quickly with around 15 laps to go, making a five rider lead group with about 20 seconds on the field. Chris Demarchi (Chino, Calif./Team 5 Star Fish), Jason Swiatlowski (Grand Rapids, Mich./West Michigan Coast Riders), Joseph Coddington (Asheville, N.C./Manulife Financial), Chadd Martin (Spring City, Pa./Meredith Group-GPOA) and Tony Scott (East Point, Ga./Memorial Health-Team One) rode out front for most of what remained of 50-kilometer race, but with only one lap to go, the strong field caught up and the sprint was on. Last year’s criterium national champion, Jason Snow (Tallahassee, Fla./Cycle Science), was up for the challenge and turned it on to take the victory over Michael Gibson (Denver, Colo./Einstein’s) and Mark Olson (Delton, Mich./Priority Health-Bissell) with a finishing time of 1:09.02. Demarchi and Swiatlowski had the best finish of the five riders who went out in the break at 11th and 12th respectively."
"I felt good going in and I went all out to get up to the break,” Demarchi said. “But after several laps, three guys started sitting up, so we ended up losing it. You come here to win a national championship, so you have to go for it."
Back here at home, the rest of us Fishies took on La Mirada on Saturday and CBR's Dash 4 Cash today.
La Mirada Grand Prix - Saturday, July 7, 2007
It always seems to get hot for this race, really hot. La Mirada is just a few more miles inland from my house here in Cerritos but something about that patch of land seems to pull in heat. I got there late, got zero warm-up, and rode like the stuff in my baby's diapers. Rock Racing had about six guys and the rest of the locals were around. Our group was me, Nate Deibler, Brandon Gritters, Gil Correa, and Lance Coburn. Without a warm-up, the first burst up the hill was miserable and it kept feeling worse every lap. Somewhere about 25 minutes into the race, I jumped to follow a move up the hill by Rigo Meza (Coates Cycling), Rahsaan Bahati (Rock Racing), and someone else I can't remember. We were joined by Sergio Hernandez (Rock Racing), Neil Shirley (Jittery Joes), and two or three others by time we were in the stretch between turns two and three. I was sucking wind and clamoring to stay with the move when Sergio took turn three wrong and crashed out ahead of me. I had to throw on the brakes, manuever around, and then pound the pedals again to get going. The pack, which wasn't too far behind, rushed by and I struggled to pick up the tail. I was gasping to breathe and hang on, but the torture ended when I flopped heading up the big hill again. I jumped back in to the field a lap later, not to contest the race but to get a workout, but after another two times up the hill, I just called it quits. It wasn't my day. Seeing Sergio back in getting his workout (sorry, no free laps) wasn't motivating to me at all. It was satisfying to see many others come off the back during the race with the heat and the pace and the hill all taking their tolls.
The rest of the race was kind of nuts. Nate was in a break of six or seven that eventually got attacked by Chris Walker. Chris went psycho fast and hard solo and ultimately stayed away for about 1/3 of the race to win. This despite Nate's break trying to chase and then a reshuffle that included a Rock Racing chase. Nobody and nothing could catch Walker. Nate took 7th, Brandon 19th.
CBR's Dash 4 Cash - Sunday, July 8, 2007
You know I can't turn down a race at Hughes Park, so I begged permission from the boss and was given a pass. I showed up to do the 30+ 1/2/3 and this time I was there with enough time to get an o.k. warm-up. And being Long Beach, it was easily 10 degrees cooler, though the wind was a bit brisker and would be a challenge.
I haven't done a 30+ race in a while but it worked out for my schedule and I needed a confidence booster. Joining me for team 5 Star was Gil, Lance, and Matt Johnson. Our director sportif, Justin Beope, also started out with us but was there mostly to get a warm-up for the next race.
Matt's plan was to go from the gun, and sure enough, there he went. The rest of us assembled toward the front and did our best to sit on the field's moves to get across or pull in Matt. Matt did a great job of early time-trialing and racked up the first three or four $20-per-lap payouts. Once reeled in, the attacks and counter-attacks kept coming but Gil, Lance, Matt, or I were involved in all of them. Gil collected on one or two laps, Lance another one or two, and I was the slacker, coming close on two but ending up bridesmaid both times. And somewhere mid-way through, Matt went off again for another three laps of cash. Matt likes time-trialing... and cash.
The race didn't pay for places at the end, well, except for first place as the lap winner. Still, there was plenty of pride on the line. At about a lap and a half to go, I found myself up the road with four guys, including Matt, chasing after two more ahead. On the back stretch of one to go, I looked back to make sure Matt was sitting on and went as hard as I could to try and catch the other two. I made up most of the distance and started to sputter. Matt got up and around me at turn three and kept charging into turn four and all the way to the line for the win. I gathered myself and some final energy to stay ahead of a couple of guys and the charging field just behind. I rolled in 5th.
