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Cherry Pie Crit, Super Bowl Sunday, 2005 The Cast: Rob Robertson Kevin King Paul Carter, yours truly The Skinny: About a 1 mile course with a little grinder of a hill and a hairpin at the top. The course finishes at the top of the hill. We were set for 50 minutes of racing. The Plan: This would be our first official race of the 2005. The plan was simple. We wanted to try to get one of us into

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Cherry Pie Crit (Elite 3's Race): The day started out kinda normal. Wake up at 6:00 listening to the fishing report???? on KNBR 680 and roll out of bed. Get my gear together....load up the car....and get on the road by 7:00. Get to the race, see some "old" friends (it's my first race of the year), and make my way to registration. The line is long...and as I find out...un-organized. But no

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Presidio Crit, September 19, 2004Who: Vaughn Van Naughty Robbie 'O Canada' Robertson Yours Truly, Master P The Course: A longish crit course that has a long uphill, a very short flat section (nearly a hairpin back down the hill), followed by a long downhill with one jog in the middle and then another short flat section to the bottom of the climb. The finish was near the top of the hill and the

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Presidio Crit 19 September, 2004 The Unusual Suspects Paul Rob Vaughn The Course 0.8 mile loop "L-shaped" course. The long stretch is all up hill with the finish only about 50 meters from the top. The wind was also blowing down the hill. The road surface is good. The next to last corner is a bit of sweeper with a little dog leg that brings you awfully close to the barricade. The V-Cam The

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Winters Road Race Winters, CA August 28, 2004 The Cast: Patrick "P-Money" Monroe Rob "Everything's Better with Maple Syrup" Robertson Dave "Shin-to-the-Head" Schindehette Levi Leipheimer (but he forgot his Pegasus kit and wore some "Rabobank" kit instead... whatever) Me The Course: 24 mile loop 3 times. It's got a good hill in it, but enough of a descent and runout to the finish to allow the

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Ronde Van Brisbeen Circuit Race: The course is a 1.7 mile semi-oval loop. The start of the lap is all down hill with two tight turns (a left hand bender half way down then a real nasty 90 degree right at the bottom), and the second half is all uphill, back into the slight breeze (blowing at about 25mph). The finsh is on a right hand bender at the top of the hill. The Race: Rob and I meet up

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Ottawa Grand Prix Road Race (Saturday July 19th)   Course:  13 mile * 4 laps of surprising punishing rollers and small climbs.  Including one 7 minute climb which is defended where the moves will be on this course.  Incline similar to South Gate with a steep section very similar to 1000ft Northgate and similar length.   Category: Senior 3-4 & Juniors combined - Yikes!!   So I headed up to

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Ottawa or Bust - literally   So I thought I would set the stage for my weekend race reports with my trip into Ottawa and the excitement that occurred.  Since I actually have to do some work today and catch-up I thought that I would send the race report in pieces.    So I flew from San Fran to Pittsburgh and then on to my home town Ottawa.  We flew into Ottawa on a tiny little jet.  The one

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Cascade Classic, Bend, Oregon - Stage 4: Old Mill District Criterium Description: A 1.2 K course in the Old Mill District of Bend. It's kind of like a industrial crit setting, but they're rebuilding in that area as well. It was a good course, with one little narrow cyclocross/goat path/driveway part that goes up a little hill from the parking lot (!) back to the road. The finish is downhill

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Cascade Classic, Bend, Oregon - Stage 3: Awbrey Butte Circuit Race Description: It's a ~13 mile course and we were scheduled for 4 laps. It's got two roughly 1K climbs (the second of which is the feed zone) separated by 5-6 miles and then the finishing climb which is a short, steep two-parter. There are a few other rollers as well. How It Went Down: I was hoping to redeem myself after

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Albany Crit: I head on over to Albany and soon after I get finished registering I see Rob walking up. So I say hello to him, and let him know I have a great parking spot in the shade with a nice area for the trainers. I get back to my car and start to organize when Rob shows up with trainer in hand. I mention to him we have another friend in the peloton. A guy I know from my Tuesday rides

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Cascade Classic, Bend, Oregon - Stage 2: Mount Bachelor Road Race Description: About 60 miles total. It's 30 miles of mostly downhill, then up a short hill for the feed zone, then down, some flat and 10+ miles of climbing back up to Mount Bachelor Ski Resort. This would be the second stage of the day - we started at around 2pm. The race starts kinda goofy though - first you go down from Mount

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Cascade Classic, Bend, Oregon - Stage 1: Tumalo Time Trial (Master's race) Description: 6.6 miles total, first 1.5-2 go uphill, then some steep down, then some rollers. I brought the full TT setup: cowhorns, aero bars, and Zipp deep dish wheels. How it went: My plan was to launch it as hard as I could on the hill. Since my climbing skillz are better than my flat TT skillz - I thought that

