August 2009 Entries
Katheryn finished off with a large gap of about 40 sec. and I found Karen's wheel for a lead-out on the last lap. I was late finding her wheel, but when she kicked we were first and second into the final 2 turns. I wasn't quite prepared for Karen's lead out and she gapped me a bit going through the turns. When we hit the front straight she had about a bike length on me and we had greatly gapped the rest of the field... Read More
I am a 64-year-old man, who has gotten back into cycling 2-3 years ago. I mainly commute 15 miles/day with an 18-mile ride after work one day per week. 30 years ago, I used to ride ~25 miles/day with 100 milers on Saturday, Sunday, or both days. Also time trials once a month.
I moved to Colorado and got out of cycling for 8 years. I moved back to California and started cycling again for about a year. Then I had my bike stolen & couldn't afford to replace it. A few years ago, I got another
Salt Lake City, UT - 8/23/09 - U.S. National Criterium Champion John Murphy took 2nd place in the final stage of the 2009 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. Murphy finished just behind Australian criterium champion Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V) in the sprint finish.
“We took over the front of the race with eight laps to go,” said team directeur sportif Mike Tamayo. “We wanted to control the race at the end and do the full lead-out for Murph. The team did a great job of riding for John.” Read More...
August 19, 2009 - Salt Lake City, UT - It only took Brad White about 40 miles before he picked up where he left off in last year’s Tour of Utah. In 2008, his attacking style of riding earned him the Tour’s sprinter’s jersey. Today, it earned him the race’s first King of the Mountains jersey. Read More...
My knees aren’t what they used to be and a replacement may be in my future. Is it possible to train and compete at a high level, fast tours and the occasional time trial, after a total knee replacement?
After a very short break, Katheryn is back to racing the local Northern CA classic Cal Cup races. She had her first win in the Patterson Pass road race... Patterson Pass road race is one of the toughest races in NorCal... The Tour of California has used the climb, from both directions, for each of its runnings. The climb begins within in the first 5k and stairsteps up for about 3k, with a lovely false summit that leaves your jaw dropped to your top tube... Read More
John Murphy will wear the stars and stripes jersey of the U.S. National Criterium Champion for the next 12 months.
Murphy took advantage of exceptional work by his four teammates and succeeded in avoiding several crashes - including one by his own lead-out, Karl Menzies with less than half a kilometer remaining in the race - to cross the line as first American to take the national champion’s jersey. Read More...
I am a 44 y/o cyclist that trains with Heart Rate... I have been doing so for about 8 years and have a pretty good idea when I'm pushing hard and when I'm not. My Lactate Threshold HR is ~175 and I saw a max HR of 194 back on May 30th in a Road Race.
Spent an hour on the spin bike yesterday to do some fast pedal drills and an hour and a half the day before that to do some 2 minute power intervals (stuck inside at work)... Today during my warm up I was heading out to do some Hill intervals and
With only a final-stage criterium between Karl Menzies and the overall title of the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove, the task facing the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis seemed pretty straightforward. However, throw in the facts that the crit was over 110 km long with strong winds on the long finishing straight, and that the team had done a significant amount of work Saturday to put Menzies in position to take the leader’s jersey, the job was far from simple. Read More...
As preparation for Cascade and Nationals, Rebecca raced the famous Mt. Evans Hill Climb in CO where climbing legends are made and won it handily!
Here is Rebecca's report: "The road that leads to the top of Mount Evans is the highest paved road in America going up above 14,000 ft. The race is a mass start that begins in Idaho Springs and from there goes steadily up for the next 27 miles to the top of the mountain while the air gets progressively thinner and thinner." Read More...
The final race of the US national championships was the individual time trial. The course was the Cascade TT course plus an extra loop at the end with some short, relatively steep hills coming just when one is tired. It was a long TT for nationals with the winning time of 50:35. Everyone had the previous days' road race in their legs as well. Webcor's Evelyn Stevens missed the title by 1.7 seconds! Read More...