Myself and fast Eddie were the only sisters to show up for this quasi gravel road race. Where was the leaning tower of sauber? Did they run out of sauber bars??? Eddie and I can only riddle it must be so!
A number of training buddies showed up regardless of the threat of rain, Kudos to them! My take on the rain was bring it on! Let the rain slow down the whiners and posers! HA! For some odd reason rain makes my legs move faster, can't figure that out. I just go with it until they quit on me, then push a little more.
The ride was epic, terrible, and memorable. Highlights like the sand dunes from hell, the rollers that trick the eyes and punish the legs, and the sweet rain. The sand slowed my pace of almost 20 mph to a screeching halt. Clydesdale's, sand, and 35c slicks don't make a good marriage. I pushed through just the same. It sucked at the time, but leaves you feel all bright and shiny you made it through only to catch back up with those who rolled through the dunes faster than you. You can't drop me that easy! Double ha suckers.
Stopped at the Wren and met up with Tommy G. He was rolling 2"ers and was warming up with some tea. Grabbed a coffee and energy bar and we hit the last sixteen miles. The legs complained about the cool down, so big Tom and I took turns drafting each other. Once we warmed up we caught some cling on's which sucks. They held on for awhile, one midget taking a two minute turn....fail. After that I got my second wind and dropped the hammer. We lost the cling ons and rolled into town under the pouring rain.
Stuck around for some swag and to hear Joe's experience riding the Great Divide Race. Good day all in all.
Next year we riddle the sisters into showing up......
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
The weather man deserves a beating....
Qpete and I threw on the winter garb and headed out for another Sogan Valley beat down. Chance of scattered showers, no big deal. A little rain keeps dust off the bike.
Q led us on a adventure up and down the hills, meandering this way and that. We discussed former beat downs, and beat downs to come. We both came to the conclusion that Tower and the gang were hiding indoors, they don't like getting wet. Or, making their bikes too dirty, ruins their image.....HA!
Then the drizzle came, who cares. Pedaling to the sound of rain drops has a certain tranquil quality to it. The both of us were engulfed into the rhythmic sound of rain bouncing off everything. So we pedaled on, and on. We joked about being cold and wet, and pedaled on and on. Races aren't always raced on sunny days, so shut out the rain and pedal on. Finish your loop, conquer the elements, and when you find him beat the weather man.
In what other profession can someone be wrong so often? These clowns were claiming at 0600 we wouldn't be getting any rain. And even if they were wrong it would be a slight drizzle that would last for a ten to fifteen minutes and move on. These deush nuggets should have their gonads wrapped in barbed wire then hung from a tree and let the kiddie's play pinata with them. I digress..or something...
One of the great things about rain is it puts all the fair weather riders indoors. You won't see a roadie struggling through the rain and wind to put in those long miles. You won't see some candy ass riding a carbon fiber machine with 23c's slogging through the gravel road mess of Goodhue County. And we thank the rain for that.
Q led us on a adventure up and down the hills, meandering this way and that. We discussed former beat downs, and beat downs to come. We both came to the conclusion that Tower and the gang were hiding indoors, they don't like getting wet. Or, making their bikes too dirty, ruins their image.....HA!
Then the drizzle came, who cares. Pedaling to the sound of rain drops has a certain tranquil quality to it. The both of us were engulfed into the rhythmic sound of rain bouncing off everything. So we pedaled on, and on. We joked about being cold and wet, and pedaled on and on. Races aren't always raced on sunny days, so shut out the rain and pedal on. Finish your loop, conquer the elements, and when you find him beat the weather man.
In what other profession can someone be wrong so often? These clowns were claiming at 0600 we wouldn't be getting any rain. And even if they were wrong it would be a slight drizzle that would last for a ten to fifteen minutes and move on. These deush nuggets should have their gonads wrapped in barbed wire then hung from a tree and let the kiddie's play pinata with them. I digress..or something...
One of the great things about rain is it puts all the fair weather riders indoors. You won't see a roadie struggling through the rain and wind to put in those long miles. You won't see some candy ass riding a carbon fiber machine with 23c's slogging through the gravel road mess of Goodhue County. And we thank the rain for that.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Cannon Fallings
The last few weekends I have been training in the Cannon Valley gravel roads with Qpete and the Old Man. We grumble up the hills and scream down the other side, that's the fun of it.
Just when the Old Man and I thought Qpete was our new buddy, he show's up on a mountain bike and brags about his 200+ helment, that he has left at home WTF?? Are we not worthy of you best garb? Are we unworthy of your Ti bike? Can't we be friends Qpetey boy? Didn't we acknowledge you even with your gay porn arm warmers? Enough about that!
If you not down with the gravel, shut it! Where else can you ride 50-75 miles with out running into a single car? Gravel is where it at, at least until single track is open. :-)
Just when the Old Man and I thought Qpete was our new buddy, he show's up on a mountain bike and brags about his 200+ helment, that he has left at home WTF?? Are we not worthy of you best garb? Are we unworthy of your Ti bike? Can't we be friends Qpetey boy? Didn't we acknowledge you even with your gay porn arm warmers? Enough about that!
If you not down with the gravel, shut it! Where else can you ride 50-75 miles with out running into a single car? Gravel is where it at, at least until single track is open. :-)
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