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two weeks ago, during the middle the Giro, a gift showed up at the door from a good friend. A total surprise
Tour of the Battenkill
a week ago Wednesday, back in sonoma county, we put in a big day. 4x 20min climbs .. the kind of day you don't take lightly. the kind of day you hope goes well, especially when you do it at the end of a training block, and also with a racing approaching. Vennell, Pesces, Leipheimer, Plaxton, and Best were "present" the legs finally felt good again. each of the 20min climbs were consistent, not tapering off. i hadn't felt as though i was owning it for a long time. probably since before tour of CA. thursday, the next day, i caught ...
3/4 REDLANDS, so far so good
just to recap, Bookwalter TT'ed into second place the opening day, only 4" out of the lead. . . Jeff took matters into his own had on day two when a late move went up the road, tagging onto it and taking the stage win and the overall leader's jersey. (that's how you do it) lynelamoureux.smugmug.com and today, the downtown criterium, Jackson's win. www.redlandsclassic.com . . . very very proud of our team. very glad/proud about how Gavin has pulled us together this week and has given us expectation/perspective to live in to and up to: Jeff's then Jackson's win, Brent cleaning up behind ...
rain, and more rain
it was raining at the start today, then by the time it was really go time 100km into the race, the rain became more rain, and once up Howell mountain things mystically imploded. riders disappearing into the mist, haze. some of the "we" narrowly missed the first group. then we tried to bring it back together. but the day the racing the conditions combined and were much. disappointment. but mancebo, hearing that he big-ringed howell mountain, appeared to have deserved the win todoay. apparently. i was told to get in or make the breakaway move today. on staight road, and an amp'ed scene, i didnt think ...
