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Cat 1,2,3 Masters - 83 miles - Cuba, AL
Heavy fog. And cold. But only packed short sleeves. Shivering
uncontrollably riding round just before the start.
Decide its best to just stand at the start banner. Too cold trying to
warm up. At the start, three guys sprint from the line like its a
crit, motorin' up the road. Chase starts in earnest, pegging the break
at 200-300 meters. Up and over the two short climbs. Don't feel too
bad. Fast downhill sections that begin to level off. Riding in the
front third and off
  to the right shoulder as is my want. Hear un-natural pack noises.
Instinctively brake and merge right. Don't really
  see the crash just in front of me, but the sounds of bicycles
smashing to the ground behind me are incredible. At least 10 go down.
Like dominoes. Crash. Crash, crash. Crash. Nasty. We roll on, a
considerably thinned pack, with less impetus for chasing the break.
Lap 2 and not feeling super on the course backside. Hammer's falling
and a first chase begins to form. About 10 guys. 15 or so left in the
bunch (now 2nd chase) including me. Couple of strong guys pull us
round for a while - a Cat 3, masters rider, and a 2. The masters rider
noodles off the front. Not thinking he's got much chance by his
lonesome, but he dusts us and eventually bridges to the first chase
(as gathered from the post race chatter) with another dude that shot
off earlier. Two final laps and just riding near the front sitting on
wheels, going with any remaining digs. We catch one unfortunate soul
who flatted, and another who popped from the first chase. Final lap
and we go hard up the last two hills. On the last one, seems faster
than we hit it all day - even with the full bunch. The second chase is
now down to 9-10. Just a few attacks coming home, I make one but its
not happening. We catch an unlucky 3 from the first chase with about 2
to go. Sit in tight 3rd/4th position with Cundiff as we hit the 1k to
go uphill finish. The strong Cat 3 whose wheel I want takes off at 500
which suprises me. Two dudes grab that wheel and I grab Cundiff's.
4th in the field sprint. 18th overall. 3:40. Tough course. Long, hard
day in the saddle. Up and down, up and down, but felt like more up
than down.

Randall Roland and I are rolling out of Williams @ 5:30, heading out
to Moresville. Please join us if you can - Carbonneau

Next week is the McMullen RR course. Park on the street at Candlestand Circle. It's a great course. 5 mile loop including McMullen, Cherry Tree, Eslinger. There are some rolling hills on Eslinger and McMullen. It's a long drive out there, so make sure you leave work early enough. No complaints from the Madison/Harvest riders. It's a long haul for the Hampton Cove riders to make it to Williams Elementary.

 

Directions to McMullen RR:

 

If traveling over Monte Sano on HWY 431 (East on Governors Drive), travel 4-5 miles and turn Left at Old 431/Sutton Road. (If you pass the KFC on your right you've gone too far.)

If traveling over Cecil Ashburn Dr. (Four Mile Post extension), continue straight on Sutton Road for 0.7 miles and cross HWY 431 (Publix/Hampton Cove area).

1.6 miles from the intersection turn Right onto Old 431 (Softball fields on the right). Go 1.3 miles, then Left onto Cherry Tree Road. Go 2.2 miles, then Left onto McMullen Road. Go 1.0 mile, then Left onto Candlestand Circle.

Randall wrote a nice, detailed race report for this past weekend in the Gainesville Georgia Cup stage race. You can read it here: http://www.antarus.net/mc/bulletinBoard/viewPostList.do?topicId=301936&forumId=193904&page=0

A new fit paradigm provides elite performance.

[The Cheaha Challenge is the First Sunday in May. The long version includes a climb of Alabama's highest mountain. If you do the 50 miler, there's only one climb and if you have been up Monte Sano you can easily handle this. - Amelia]

Many of you who rode Cheaha in 2007 have already registered for the May 4 2008 ride. If you have not, this is just a reminder that the late-fee deadline is approaching later this month. Also, we are excited to announce that Frankie Andreu, 9 time Tour de France participant and former US Potal rider, will be our special guest for the weekend! 