Back at the car, feeling bouyed by the good racing in the 30+, I phoned the boss to see if I could get extra time on my pass for the Pro/1/2 race. My application was denied but it was probably for the best since I was pretty tired and might just ruin the day by getting pummeled in the Pro/1/2, which I was told later was plenty fast.
-adm
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Barry Wolfe GP, CBR Memorial Day Crit
TUE, 26 JUN 2007
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Add a job and a baby and all of a sudden the blog takes a back seat. The hardest part about it is I have tons of ideas and stories floating in my head all day long and I'm constantly thinking, "that would be great for my blog" but then I rarely get the chance to sit down and type it all.
Tonight I have a chance, so let's catch up on some racing.
Barry Wolfe Grand Prix - Sunday, May 27, 2007
It's four corners but kind of technical. There's a bump in the sweet spot of turn three and the line to avoid it outside puts you right up to the outside island curb. Turn four is sharp because it goes from a three lane street (two plus a turn lane) to a two lane, and again, the outside line will put you right up to the island curb. And the other two corners, well, maybe we're just making it hard on ourselves. At least this year they tightened the streamers between the cones so they weren't blowing into our path.
After failing at my comeback at Barrio Logan a few weeks earlier, I learned my lesson, trained as much as I could, wisely skipped races like San Luis Rey and West LA College Grand Prix, and actually contributed to our team's effort. The race was lots of attacks and counter-attacks by Rock Racing, Successful Living, La Grange, and our team. It made for great action but nothing got far and the race ended up coming down to a field sprint.
 To say it politely, we disagree with how Rock approached the finish. Our leadout train was forced to yield to theirs and Kayle Leo Grande got the win and 2nd (Rahsaan Bahati). Our sprinter, Paul Che, settled for 4th. Chris DeMarchi broke in for 9th, then Matt Johnson at 12th, Karl Bordine at 18th, and then much further down the road, I rolled in at 26th.
CBR Memorial Day Criterium - Monday, May 28, 2007
This one got real lame real quick and I jettisoned from the field after 1 hour of the 90 minute race. This because after the first four laps, a break of 20 people got up the road and the rest of the field seemed entirely content to let them go. We had only one guy (Nate Deibler) in the break. It got so ridiculous back in the field guys like Thurlow Rogers (Sonance/Specialized) and Chepe Garcia (Toyota-United), after trying hard to get the field to chase, packed up and went home early. After figuring I had very little left in my legs to help Nate once the break lapped the field, I packed it up and went home, too. I heard later the break trimmed down to 15 or 17. Nate was outgunned and got 7th, and Kayle (Rock Racing) made it his second win as many days.
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Indio, Garrett Lemire
THU, 07 JUN 2007
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Yes, I'm reporting on races I did two months ago. It's not because I'm proud of how it ended up, it's because I have a couple photos I've been meaning to share.
Saturday, March 31 was Indio Grand Prix. The prize list at Indio was incredible: $30,000 in the Pro/1/2 field, with $24K 20 deep at the finish line, $3K for a four-deep sprint competition, and another $3K to the top three teams. The money brought out several large teams: Toyota-United, Jittery Joes, Jelly Belly, Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada, Healthnet/Maxxis, BMC, Cal Giant, AEG-Toshiba, Rock Racing, Successful Living. My team made the desert crossing and joined the fray.
To sum up quickly, the race was freeeeeekin' hard. Ivan Dominguez won. 5 Star's best financial result of the day was Chris DeMarchi's great effort to outwork several pros for a $500 prime (which is sadly being taxed by "the man"). Brandon rode aggressively and was holding the front. Everyone else patrolled the pack. I hung on for dear life wherever I could find shelter from the wind. Paul Che suffered a mechanical and was out, Lance retired early. Everyone was thirsty because Indio was hot (it's the desert) and the bumps on the course managed to launch at least one bottle from everyone's cages. 5 Star Fish out of water in the desert.
We got smoked at the finish with Karl nipping me at the line for our best finish at 28th. I was 29th. Both spots paid zilch. Adding insult to injury was the fact we missed out on the team competition money too, ending up a distant 4th. We drove home disappointed and tired.
 Sunday, April 1 was Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix (GLMGP). It was essentially a back-to-back NRC race weekend (Indio wasn't NRC but if you saw who was there, you would have assumed it was). When I lined up to start, I was feeling confident about working hard for the team and hopefully finishing well. Notice the happy face as I swap quips with my competition.
