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Race Report :: 2004 Central Coast MTB Race 4
Event: Central Coast Mountain Bike Race Series 4 Category: Expert Men 35-44 Date: April 4, 2004 Place: 12th Field: 18 Team mates: Mike, Cory, Rick I blew this race from not using my head. It was a race of lessons re-learned. Within the first lap I began to cramp in my calves. Soon my legs…
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Race Report :: 2004 Central Coast MTB Race 3
Event: Central Coast Mountain Bike Race Series 3 Category: Expert Men 35-44 Date: March 28, 2004 Place: 5th Field: 17 Team mates: Mike, Cory, Joe, Dave, Rick Now just picture this. Home made fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, greens, and hot biscuits. Follow that with pecan pie and ice cream. Mmm mmm mmm. That…
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Race Report :: 2004 Central Coast MTB Race 2
Event: Central Coast Mountain Bike Race 2 Category: Expert Men 35-44 Date: March 14, 2004 Place: 6th Field: 13 Team mates: Cory & Mike M. & Rick (where’s Kenny???) Also racing mates: John N., Brian F., Mike O., Laurent, Michelle Just have to love the 12:30pm start time. Plenty of time to drive down and…
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Race Report :: Land Park Criterium
Event: Land Park Criterium Category: M35+ 1/2/3 Date: March 6, 2004 Place: Middle of the pack Field: ~95 Team mates: Santiago It was off to Sac-o-tomatoes for the Land Park criterium and my first race for this season. This is a course that everyone describes as a large loop with no corners. Well, there are…
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Broken Clavicle No More!
Or maybe I should title this “What’s your problem? Look at Tyler Hamilton!” Back at the end of May I busted my left clavicle (collar bone). You can read about it here “Broken Clavicle”. It’s been almost 3 months and everything seems to be healed up fine. I have a nice little bump where the…
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Broken clavicle (collar bone)!
I broke my left clavicle (collar bone) at the Folsom Criterium in the Masters 35+ 1/2/3 race. Start of the last lap of my second race. Some idiot clips the bars of the guy next to him, sending the guy down, directly in front of me. Curb and fence on the left and pack on…
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Race Report :: 2003 McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Road Race
Date: March 23, 2003 Event: McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Road Race Category: Senior 3 Place: Flat – finished though Field: ~135 The previous day’s beautiful weather was not to be for this race. I awoke at 5am again, through my stuff together, and then drove over to pick up my team mate Jeremy. Off again…
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Race Report :: 2003 McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Criterium
Date: March 22, 2003 Event: McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Criterium Category: Senior 3 Place: Mid-pack Field: 120 Today’s race required an early wakeup (5am) and a long drive over to the central valley. I hadn’t done this criterium before so I didn’t know what to expect. By the looks of things, while driving down 99…
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Race Report :: 2003 Monterey Circuit Race
Date: March 1, 2003 Event: Monterey Circuit Race Category: Senior 2-3 Place: DNF Field: 90 This is a race I like. Rolling hills, a fast descent, and a wide finish for plenty of sprinting room. I had finished 3rd last year in the 4-5 race. This time it was the 2-3 race. My bike was…
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Race Report :: 2003 Cherry Pie Criterium
Date: February 9, 2003 Event: Cherry Pie Criterium Category: Senior 3 Place: CRASH on final sprint! Field: ~80 The illusive Cherry Pie prize once again slipped away from my grasp. But not from lack of effort! With visions of the flaky sweet treat awaiting at the end, I attacked hard on the finishing sprint. Up…
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