Frankie will do some guest announcing at the Sunny King Criterium bike races in downtown Annsiton at the festival on Satuday evening. Frankie will then join us at the Piedmont Civic Center for breakfast and will lead the ride out of Piedmont.  Frankie will not be rushing to finish the ride though. He plans to linger at the rest stops and meet all the folks that have taveled to Alabama to do the ride. He wants to help us raise funds for the Chief Ladiga Trail by encouraging a big turnout for 2008 Cheaha.  We also told Frankie about Rest Stop #3, which has something to do with his "not being in a big hurry to finish." :) 

Don't forget all the activities at the downtown Noble Street Festival for the whole family on Saturday, May 3.  The Quilters of Gee's Bend will headline the Art exhibits and 15 restaurants will line the streets in the Red Diamond Restaurant Tour.  The McWane KidZone has mushroomed for 2008 with a huge NASCAR Expo, YMCA Baskeball, expanded art, and more. The JumboTron is back and a "crowd cam" has been addedd for 2008. We hope you will again be our guest in Anniston and Piedmont on May 2/3/4 weekend!

Arrive on Friday evening and enjoy a complimentary meal on the Roof of Animal

Medical Center---especially for Cheaha riders, their families and sponsors. 5:30 until....

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Smart <jim.smart@...>
To: Jim Smart <jim.smart@...>
Sent: Thu Apr 03 22:24:46 2008
Subject: Re: Big Bend Cycling Festival, Atomic Races

Hi Alabama Folks,

If you needed a couple more reasons to come down to the Big Bend Cycling
Festival in Tallahassee, we've got a couple.

First, if you or your friends are sitting on the fence, and you are getting here
Friday, come to the race number pickup and registration from 5-9pm.  There will
be no
late fee and you won't have to stand in line on Saturday.  We'll have your
waiver already filled out as well, our juniors will be selling drinks to
raise money, and there'll be a "Blessing of the Bikes," and a bike film
festival.

Second, as part of the festival, we're having a swap meet on Saturday.  It
will run from 3-6 (or maybe later), so bring your spare parts and go home
with a bit more gas money.  We'll provide a place to sell the stuff, and
if you don't have time, and don't have too much stuff, we'll have someone
who'll sell it on consignment, or watch it while you race.  Also, we have
a community bike shop which would be glad to accept your donations, to
help build low cost bikes for the less fortunate in Tallahasee.

Bring folks with you and enjoy downtown Tallahassee, and downtown Quincy
(the only SE road race with a downtown finish), and get more info on all
of this at http://www.bigbendcyclingfestival.org

I hope to see you tomorrow or Saturday.

Jim Smart




Jim Smart wrote:
> Hi There,
> I'm emailing you as the contact person for a cycling team in Alabama.
> We're putting on the Big Bend Cycling Festival and Atomic Races in
> Tallahassee, FL on April 5 and 6.  We know it's a long trip down to
> Tallahassee from Alabama, but we'd like for you to consider coming
> down for a little Southern hospitality and bike racing.  Why should
> you come all the way down to Florida for a bike race.  Here are a few
> reasons:
>
> _*Great courses.*_  We'll be having a true downtown, .75 mile lap, 4
> corner criterium in the shadow of the state capitol building, with
> evening crits for the men and women elite racers.  The course has a
> couple of small climbs to keep the sprinters honest, but no grinders.
> The corners are exciting, but not dangerous.  The road race has a
> small town, Courthouse Square start/finish in historic Quincy.  That's
> right, no farm fields here, we'll have a race that passes through a
> town every 21 miles, much like a grand tour stage.  Forgot to bring
> food or drinks?  We've got a vendor on site and plenty of fast food
> nearby.
>
> _*Fun for the family.*_  This is not just a bike race, it's a
> festival.  There will be lots of activities on Saturday in downtown
> Tallahassee.  These include exhibitors, a kids trike race (for the
> real young ones), and a kids one lap bike race for the elementary aged
> kids.  There is also a great science/arts museum right on the course
> and Friday night is our monthly First Friday Gallery Hop, which will
> include a blessing of the bikes, packet pickup, and a bike film fest.
> So don't leave the family at home, bring them with you.  Know some
> non-racers?  There's also two century rides and a Sunday mountain bike
> ride.  Tallahassee is known for great roads and great trails.  The
> Gadsden Art Council is open on Sunday at the road race in Quincy, and
> we're working on kids activities for that too.
>
> _*Free Junior Races.*_  Junior racing in Florida is huge, and Atomic
> is very proud of our own junior development program.  The junior races
> here are free, and we have great medals.  Additionally we schedule the
> races to give the more advanced juniors the time they need to do the
> junior race as well as the Cat 5, 4, or 3 race both days.
>
> _*Great prizes.*_  We'll have the biggest payout in the entire state,
> over $8,500.  And it's not just for the Pro1-2 ($1,500 Crit/$1,000
> RR), we've spread the money throughout the categories, including
> $1,400 each for the Men's 3's and Women's Pro1-3, and over $2,000
> total for the various Master's categories.  You have the chance to
> offset some of your costs for the weekend in addition to the great
> racing, and you can win money doing well in just one race (no worries
> about a poor time trial here).  We're also working on custom made bike
> part trophies for the men's and women's Elite fields in the criterium.
>
> _*More Fields.*_  Every field meeting its minimum will have its own
> road race, yes even the Women's 3-4's.  The minimums are low, 15 for
> the women and the juniors, and just 25 in the other fields.  Beginning
> Cat 5 racers won't have to race with the more experienced Cat 4's.
> Master's 45+ and 35+ are very competitive in Florida, and don't have
> to race against each other.  Tired of racing with other fields, well
> you won't have to in Tallahassee.  What we won't do is put too many
> fields on the course at once.  Only 3 fields will be on the 21 mile
> road race course at a time, minimizing the chances of fields catching
> each other and the resulting chaos.
>
> _*Southeastern Women's Series.*_  We're part of the SEW this year,
> highlighting women's races with separate fields, fair prize money, and
> equal treatment of the ladies.  The director of the criterium is a
> female racer, and we want to make sure that the women have a great
> time in Tallahassee.  The Cat 3 women even have their choice of races,
> and can do two criteriums.
>
> _*On time races.*_  One of the things we were most proud of last year
> is our road races and crits started on time.  We allow for plenty of
> time to get folks around the course, so you won't have to guess when
> your race is going to start.
>
> We're really excited about the Big Bend Cycling Festival, and the
> Atomic Races.  If want more information about the weekend's events,
> I've included the flier (please share) and you can visit our website:
> http://www.bigbendcyclingfestival.org and our blog:
> http://bigbendcyclingfestival.blogspot.com
>
> If you have any questions please email me or call me at 850-425-2677.
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> Jim Smart
>