The race went off and I knew after just the first time up the short but steep climb I was in trouble. The fight to get to the sharply upturned corner was furious and only those first 5-10 riders could keep their momentum while everyone else was forced to brake and then sprint to keep up. My legs cried out on the first one, complaining about the current effort on top of the damage from the day before. The pace was unyielding and I knew my only hope was to save as much energy into the climb as possible. On laps where I could weave my wave up and around, I was comfortable, but on the other laps, I suffered.
 There was also little forgiveness from the adjacent competition. It was a fight, literally, for every spot and wheel. Early on, some plain-wrap racer decided he needed a spot and used a push-off from my hip to get him there. Oxygen was too precious for me to shout obscenities but I thought them. A few laps later, as the battle raged on, I was taken into a light pole at the inside of a right corner but managed to escape with just a minor shoulder wound. That needs repeating: I WAS TAKEN INTO A LIGHT POLE BUT MANAGED TO ESCAPE WITH JUST A MINOR SHOULDER WOUND. I couldn't believe it either. I'm guessing we were going so fast that I simply glanced off the pole with my shoulder.
I raced on, but not for much longer. A few bad uphill corners later and I'm on fumes. Paul Che is already on the side dishing water bottles, so after a particularly lousy turn up the hill again, my brain agrees with my body's pleas and gives up the race. Nate, usually a very resilient competitor, takes my lead and pulls out the next lap. Karl, Matt, Chris, and Brandon survive the slaughter to finish 23, 36, 37, and 39 respectively, and considering the effort, quite respectfully. Ivan Dominguez continues to steal my and everyone else's lunch money by winning the race.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) was on hand and performed drug testing on the winner (Dominguez) and two or three randomly selected others which included Rock Racing's Kayle Leogrande. It's been two months and I haven't heard of anyone peeing testosterone or EPO. It was obvious there was no need to test me because the Centrum multivitamin I'm taking isn't working anyway.
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You Don't Get These Days Back
SUN, 03 JUN 2007
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"I know that this chance is the best for me to win it. We have a good team and good chemistry. You don't get these days back." -Teemu Selanne
From L.A. Times article linked here.
I clipped this out the day I read it in the paper. I feel the same about my racing. Good team on the road, good guys to work with, but over half the season gone by. You don't get these days back.
Of course, looking at my daughter and playing peek-a-boo and silly nonesene talk games and seeing her smile, I think again, "you don't get these days back."
And so goes my balancing act.
Oh yeah. Ducks in 5. The NHL really wanted the Senators to at least win one. They may get another on Monday with Chris Pronger suspended for the second time these playoffs. But you can't fight the inevitable. I dare you to ask me why we're still Kings fans.
-adm
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Bust Your Wife Over The Head
SAT, 19 MAY 2007
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Everybody's got some sort of baby advice, whether they've got kids or not, but far fewer people have baby+cycling advice. Luckily, I happen to be on a team with a good concentration of guys who have young kids (Karl just had his baby last year) and race well. I sent out an e-mail to my team and other cycling friends asking for whatever tips and training advice they had and got back lots of wisdom about balancing the new family and cycling.
It was the response I received from a non-5 Star friend and successful racer (who will remain anonymous for his own safety) that was absolutely comic, yet captivating.
Bust your wife over the head...give your baby some infant tylenol and go ride for two hrs. When you get back, they will just be waking up.
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It Really Is Coyote Creek
THU, 17 MAY 2007
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 Coyote Creek is a paved creek (aren't they all in L.A.?) with a bike path that runs south from La Mirada to Long Beach where it merges into the San Gabriel River and Trail and down to the beach/Pacific Coast Highway. The San Gabriel River Trail is the one that runs along El Dorado Park in Long Beach. It's the more well-known path because of that and the fact it stretches from PCH all the way to the San Gabriel Mountains. More ambitious folks have actually ridden the entire lenghth of the San Gabriel Trail and added the mountains, too, but I don't claim that feat.
 Coyote Creek, in comparison, is a side-road. However, for me, it's been part of my cycling training and routine for almost 20 years. It was the closest path when I was living with my parents, it was even closer when I moved to an apartment, and now it's practically in my backyard, just a good stone's throw away from my house.
In over two decades of riding Coyote Creek, I've often contemplated how it got its name. I never did any research but naturally concluded it was because there used to be plenty of coyotes that hung out near the creek. But, I'd never, not once, seen a coyote at or near the creek, creating some doubt. I assumed the coyotes had long since vanished, them and their habitat replaced by people and homes (including mine), leaving a misnomer of a name for the creek.
A few weeks ago, I was making my way down the creek on a Tuesday afternoon, headed to El Do, when I saw a coyote running in the paved creek bed. I was at the bridge that crosses over a small tributary to the creek, adjacent to Forest Lawn Cemetary in Cypress. Headed northbound in a good trot was a lone coyote. As I crossed over the bridge, it crossed under, and up the tributary. I stopped in amazement and watched it disappear around the bend.
