Andrew told me I should race the age-based state crit today. For whatever reason the U23 class only had four people in it. Me, Andrew, Noah Williams, and some other GST junior.
The race was originally 20 laps, but it was approximatly 483920y3722248483.887 degrees outside, so we talked them into dropping the race down to 10 laps.
We rode around for 9, then me and Andrew dropped the juniors and sprinted the finish. I got second, go figure.
It isn't really the cool way to get second, but hey, that's everyone elses fault for not showing up.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Vermont
We started this trip out really good.
We went to Walmart to get it fixed. The mechanic must get payed by the hour. It took him nearly three hours to change two tires.
But he did have some interesting stories to make the time pass quicker. Something about getting the first telephone when it was invented in 1952.
We made it to Birmingham, Alabmama that night, got up and rode at Oak Mountain State, and a few days (and 1800 miles) later finally made it to Mt. Snow.
The trail is pretty nice:
This is one of the easier sections of the decent. The picture makes it look easier than it really is too:
No elevation at all:
Basically it's 5 mile loop. Straight up for 3, and straight down for 2. Somewhere around 1200 feet of climbing per lap.
For the first time in like 5 years there wasn't any rain before the race. Well, until the night before anyway. It rained for just under an hour, which really beats last years three days straight.
The first lap of the race was muddy, but not enough to make the course unridable or anything, and by time we finished the race the trail was almost perfect.
My first lap was 34 minutes and my second and third were both 43s, giving me a total time of 1:53. Adam Craig won the four lap pro race with a time of 1:43. Luckily I'm not in that class.
I got 19th. A result I am quite happy with. I'll do better next year though.
That night was the naked crit, which I chose not to participate in as my legs were quite sore for some reason...
The next morning we got some Dunkin' Donuts in Troy, New York and drove to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Yesterday we got back to Dallas.
Sweet ride.
We went to Walmart to get it fixed. The mechanic must get payed by the hour. It took him nearly three hours to change two tires.
But he did have some interesting stories to make the time pass quicker. Something about getting the first telephone when it was invented in 1952.
We made it to Birmingham, Alabmama that night, got up and rode at Oak Mountain State, and a few days (and 1800 miles) later finally made it to Mt. Snow.
The trail is pretty nice:
This is one of the easier sections of the decent. The picture makes it look easier than it really is too:
No elevation at all:
Basically it's 5 mile loop. Straight up for 3, and straight down for 2. Somewhere around 1200 feet of climbing per lap.
For the first time in like 5 years there wasn't any rain before the race. Well, until the night before anyway. It rained for just under an hour, which really beats last years three days straight.
The first lap of the race was muddy, but not enough to make the course unridable or anything, and by time we finished the race the trail was almost perfect.
My first lap was 34 minutes and my second and third were both 43s, giving me a total time of 1:53. Adam Craig won the four lap pro race with a time of 1:43. Luckily I'm not in that class.
I got 19th. A result I am quite happy with. I'll do better next year though.
That night was the naked crit, which I chose not to participate in as my legs were quite sore for some reason...
The next morning we got some Dunkin' Donuts in Troy, New York and drove to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Yesterday we got back to Dallas.
Sweet ride.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Vermont
I finally found some interwebs to update this with.
Not much has happened so far.
The race is saturday morning.
I'll try to get some pictures up tomorrow.
Not much has happened so far.
The race is saturday morning.
I'll try to get some pictures up tomorrow.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Funny Story
Yesterday I went to check my grade for Awesome Physics, and it had me listed as having a 0 GPA in that class. Normally this would mean I failed, so I was like WTF, mate? Then I saw that my letter grade was listed as "NR" and once again I was like WTF, mate? Turns out that means the professor hasn't reported the grade yet. Which would also explain the lack of GPA (much to my relief actually, since I did not want to have to figure out the logistics of taking that class again while I'm in Vermont*).
I just checked again, and I made a B. Awesome.
*MTB nationals. Leaving saturday morning.
I just checked again, and I made a B. Awesome.
*MTB nationals. Leaving saturday morning.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Awesome Physics Question of the Day
"If 10% of an iceburg is above the water, what percentage of it is below the water?"
Oh no, I better bust out my calculator and formula sheet!!
Oh no, I better bust out my calculator and formula sheet!!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
More from Awesome Physics
Last night my professor claimed to be the person that came up with the theory that "loud rock music can damage your hearing." He came up with this when he was either 19 or 22 - he couldn't remember for sure.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
AT+T Crit
I got to Austin and proceeded to drive around for 45 minutes before I found a parking spot... Sweet.
Then I went and got my numbers (and the last 8 safety pins!) and out them on my jersey.
Then it started raining. Rather hard. Long story short, our race was delayed for 30 minutes.
I made it about half way through the race before getting pulled. I like to think that I could have done better with a dry course, but it's really hard to say, so whatever.
Read Chris' account of "Skateboard Guy".
Andrew was the top U23 finisher in the P1 race and won a jersey.
Click here too!
Tomorrow should go better and stuff.
Then I went and got my numbers (and the last 8 safety pins!) and out them on my jersey.
Then it started raining. Rather hard. Long story short, our race was delayed for 30 minutes.
I made it about half way through the race before getting pulled. I like to think that I could have done better with a dry course, but it's really hard to say, so whatever.
Read Chris' account of "Skateboard Guy".
Andrew was the top U23 finisher in the P1 race and won a jersey.
Click here too!
Tomorrow should go better and stuff.
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