Alleycat!

Drunk Dodger 5001 was Saturday night in Albany and it was my 1st ever alleycat race.

*alleycat: An illegel bicycle race through an urban environment, with no real race course, only checkpoints*

I decided to use the roadie and bike over to Albany. I really had no clue what I was doing, and my main objective was to finish. We would get 5 sheets, each with 5 or so locations/questions that could only be answered at those locations. Once you finished a sheet you'd get another to work on.

I (we) made some mistakes, even when I started working/riding with J from Steiners. When we finished sheet 2 we were told we were in 3rd/4th! cool. but then we wasted 10-15 minutes on one I already knew (but 2nd guessed myself). It was pretty fun/insane to be racing all over Albany, blasting red lights, passing cars, people asking us what to hell we were doing. So with 2 answers left to get we see another strong rider and he already had the one we were headed to, that one wasnt too far away and then we saw him again at the last one - all that was left was the climb to the finish (a bar!). I drafted J a bunch that night so I had no plans to go for a sprint to beat him to the finish. Soze checked our sheets and I gota "2" witten on mine.
me: "Huh, whats the 2 for"
Soze: "2nd place"
me: "Woo hoo!!!".

I checked the time, it was midnight - 3 hours to do the race, way longer then I expected. So we hung out, drank some beer, waited for the others to finish, then they did awards - I grabbed the roadie carbon bars. more hanging out, then up to "217" for food. Finially I started my commute back home, it was past 4am by the time I got there.

Overall the race was pretty crazy and way fun, I had such a great time and meet some pretty cool people.

909 & All Hollows

909 race

http://www.usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2007-2450

Saturday, Oct 27th, night TT race.


All Hollows

change to start time/length
Female Open 2 hours 9:00 AM
Pro/Expert 2 hours 9:00 AM
Singlespeed 2 hours 9:00 AM
Sport Men 2 hours 9:00 AM
Unicyclists 2 hours 9:00 AM

Rock on.

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All Hollows Mtn bike race

be there or be sqaure!

http://www.bikereg.com/events/ConfList.asp?EventID=5394

Presented byOutside Adventures- Heather Mosley
Schenectady, NY
Sunday, October 28, 2007


CATEGORY
DISTANCE
START TIME
FEE
PRIZES

Pro/Expert
2 hours
8:30 AM
$30
Cash top three

Female Open
1 hours
11:00 AM
$25
Cash Top Finisher, Prizes

Singlespeed
1 hours
11:00 AM
$25
Cash top finisher, Prizes

Sport Men
1 hours
11:00 AM
$20
Cycling Gear top Three

Unicyclists
1 hours
11:00 AM
$20
Cycling Gear top three

Look who is NYS XC Champion!

Plattekill #4

I won race #4 in the Plattekill / NYS championship series Sunday. The course was changed up some, with a new never ridden nasty downhill, wet, loose shale, drops, pretty much like riding a DH trail there. I was in 2nd figuring just maintain my spot, finish up & win the series, then I round a corner and there is the leader Scott with a mechanical, so I spent the rest of the race pushing hard not knowing if he's 45 seconds back or DNF'd. I did hold him off, and more importantly finished and won the series (expert class) !!

Donuts & Buffalo roadie ride

Yes, you will see a few Buffalos and yes you will eat hot apple cider donuts!

My place, 8:45 am tomorrow (saturday)

50-60 miles, no killer climbs this time.

VT50

My 1st attemopt at the Vt50 report:
Reg'd Saturday, then dinner with pigboy & JBP & their relatives, & off to bed early.
Out of the Hotel at 4:45am, racer meeting at 5:30...and it was cold! (38).

I went off in the 1st wave at 6:15, course was mix of dirt roads, single track & double track and a TON of climbing (8500ft), they had 9 rest stops stocked with anything from bacon to gummie bears to watermelon! (so I heard, I didnt stop at any). I screwed up on one turn early, lost maybe 5 minutes, and never felt like I was riding strong but was only off my time goal by 12 minutes.