-----Original Message-----
From: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems)
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:52 AM
To: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sccc-racers] An essay by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Alexi Grewal

Somehow grace intervened for me. Should I have ever been headed for classic or Tour podiums surely I would have entered the full-blown ’roid ranks. Dangle Liège or Paris glory in my face and there is no question both feet would have crossed that line. No one wants to hear that but it is very true. Whether it be the blood of bulls or goats, I would have drunk from that cup in a heartbeat for any measure of that glory.

 

http://www.velonews.com/article/74053/an-essay-by-1984-olympic-gold-medalist-alexi-grewal

Sounds good.
I may ride at lunch too.
The weather, hard to call today.
Tomorrow looks for sure a wash-out.
A good hard ride today is definitely needed.

I'm awful jealous of those who have been racing and training
so much recently.


On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Carbonneau Tim wrote:

> james - the weather is looking kind of dicy tomorrow so I am prolly going to
try to squeak my ride in at lunch time. Randall was going to come out also but
cant make it. Maybe eventually  we can rally at 5/6 on Thursday to make it worth
while coming out
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: James A. Dawson <jadawson@...>
> To: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:06:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium
>
>                 Yes, I'm interested.
> I'm stuck in a meeting Tuesday night.
> James
>
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Carbonneau Tim wrote:
>
> > I'd like to do a good thursday ride out of Williams (20+ even if Tuesday
doesn't get rained out) - let me know if anyone is interested otherwise i'll do
something else-  Carbonneau
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: team bald <team.bald@yahoo. com>
> > To: sccc-racers@ yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:45:43 PM
> > Subject: RE: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium
> >
> >                 Yes, there is always a Williams School ride on Thursday
night on the rides calendar. So, you guys can always do that if Tuesday is a
washout.
> >
> > "Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems)" <heath.goebel@ ngc.com> wrote:
> >       We're only planning to do "training races" on Tuesday.
> >
> >   Amelia - Is there a Thursday night Williams Elementary ride?
> >
> >       From: sccc-racers@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:sccc- racers@yahoogrou
ps.com] On Behalf Of James A. Dawson
> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:33 PM
> > To: sccc-racers@ yahoogroups. com
> > Subject: RE: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I hate to be pessimist, but...
> > Weather is looking a bit iffy for Tuesday night ride.
> >
> > Stars have home stand opening on Thursday night otherwise
> > might make sense to postpone, given that no nearby racing
> > on Sat. this week.
> >
> > Cuba RR Sunday, of course.
> >
> > When does the Thursday night at Wms. Av. ride start?
> >
> > James
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems) wrote:
> >
> > > One last reminder - the Tuesday Night training race will be at Joe Davis
> > > Stadium (not Williams Elementary School) this week. Many people raced in
> > > Tuscaloosa this weekend, so maybe, the pace will be more moderate.
> > >
> > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > >
> > > From: sccc-racers@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:sccc- racers@ yahoogroups.
com]
> > > On Behalf Of Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems)
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:14 PM
> > > To: sccc-racers@ yahoogroups. com
> > > Subject: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Since this is the first training criterium of the year, here's the plan:
> > > - Ride together for 15 minutes. No attacks, no racing.
> > > - Put a foot down and race for 45 minutes + 2 laps.
> > > - Two intermediate sprints at 15 minutes and 30 minutes.
> > >
> > > If Randy McFarland does /not/ show up, then I'm bringing six beers and
> > > one coke. One beer for each of the intermediate sprints, three places at
> > > the finish line and one beer for me. The coke is for Mathews Jr or
> > > Roland Jr when they win.
> > >
> > > If you get dropped, take a lap off and get right back in the race, then
> > > you're still eligible for the prizes. I don't care how many time you get
> > > dropped. As long as you re-join the race, your eligible for the prizes.
> > >
> > > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > >
> > > From: sccc-racers@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:sccc- racers@ yahoogroups.
com]
> > > On Behalf Of Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems)
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:16 AM
> > > To: sccc-racers@ yahoogroups. com
> > > Subject: [sccc-racers] Tuesday Night WC
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Reminder, the Tuesday Night WC will be at Joe Davis Stadium. Start time
> > > is 5:45 PM.
> > > ------------ --------- --
> > > Sent via Blackberry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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We had a great training race last night despite the weather (very windy) and
idiot car drivers (soccer moms and Joe Davis opening day crew).