Alas, Coyote Creek still is coyote creek, even if by only the one I saw. I'm pretty sure it makes its home in the undeveloped land owned by Forest Lawn. It's currently dirt and brush and pretty much undisturbed. Eventually, enough people will die and be buried, and Forest Lawn will expand to develop the area, ironically killing off the coyote (and probably rabbits and squirrels and lots of other animals) in this area to make room for the dead.
-adm
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Barrio Logan
SUN, 06 MAY 2007
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I wanted to race last weekend at Chuck Pontius but a series of events, including a work trip to Phoenix/Tucson for four days, changed my plans. It would have been the first race for me since Adrienne was born on April 7. Instead, I made my return to racing at yesterday's Barrio Logan Grand Prix.
I wasn't sure how I'd feel after having four weeks of little training and little sleep. I also wasn't earning any points with mom for leaving for San Diego for the day after being gone most of the week, but we were taking team photos and I like the Barrio Logan course.
Before photos, Karl single-handedly won the 30+ State Crit Champ's race. For the Pro/1/2 race, our orders were simple: Win the Jersey. We had our full team on hand to give our best shot.
The race was fast but not unlike most others, yet I lasted just 30 pitiful minutes before getting gapped out and succumbing to my own weakness. At around that time, Brandon and Karl got into a break that included Neil Shirley (Jittery Joes), Brandon's brother Kyle Gritters (HealthNet), Josh Webster (SC Velo), and Chris Macdonald (SDBC). From the sidelines, I got to see their lead grow to 15 seconds and hold there as La Grange put in many good, but ultimitely fruitless, efforts to bring the break back. At about 45 minutes into the 80 minute race, Karl and Neil came off pace from the break leaving just the four others to race ahead.
Back in the pack, the rest of the team covered the chases and attacks flawlessly. Rigo Meza (Coates) tried hard to chase and/or bridge but was left to burn himself out. My only contribution on the day was to run to the pit with my bike when I saw Karl headed there for a wheel swap due to puncture. Earlier, Nate used the rear wheel we had in the pit because he crashed due to a rolled tubular and Karl would have been without a wheel if I hadn't taken notice and gave him mine. I feel like such a hero.
Back in the race, the chases started to slow and the break began to build a bigger lead with each lap, earning about a half-lap on the field into the final minutes. Coming around the final corner, it was Kyle in the lead with Brandon in tow. They finished 1-2, followed by Josh and Chris. Since Kyle is a Div. II pro, Brandon wins the State Champ's title and jersey. Mission accomplished.
Seconds later, the rest of the field came rushing to pick up the remainig spots of the 20-deep pay scale. A couple LaGrange guys seemed to still have energy as they led and won the charge. Our sprinter, Paul Che, wasn't in the mix because he found pavement in the last lap or two, leaving the 5 Star leadout train in disarray. Chris DeMarchi was our next best finisher in the top 10-15.
I'm really proud of the team and of Brandon. The guys executed a great game plan and reached the goal. My only complaint is with myself; it feels miserable not being able to contribute despite what everyone says is understandable circumstances. It's incredibly frustrating.
I clipped this from today's newspaper. I'm no Pete Sampras, and I absolutely love my new daughter, but I'd rather ride than change diapers.
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Sleeping Is Training
THU, 26 APR 2007
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I already knew sleep affected my cycling performance. I try to get a good night's rest every night, but especially the two nights before races. I also try to take naps daily. In Spain, they're called siestas.
What I'm learning, thanks to Adrienne's schedule, is that a severe lack of sleep can turn legs into mush. I went out on Thursday to Hughes and Saturday to the Velocity club ride and got completely smacked around at both. I know I haven't been riding as much lately, but the clear reason for my terrible performance was the inadequate sleep before and after hard rides.
Take it from me, make sleep part of your training and recovery, not just something you do overnight.
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Less Sleep, Less Riding, More Joy!
TUE, 10 APR 2007
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If it seems like I've fallen off the face of the cycling earth, there's a great reason why.
Adrienne Amanda Morrow
It's a girl!
Adrienne Amanda Morrow was born 6:21 am on Saturday, 07 April 2007. She weighed in at 7 pounds 2 ounces and measured 19.25 inches long. She has ten fingers, ten toes, lots of hair, and most importantly, is healthy.
Mommy (Julienne) and I are doing fine, just tired. The doctor allowed us to go home Sunday afternoon. Adrienne is allowing us to go to sleep on occasion.
You can check out some photos of the baby at Julienne's photos on Yahoo. Check back later as we'll be adding more for you to see.
We hope you had a happy Easter. We sure did!
-adm
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