1986 Paris Roubaix

I have this on tape but I found the finish on YouTube. This is probably one of the greatest sprint finishes in the history of PR. I can just watch this over and over. Just watch the man in yellow.

Boulder Beer Race

Living here in Wyoming you have to learn to deal with wind if you want to ride. Somehow, I'm not sure how they did it, but they moved a portion of Wyoming south of Boulder CO along hwy 128. It comes complete with a wind reseach center. So yesterday, I drove down to "Little Wyoming" where they closed the road down so we could race back and forth on it. The race for me and a few of my compadres lasted about 2 laps before it became a ride to finish. And finish we did, 5 minutes before they reopened the roads to traffic. Heck, I was the last official finisher... sweet.

Thursday rant

WTF? Monday its 65° and NO wind, Tuesday it's 70°, yesterday it's gale force winds but a manageable 63°, and today a freakin cold 35°. It makes you want to just sit in a easy chair with a beer watching TV, and that's just what I'm doing. Looking at the forecast it's calling for 60° Friday. I may have to drive down to Ft. Collins if I get out of work early as it'll be 65°. Looking at the forecast for Boulder they are showing wind warnings because of 20mph winds for tomorrow. Ha, that wouldn't even get an honorable mention up here in Wyo.

Done ranting, back to my beer.

3-11 Stazio Crit

Here is the post I placed on the Team page. No sense to post it twice or make myself look better here.

Just a bit windy

When the wind blows, it blows hard.

Yesterday afternoon I went out for a spin and encountered a 20+mph headwind. This made for a very good low cadence-Hi wattage workout for the first 3/4 of the ride. the last quarter was spent at Hi wattage-Hi speed as I zipped along at 40-45 mph. Too bad there wasn't a TT here today, there would have been an all time wind aided record set for sure. Worst part of all this wind is how it sounds at home with every window and vent creaking and moaning while getting pounded. Wind Lesson#1: always park into the wind so that you don't lose your doors when opening.

After 2 days of hard (power wise) riding I am looking forward to my rest ride tomorrow and a long steady ride on Saturday before I see what this Stazio stuff is like. Yesterday was 4X11 at LT and today was 2X30 tempo 70RPMs (I actually don't mind those). So now I sit with my legs in the air, eating a "recovery" pizza, and typing on the laptop. It's been warm lately but not as warm as my co-patriots down south who are planning a Stazio takeover. I can only hope that my fitness will be enough to aid in the cause. I always feel like that early on as I never feel like I'm riding well till mid season anyway. Sacramento Kings play the San Antonio Spurs in a short while so it's off to the showers before the game starts.

50+ degrees - WooHoo!

Got out for a ride tody with Carter and 2 new teammates, Andy and Kevin, down in the Peoples Republic of Boulder for 3 hours today. TR tried to drag me into the Stazio but I said no way. Ran into him and DK after their race in which they did pretty good in the 35+ race. Things are looking good for the orange and blue.