It was great to see the new faces coming out and sticking to it. The wind tore
the field apart early, but people were continually re-joining the race.

I really had a great time. Hope everyone else did as well.

We wound up re-starting the race after 30 minutes because it was completely
blown apart. I wasn't even sure who was leading at that point.

Next Tuesday is Williams Elementary.

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Definitely. Didn't mean to confuse the issue. Tonight is Joe Davis Stadium.
Unless it rains.

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From: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com>
To: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue Apr 01 10:05:57 2008
Subject: RE: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium

Since it is so nice out now, I think we should ride now.



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From: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems)
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:31 AM
To: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium



Back in the day, if the Tuesday training race was rained out, we would race the
same course on Thursday. Since the Stars are playing Thursday, if we're rained
out tonight, the plan isto have the training race Thursday night at Williams
Elementary.



Chance of rain is 50% this afternoon. Maybe we will get lucky.



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From: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of James A. Dawson
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:33 PM
To: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium


I hate to be pessimist, but...
Weather is looking a bit iffy for Tuesday night ride.

Stars have home stand opening on Thursday night otherwise
might make sense to postpone, given that no nearby racing
on Sat. this week.

Cuba RR Sunday, of course.

When does the Thursday night at Wms. Av. ride start?

James

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems) wrote:

> One last reminder - the Tuesday Night training race will be at Joe Davis
> Stadium (not Williams Elementary School) this week. Many people raced in
> Tuscaloosa this weekend, so maybe, the pace will be more moderate.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:sccc-racers%40yahoogroups.com> 
[mailto:sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:sccc-racers%40yahoogroups.com> ]
> On Behalf Of Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems)
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:14 PM
> To: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:sccc-racers%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [sccc-racers] REMINDER: Tuesday Night at Joe Davis Stadium
>
>
>
> Since this is the first training criterium of the year, here's the plan:
> - Ride together for 15 minutes. No attacks, no racing.
> - Put a foot down and race for 45 minutes + 2 laps.
> - Two intermediate sprints at 15 minutes and 30 minutes.
>
> If Randy McFarland does /not/ show up, then I'm bringing six beers and
> one coke. One beer for each of the intermediate sprints, three places at
> the finish line and one beer for me. The coke is for Mathews Jr or
> Roland Jr when they win.
>
> If you get dropped, take a lap off and get right back in the race, then
> you're still eligible for the prizes. I don't care how many time you get
> dropped. As long as you re-join the race, your eligible for the prizes.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:sccc-racers%40yahoogroups.com> 
[mailto:sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:sccc-racers%40yahoogroups.com> ]
> On Behalf Of Goebel, Heath (Mission Systems)
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:16 AM
> To: sccc-racers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:sccc-racers%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [sccc-racers] Tuesday Night WC
>
>
>
> Reminder, the Tuesday Night WC will be at Joe Davis Stadium. Start time
> is 5:45 PM.
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>
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>