Posted on November 8, 2009 by anacreontic
What we do in life will echo through eternity. – Maximus
For me, at leat today, that would be a booming D.N.F.
Blech!
The courses at St. Mary’s are always challenging for me. For some reason, I can’t carry speed across the rough terrain. And the course today, despite being a really fun, fast layout, was bone-jarring rough. [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by anacreontic
Cycling is a fickle sport. You’re on or you’re not. There’s no middle ground and there’s no faking it. On any given day everything–weather, course conditions, equipment, physical fitness, mental readiness–must be spot on. With any one of those “things” out of sorts, racing becomes even more of a challenge.
Everything seemed aligned today. [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2008 by anacreontic
Chris Cross, race #2 of the DeStad series, was at Clinton Lake near Lawrence, Kansas. The course was an interesting mix of mountain biking, road racing, and good ole cross skills. There were plenty of techinical turns and a few areas to push watts, but in general, not a lot of really fast sections. The [...]
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