The start was nuts - it was semi dark, I had no clue of the course...the 1st few miles were slightly downhill dirt roads, picture 150 plus mtn bikers bunched up doing 25-30mph and no one had a light!!! Even thou it was a 50 mile loop there was almost always another rider around which is cool. Sometimes the climbs seemed to never (and I mean never!) stop. The course was pretty awesome, not very technical - and I cant really remember a flat section - you were either climbing or descending. The volunteers rocked! So many people out on the course cheering you on....I hope they know how appreciated that was. And all of the riders were cool, I had no passing or getting passed issues.I know I did an extra .5 miles but according to my cyclometer I had 52 miles...when you're spent and expecting it be done at 50.5, that extra 1.5 of climbing is Brutal !

Hmm, what else...BrynaN won expert/pro SeniorII, and was 2nd female in behind Lea Davidson (pro trek rider)!!
My female Hardcore 24 teammate (LaurenK) won sport SeniorII division!
My other Hardcore teammate/friend (JenL) won Novice SeniorII!
And JohnPeters was 2nd in Novice MasterII!
Awesome job you all!!

My time was 5:41 which put me in 5oth/79 in expert/pro Vet - and 150th out of 686 overall. Next year, top 100??

Besides all the food/drink stops, everyone got a finish medal, a tshirt and hat at Reg, plus a BBQ afterwards. I hung out after for several hours chatting with various friends, oh and there was a band too.

When I left at 4:30 I noticed people still fininshing.....thats a long time to be racing your mtn bike

Crazy, epic, tough, painful and amazingly well organized. I'll be back next year.

http://www.skipix.com/skipixv2/viewlargeimage.php?lang=en&photosetid=1566&filename=DSC_8163.jpg

Pats Peak Solo (12 hours)

This weekend, my 1st solo endurance race. I'll be unsopported. Its the 3rd year in a row I did Pats Peak (duo 12 last year, 5 person 24 in '05) and that mtn has crushed me every time.

My crazy brain thinks I can do 12 laps (last years winner did 13)....haha, I laugh at myself.

My main goal is to keep riding, so I need to take it easy early on. Should be an interesting 12 hours

B-R race & a ride

I went up to watch some of the Battenkill-Roubaix road race w/Kim, Jen, Ed, & Kevin Saturday. We hung out on a steep section of dirt road. We saw Terry, Bryna, Dave Belas, Art & Rizzi. Found out later Terry won Cat 5 (35+).

Then we did the cambridge 1/2 century 2 state loop. It was a really nice no killer climb loop. It's actually 55 miles. It was on the chilly side but no biggie. I'd like to get back up there again this year.

http://www.routeslip.com/routes/32072

test

I think I will make my Snake hill road loop my fit test. Its 26 miles, with a bunch of rollers and a descent climb up snake hill.
I felt not so on for about the 1st hour so I was suprised I was only 50 seconds off my best time (July last year). So far, I have only did this loop maybe 10 times, so its not the best fit indicator.

26.45 mi
01:29:07 hours
17.80 mi/h

other #'s
1st half: 15.5 avg (about the top of snake Hill)
2nd half: 20.1 avg
time @ Junction 351/43: 1:02

I think I'll try to do that loop weekly, just to judge my progress (or lack of progress)

Easter Race

Heather's Easter Mtn bike race

We were not allowed to use the normal course, so we had to use a different section of the park (less climbing, less tech, less singletrack). It's where they hold CX races in the fall. The course was short (2.5-3 miles). Most laps in 2 hours, if you go thru at 1:59 you are doing one more lap! And only 3 cats: open male, novice male, and female.
I had a pretty good race, had one hard fall and spent most of the race doing my best to keep up with my friend Bryna...shes one crazy fast chick!
oh and the temp, pretty cold (25 degrees)

Male open:

1st: Art

2nd: Terry

3rd: me !