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Topless Girls In The Feed Zone or Pescadero Coastal Classic, June 26, 2004 The Skinny: Same hard course, different cast. 1800' of climbing per lap over two short climbs (less than a mile each) and one longer, roughly 2 mile climb. The top of this last climb is the finish. The Cat 3's do a total of 72 miles (which ends up being 2.7 laps). The Fat: Last year I got 3rd, which would be tough to

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Fremont Freewheelers Criterium, June 12, 2004 Description: Flat four corner, 0.8 mile, roughly square course. Some botts dots all around and it was windy - the finish was into the wind. How it went down: Kevin wanted to hang for the sprint, I wanted to try my legs in a few attacks or maybe a prime, and Rob, well he's from Canada, so pretty much anything goes. We get the speech about this

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District TT Championships, June 6, 2004 Description: This is a mostly flat fast course, not so much as Moriarty, but still a great course for fast times. But not so on this day, as there was a little wind. In a TT, a little wind feels like a tornado. We previewed the course the day before and it was really windy, so at least we knew how bad it could be. Riders started at 30 second intervals.

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ICCC Dash for Cash: After driving for what seemed like forever (5-7 minutes), I finally arrive in Pleasanton and find myself a parking spot for the crit. I register and set out to find who else made the incredible journey! I quickly find Patrick and we exchange greetings. I relocate my car near his because he found some shade and we casually start to get ready for our race. We discuss our

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Mount Hamilton SufferFest, errr, Road Race, May 30, 2004 Description: One mutha of a course - it starts with a 20 mile climb up Mt Hamilton. Then a gnarly descent with lots of hairpins, slippery pavement and a cattle guard thrown in for good measure. Then more up and down, 2 more short climbs, then a gentle descent down Mines road. About 5K from the finish the descent gets a little tricky and

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Mt Hamilton RR The Down Low Wow. This is a Mother of a race. The climb itself really isn't that bad. Given my near wheelchair level of fitness I managed to scurry up the side of the hill OK. Much of time I was over 10 or 11 MPH. I did get dropped about 5 miles into the climb, but it was by choice. My HR was really high. Even after getting dropped I averaged about 175. That pretty much

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Save Mart Crit: I arrive in Modesto Saturday afternoon to a surprise. This surprise, unforunately, is not a good one as it turns out a Modesto construction worker made a mistake and dug up the road where turn 1 is supposed to be on Thursday...making the organizers have to change the course at the last second. So instead of a nice "L" shaped course...we get a tight 4 corner (rectangle shaped)

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Cats Hill Criterium: I get down to the race about 1.5 hours before our start to make sure I can get registered. I pick up my number and notice that I am 382. Which means there are going to be about 100 in the field. I hang out for a little, then start to get ready. Get a good warmup in and head down to the S/F line. As I am checking in my extra set of wheels I see Rob getting ready to do

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Fresno Tower Criterium: It was HOT....HOTTER....HOTTEST. Oh...did I mention that it was a little warm down there! I got a ride down to Fresno with some friends who were racing around 12:00. Which meant leaving my house before 8am for a 3pm race. We get down there and it is already warm! I do my best to drink plenty of water, and stay in the shade. After watching Morgan Stanley absolutely

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Wente Crit, April 25, 2004 Description: Just over a 1 mile course. Not too technical except for one little right-then-left chicane that was a little tricky. The finishing straight was nice and long. How It Went Down: We had 5 of the Pegasus ladies show up: Rob, Patrick, Kevin, Kent ("K-Zo"), and me. Patrick just came off a grueling 6 weeks of golf cart intervals (drive the cart for a hole,

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Sea Otter Circuit Race, April 17, 2004 Description: This is on the actual Laguna Seca Raceway. It's a 2.25 (I think) mile circuit with a steady and somewhat steep 300 foot climb, bomb down through the corkscrew then through a few turns, a hairpin and then the finish. How It Went Down: We started off with a crash about 10 feet from the S/F line. Rob and I had to maneuver around, but did so

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Sea Otter RR, April 15, 2004 Description: I think Vaughn already covered it, so read his description. Basically, it's a tough course, with no flat. And the finale boasts a long steep climb before a rockstar finish on the Laguna Seca track. How It Went Down: When the 3 Spine guys lined up, I knew that meant trouble. Those guys are strong. Plus there were also 3 Labor Powers - another strong

