Weather: 80 degrees, Sunny and Humid (Just the crap I hate racing in)
Attendees: Me (Not sure why since this race is great and close to Providence)
Course: 4 loops of 10 miles. Start is uphill on four rollers for about a mile and half, hard right downhill with awful S curve, At mile 3.5 is “THE [...]
Weather- awesome. mid 80’s, clear.
Course- Circuit race 10 mile loop with a 2 mile neutral start. Mostly rolling terrain with one climbing section around 1 mile long.
Attendees- Cat 4 was me Geoff and Mike. Kirk raced the 5’s
Report- Big field, around 100 at the start. Mike lined up towards the front, Geoff and I were [...]
Michael’s King of Burlingame race report can be found here:
http://reactiontoday.blogspot.com/
I might as well give one these race reports a go. Straight from Brier’s template.
Attendees: Gewilli, Jerry, Brier, me
Weather: mid 50’s into low 60’s. Mild wind
Course: 45 miles which was 4 circuits with one big climb
Prerace: Nothing pumps me up like a good spin while listening to old Dead bootlegs(sarcasm)…….from Briers radio.
Race: [...]
Attendees: Gewilli, Jerry, Curtis “Not Skinny” and me
Weather: mid 50’s into low 60’s. Mild wind
Course: 45 miles which was 4 circuits with one big climb
Prerace: Luckily I came early since I had a flat rear wheel and my trainer was in pieces. Stayed calm and got everything done in time.
Race: Felt good and for once [...]
Attendees: Casey in Cat 3 and myself.
Weather: Start was 50 degrees and pouring rain. Tailwind for first half of race and headwind for the second half. Rain stopped after about mile 20 and got humid.
Course: Race around the Quabbin Reservoir – 62.5 miles. I would call it hilly although there were no major walls, but [...]
Quabbin Road Race Category 3
The Race: A single 62-mile loop with numerous short, moderate climbs and an uphill finish. I was optimistic about my chances, as I felt very fit and lots of climbing makes this skinny guy smile. The weather was not as bad as I had feared and I was [...]
Weather: low 40’s, windy in finishing stretch, light rain at time
Attendees: Gewilli, Not Skinny, Greve and Sponsor
Course: usual Ninigret but on a slicker surface due to cold rain.
Race: Combo 3/4. Probably half and half was the composition of the field.
Usual crit start. However,I fell to back to try to get my cleats in the pedals [...]
Weather: Rain low 40’s, Cold.
Not enough people showed up so it was a combined field with a couple of cat 2’s and the rest split between 3 and 4.
Distance: 28 miles
Prerace: Did what I thought would be a warm up ride of 25 miles but since it wasn’t raining at the start, I was soaked [...]
PRE RACE: The day did not start out well when I got pulled over for doing 75 on a stretch of 3 lane highway (rt 6) which was posted (and I did not see) at 50 mph. The ticket I received was not the worst part either. I was hoping to get to the race [...]