On May 8, 3:41=A0am, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0"joseph.santanie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <joseph.santanie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 7, 7:05=A0am, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > With Joseph telling us the tales of his heroic efforts in Norwegian
> > > cycling, I thought I'd tell mine.
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> > > 20 k TT on Sunday: riding my octospeed Pinarello, finished dead last
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> > > Cat 4. Race re****t: starter said go, I went really hard, then I
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> > > hard, then I pedaled hard, then the TT ended.
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> > > Tonight: WTNC training crit. I did a long and absurdly intense
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> > > to the crit, then rode the crit, blowing up after 3 laps, then I
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> > > a chase group of 3, and blew up again just after getting passed by
my
> > > pack as the bell rang. Then I rode home, so screwed up that I
stopped
> > > for a 700 mL Coke, drank it all in about 2 minutes, then I rode a
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> > > stopped for an espresso, and then I got home.
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> > > I don't ever remember being so mental on a ride. But it was a good,
> > > I-got-a-hard-workout mental feeling.
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> > Outstanding!
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> > After perusing the club website, I'm jealous of the fine race
> > op****tunities.
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> > More racing, and more re****ts!
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> > Joseph
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> Will do. At present, there are _three_ mid-week crit series within range
> of my house. Aside from our Tuesday Nighters, the other big club in town
> (Team Coastal [boo!]) runs a Thursday Nighter industrial-park crit, and
> there's a Wednesday night racing series at the motors****ts park about 30
> km from my house.
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> Alas, last year's weekly TT has not been renewed.
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> Goals for this year: get to 150 pounds by doing ~2 crits and one longish
> ride per week. Hit the Yaletown GP on July 1 in something like race
> shape. Be monster-strong for CX season. Start in the velodrome in the
> Fall.
>
Sure, rub it in. 3 weekly races AND a velodrome??!!?
Joseph
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