I think Carl might have volunteered us to race in this:
http://www.wonthaggisc.vic.edu.au/hpv/
Update: It should be harder than I initially thought to fall off.. in thise case the HPV is a trike!
Spammers.. may your genitals explode!
Thanks for this cfsmtb, hopefully it helps..
Who says religion has lost it meaning?
Slick Home Entertainment System
Very excited!
Not only did I refit the slicks to the GTSS, after running 2.3″ Tioga Factory DH since the Kona 24hr, making it so fast it pedals itself up the hills..
I also found, finally, Lazaro’s Dog – “Home Entertainment System”!!
“Bup..bup…. bup..bup..banananana!!”
Yes.. it’s the tune from the JVC ad! Woo! Finally! In my hot little hands!!
AND..
I got hold of one of my favourite pieces of classical music (yeah, this tekno-head can appreciate some classical!) by Grieg.
To be more precise, it’s “IV, In the Hall of the Mountain King” from the “Peer Gynt Suite”.
I think I first heard it, as a kid, in an Astroboy (Atom to the Japanese) episode?
Email me if you know what I’m talking about!
In the tradition of web log -> blog, I give you blogment!
“Blogment” – a blog comment
I wanted to keep my email folder names short so I thought I would invent this new word. Unfortunately it seems I was beaten to the punch.
Glenvale Crit
Todays Race Report: See last week’s.
Okay, my goal after xmas was to improve positioning during the race. Earlier in the season, I found myself with the strength but I wasn’t in a position to use it. So my aim was to be up near the front when it counted. This means working hard to chase breaks and to ensure I remained at the business end of the field.
I was very satisfied with last week’s race – I fought and maintained a good position all through the race and it was only with 1/3 of a lap remaining that I simply couldn’t hold onto the wheel in front and, hence, failed to figure in the sprint.
The same thing happened this week! Damn! I’m not so happy about it happening twice. I probably did a better job with positioning (even managing to factor in the wind direction) and stayed up front. But, again, on the final lap the pace was too high for me to contest the sprint.
Two corners remained and my newly created “pain is nothing, victory is everything” mantra turned into “why the fsck am I going backwards?!”. I was suffering hard and I felt like, mentally, I was pushing myself harder than usual but I simply couldn’t put more power into the pedals and finally I watched, disheartened, as ‘others’ took the places that count.
I guess it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. My legs were feeling like shit from the start – probably due to sprint training the day before, followed by “holding” all day in the cold wearing only knicks and no shoes. I also managed to miss lunch and ended the day very dehydrated. Didn’t sleep well either, which is unusual for me.
There’s always next week…
Karma Points – Full
If it was an 8-10am sprint training session, why was I rolling home at 4pm?
I’d finally managed to wake early enough to arrive on time for the aboc session at Blackburn‘s velodrome and was ever so happy to walk outside.. into the rain!
I love Melbourne’s SUMMER weather but I didn’t get up this damn early for nothing though, so continued on to Blackburn. It seems quite a few other riders appreciate Melbourne’s weather as we had one of the larger groups that I’ve seen in attendance.
We had a good session with all those cool drills that I forget how to do every week. Basically sprint tactics you would use in a race – leadout sprints, 2 vs. 1, 2 vs. 2, etc.
To even up the different rider abilities, restricted gearing is applied (pick a cog any cog). Spinning like a maniac until your heart explodes is a common activity (170+ rpm/190+ HR anyone?).
After today’s session, I think I’m getting the hang of counting to three – just a few more months and I’ll be perfect! Really guys!
Unusually we hung around afterwards, some of us until the State Pursuit Titles started.. and then stopped due to rain and then two hours later started again..
One of us was even silly enough to volunteer to be a “holder” for the riders. “Volunteer” in this case means I wasn’t quick enough running away and feel too guilty saying no when asked for help by the club. So I spent the day learning how many ways to mess up the job of holding riders for standing starts!
I also got to chat with a cool bloke – Kevin Atkins(?) – a race official during the day. He was choc-o-block with race knowledge and knew bloody everyone!! Funny bugger too ๐
At 4pm I was busting for a piss (but dehydrated – love the combo!), hungry and needed to get that load of washing out of the machine and the cat out of the house! I’d racked up a full tank of Karma It was now bail time!
For those about to tattoo:
Jamie Staff’s tattoo – the one I was talking about:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/may04/WTC04/?id=day3/SGdsc_2466
Lance Tattoo:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2000/jul00/sigtat.shtml
Need bigger goatee!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/may04/WTC04/?id=day4/img_4640
Now to swap my holy tyres…
Keyboard upgrade time
Falling asleep in front of the computer too often eventually leads to a sore forehead and a broken keyboard. I decided it was time to upgrade…
Hatchback kills!
Hatchy just brought a mouse to the back door. He dropped it and I let him in, until I realised the mouse was still alive, so I threw Hatchy back out to finish the job. Chomp, crunch, crunch, crunch, chomp.. no more mouse! Mission complete!