Female open:

1st: Bryna

I'm not sure of the other results

rest

rest days make you stronger? I hope so!

saddle time

Did a bunch of rides over the w/e.
Ride#1 was on the 29er SS with JimMac (26er SS) on lake side of the PineBush, nice and dry but slightly boring. short ride 1 1/4
Ride#2 I put slicks on the FS mtn bike, did 45 min's around the neighborhood
Ride#3 Was suppose tobe w/Christian but he had a bad day and was stuck somewhere with a flat car tire. So I went solo on the road bike, did my Plank-taberton loop backwards. Man talk about a long gradula climb. 42 miles
Ride#4 Was Heathers spring kick off ride, w/40 plus riders. I took the FS mtn bike w/slicks, my plan was to do the 30 mile ride at an easy pace. Add in 3 miles to the start, and missing at turn and Heather's underestimating the distance I did 42 miles...and was pushing it most of time, I didnt bring any food and i was hungry at the start = dumb ass & bonkage.
Party after at Rizzi's with some cool people & good food!

Dirt !

My first time on dirt since Dec 24th. Did 45 min's solo, then another 1:45 with some of the MHCC crew. The plan is do ride a different section of the PineBush tonight with a buddy that races expert DH.

ok...

I did 40 min's of weights then 1 hour of easy spin with the SS urban style, discovered fast its geared way too low for the streets. So I went looking for hills.

The SS did come to work w/me...cross your fingers the pine bush is dry.

road ride!

My 1st ride of '07, Sunday, 40 degrees - MHCC river ride.

33 miles
17.3 avg


supringly the legs felt good, they were destroyed saturday by pounding run after run skiing moguls @ Pico

Key West Rocked!

Temps at night was 70-74, and day time was 78-85!

day 1=1pm flight out of Albany to Ft. Laud, drove 2 hours to Key Largo, stayed at a Marina Hotel, got the room w/marina view for cheap room price. Walked next door for dinner, dined outside, then watched band for 1/2 hour

day2= 3 more hours drive to key west, got free upgrade to ocean view/private balcony, Hotel was real nice, largest pool in KW, went to the beach but it was real windy, so went back to hotel's pool. Dinner was Mexican (w/mariachi band). Then to Duval street and bar hopped for a while

day 3= rented canoes (it was windy, went in the Atlantic & gulf of Mexico), more pool time, back to Duvall st for dinner. There is a special spot for watching the sunset, and it was the coolest sunset ever! The sun was huge & melted into the ocean. so cool

day 4=did the early boat trip out to 2 reefs in the gulf for snorkeling, 2nd spot had tons of fish, big, small-all sorts of colors. Heather swears she saw a shark!. Then we rented cruiser bikes and pedaled down to the southern most spot in all the US (90 miles to Cuba). Also did some pool time & dinner near Duval st.

day5=check out, we got an early start so we stopped at a state park in Key Largo, hung at the beach for 90 min's before finishing the drive to Ft. Laud airport

another day

yesterday I did some weights, then Ruby Tuesdays & the movie "Children of Men"

team?

Do I want to be on a real team this year? I kind of like being the unkown in whatever clothes and doing my best to keep up/sometimes beat the dudes in their team kits. A team would be cool for having people to train with and (hopefully) the social aspect. Plus i could apply for this team and get turned down - i hate rejection, but the flip side is I could turn that into anger/motivation. you know, that I'll show them kind of deal. What to do?


last night was back to volley ball, we switched the team around a bit - Debbie & Renee are in, which will make this season more fun...and hopefully with more W's

After volleyball I headed to planet Fitness, I am usually there much earlier. The place was pretty crowded so I got stuck on a polar elipitical with a fixed ramp. Pretty boring.
elipitical= 1 hour
tread mill, hike mode=15 min

ok...

Not much sunlight & not much snow = a grumpy Doug

I went to the gym (Planet Fitness) after getting out of work (1 hour early).
elipitical = 1 hour
stationary bike= 30 min's
treadmill, hike mode = 20 min's

Florida w/Heather...4 days away!

Still alive

I am still alive, Old Pueblo is out..but I am headed to Key West in 8 days!

woot!