beans 'n rice

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520394710420373581.post-73788453503171734802008-04-15T21:23:00.016-04:002008-04-21T22:19:17.625-04:00beans 'n riceMy last post had begun to come to fruition when I was eating dinner about 2 weeks ago. Since then, I have failed to complete it. Let me blast you to the past for a quick recap... <a href="http://wvucycling.com/Flyers/Virginia%20Tech%20Race%20Flyer.pdf">Virginia Tech</a> 4/5-4/6 <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVpLYfIasI/AAAAAAAAAIY/RB9KY0os5gE/s1600-h/DSCF0915.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVpLYfIasI/AAAAAAAAAIY/RB9KY0os5gE/s200/DSCF0915.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189669789886868162" /></a>I was so happy to be ready to go for the home race! After all of the trudgery of Presidential duties to the team, the race was actually happening. I was in charge of the volunteers but a BIG thanks to the VP Reid Beloni for making this whole thing happen for all of us. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVVx4fIahI/AAAAAAAAAHA/XpUaINfMh6k/s1600-h/P1030482.JPG.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVVx4fIahI/AAAAAAAAAHA/XpUaINfMh6k/s200/P1030482.JPG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189648461079276050" border="0"></a>A knarly course at that. I got into the break after two laps in. It was rockin'. B Mac bridged halfway through that lap. Now it was Bryan, Steven, and myself in the break. The 7 of us put 7 minutes into the peloton. OUCH! I think the peloton shattered and lots abandoned but a group of about 5 finished? <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVWXIfIajI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ZRby1vDeQXc/s1600-h/P1030531.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVWXIfIajI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ZRby1vDeQXc/s200/P1030531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189649101029403186" border="0"></a>Cool beans picture. I had "promoter's legs" the whole race and never had the power. Bryan won and Steven came in right behind him. As for me...a respectable result. 7th. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVWLYfIaiI/AAAAAAAAAHI/QuZqcQGEhlU/s1600-h/2397693814_e52a3998d0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVWLYfIaiI/AAAAAAAAAHI/QuZqcQGEhlU/s200/2397693814_e52a3998d0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189648899165940258" border="0"></a>Smiling because I will be drinking Chinese bubble tea later that night. Day 2 <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVdQ4fIarI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/uBSzQQkuAYI/s1600-h/P1030582.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVdQ4fIarI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/uBSzQQkuAYI/s200/P1030582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189656690236615346" /></a>Enter Mountain Lake. Interestingly, it is where Dirty Dancing was filmed. This day was filled with pain. I ended up covering an attack at the base and the legs wouldn't go the rest of the way. I ended up 1:18 seconds behind Bryan and placed 5th. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVWm4fIakI/AAAAAAAAAHY/f5OwUeeWKNs/s1600-h/2398821837_78347f5757.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVWm4fIakI/AAAAAAAAAHY/f5OwUeeWKNs/s200/2398821837_78347f5757.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189649371612342850" border="0"></a>My man B Mac and Cheese with one of the most epic wins on record. Steven took 3rd. It was super foggy at the top. <a href="http://wvucycling.com/Flyers/Spring08_Flyer.pdf">West Virginia University</a> 4/12-13 <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVW3IfIalI/AAAAAAAAAHg/7XUwR90uZlo/s1600-h/DSCN0548.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVW3IfIalI/AAAAAAAAAHg/7XUwR90uZlo/s200/DSCN0548.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189649650785217106" border="0"></a>This is the New River Gorge Bridge. It is the 2nd highest bridge in the world at 867ft! My brother <a href="http://www.mattchrabot.com">Matt</a> whitewater rafted under this back in the day with Venture Crew. <object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-52b3cf72f225eef8" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqgAAAPEbdexZYqODP9Nt5kZfcH2rULKTaUCIlQGEAGjGSygjxvJHiQLJE9apZgvkRgOkKmAMAAE1Rrz0CSnXZbDPp1UBq887V0nVzEwLS3eg5nxuzlrOLcq1KrI6jJV_QTSwQVQSGxy6b5OoyX2voQWCDlQX2f46VMq_tocM5pompYjH66Um1ZNScNcxnhxRoc5TlALf4ytrCGWW55dWcv0Wppbv_G59A9SN-Syx5Ks_17yf%26sigh%3DSQO9CYzV_GL-fgD8V_6XyuuN1W0%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D52b3cf72f225eef8%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DCxCDV_nyiTMek1k_FrM1g-S7A9c&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqgAAAPEbdexZYqODP9Nt5kZfcH2rULKTaUCIlQGEAGjGSygjxvJHiQLJE9apZgvkRgOkKmAMAAE1Rrz0CSnXZbDPp1UBq887V0nVzEwLS3eg5nxuzlrOLcq1KrI6jJV_QTSwQVQSGxy6b5OoyX2voQWCDlQX2f46VMq_tocM5pompYjH66Um1ZNScNcxnhxRoc5TlALf4ytrCGWW55dWcv0Wppbv_G59A9SN-Syx5Ks_17yf%26sigh%3DSQO9CYzV_GL-fgD8V_6XyuuN1W0%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D52b3cf72f225eef8%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DCxCDV_nyiTMek1k_FrM1g-S7A9c&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object> This is really funny because B Mac found this scratch and win lotto ticket on the bathroom floor of a truck stop. I didn't pick it up because it had hepatitis on it. Day 1 <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVXQYfIamI/AAAAAAAAAHo/tu3-gd9_kEM/s1600-h/DSCF1024.JPG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVXQYfIamI/AAAAAAAAAHo/tu3-gd9_kEM/s200/DSCF1024.JPG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189650084576914018" /></a>This was perhaps one of the strangest days on a time trial bike for me. Due to only having ridden once that week (Wednesday for 4.5 hrs) and having had no openers, I was absolute garbage. Third from last and something like 4 minutes down on the winning time. How did I still end up beating people? Aye carumba! I guess it didn't help that I was stuck in the 53x15 the whole time. Reality check: Make sure your bike is functioning properly. Day 2 <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVXqIfIanI/AAAAAAAAAHw/U0NrcNwG44M/s1600-h/DSCN0552.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVXqIfIanI/AAAAAAAAAHw/U0NrcNwG44M/s200/DSCN0552.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189650526958545522" /></a>Sunday was a breath of fresh air. I gladly got 2nd behind my teammate, <a href="www.steven-gordon.blogspot.com">Steven Gordon (bike racer)</a>after getting into the break of 4 during the 2nd lap. The climbs were tough but I was feeling probably the best other than Ryan McFeely from Navy, as I was pacing Steven up the climbs and over the crests. The ending was somewhat anti-climatic. Ryan is really strong but needs to work on his tactical sense. The sprint was won with whomever jumped first. Steven went and I followed. The ride of the day award however goes to Owen Nielsen for getting into the break of 3, 1 mile in, then finishing 5th. Please note that it was extremely messy that day. I think it sleeted on us going up the 1st climb on the 2nd lap. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVX3ofIaoI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1eihTiOl_7A/s1600-h/DSCN0554.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAVX3ofIaoI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1eihTiOl_7A/s200/DSCN0554.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189650758886779522" /></a>"Sponsor Me." My cycling cap needs another paper clip.Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312539308962784312noreply@blogger.com