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Sea Otter RR, April 15, 2004 Description Starts on Laguna Seca raceway, leaves the park climbing a short bit then descending for 2.5 miles. Pass though a gate then start the 10.5 mile loops. The Masters 30+ 1,2,3 did 6 laps. Immediately on starting the loop you are greated by the "Wall", 1+ mile climb with a little extra bump at the top for added fun. That is followed by some twisty turny up

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Copperopolis Road Race, April 10, 2004 Description: 4 laps of a challenging ~22 mile circuit. You start with a little climb through the feed zone and then some up and down and then some steady climbing that tops out after 6 miles (from the start). There are some very steep sections and the pavement sucks ass the whole way up. You top out on a smooth-as-glass road near some lake. The road is

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Copperopolis RR, April 10, 2004 A View From the Back Paul hit the nail on the head. This is a tough race. The climb doesn't seem too bad the first time, but it seems impossibly long after 3 times up. For me the worst part was the descent. Very very fast and the pavement was relentless. There were times you couldn't feel the bars you were rattling so bad. I really backed off on this since I

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Pilarcitos Stage Race, March 27-28, 2004 Description: Two TT's (one hilly and one "flat") and a crit. GC based on points, calculated after determining the winners of each stage. Stage 1: An extremely hilly 30K TT with two roughly 1 mile climbs, one at nearly 10% gradient. The rest is rolling with some flatter section thrown in. How It Went Down: I chose to use a regular road bike setup

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Madera Stage Race, March 20-21, 2004 Description: 3 Stages in 2 days in and around beautiful Madera, California. Stage 1 - Sharon Time Trial A flat 10 mile TT. It's U-shaped, so that you finish near where you started. How it went down: I had the new Land Shark TT bike all set up with the Zipp wheels. We rode the course before hand. It was pretty straightforward - my biggest worry was

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Vaughn's Take TT: The wind was fairly weak when we rolled around for a practice lap. I think we all analyzed the course pretty well. It was extremely helpful to really feel the course under your wheels. With that long 4.25 mile straight section, it helps to know a few land marks so you can meter the pain. In any case, when it really came down to it, the wind had picked up, but not super

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Mathers Field Criterium, March 7, 2004 Description: 0.9 mile, 6 corners, flat. Not a particularly fast course due to rough pavement and transitions in and out of the corners. Hardly any buildings near the course to shelter the wind. Yo Yo Wassup: We had Kevin, Rob, Demian, Patrick and myself out there. A good show of force. The weather was very warm for this time of year. low 80's or upper

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Mount Diablo Challenge, October 5, 2003 Description: You know the course - 11 miles of uphil with about 3500 feet of elevation gain. You start at the Athenian and ride up the south side all the way to the top. I've been climbing pretty well, and was thinking I could do somewhere in the low 50's - 53, maybe 52 something. But, when I did a practice run last week, I did 58 flat and just felt

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Esparto TT, August 24, 2003 Description: The course is 18 miles, sort of a goofy out and back, where the finish is about 2.5 miles up the road from where you start. The middle of the course is hilly, but all big ring stuff. When Patrick and I surveyed the course, it wasn't windy. My set up was just my LandShark with clip-ons, a Zipp 440 tubular on the front and a Zipp 404 tubular on the rear.

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Winters Road Race, August 23, 2003 Description: Mostly a flat race. There are a few rollers and one steep climbing section that has some flat mixed in. Then there's a descent with a high pucker factor. The climb is about 10 miles from the descent - enough to regroup in most cases. For the sprint, they let us use the whole road for about the last 500 meters. We did 3 laps and it's a 24 mile

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Corral Hollow Road Race, August 16, 2003 Description: Vaughn, Rob and I previewed the course a few weeks ago. The first thing I noticed - it was windy. I guess that's what all the windmills are for! The race starts out with roughly 4 miles of climbing, which has some steep parts, and some flatter parts. The last mile is a series of stairstep pitches that take you up over the top of Patterson

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Diamond Valley RR - Master's District Championships Description: Vaughn covered it pretty well below. You could break up the course into two parts - easy and hard. After passing through the finish line and the feed zone, you begin a long almost all downhill section (easy!). Then the harder parts starts with the short (think Mama Bear) climb and ends just after the feed zone. The Plan: I

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Diamond Valley RR Description: The course is an 11.7 mile loop of great pavement. There are two quick back-to-back climbs very much like some of the "Bears". 800' climbing per lap. Our race did 6 laps total. Finishing stretch has a slight left hand bend with 500m to go. The final 1k is slightly uphill. Wind was not too much of a factor. Elevation is around 5000' The Scoop: This is

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Leesville Gap RR Desription The course is listed as 60 - but it's really closer to 65 miles. The road conditions range from excellent to horrific: in addition to very uneven, badly patched roads with lots of potholes, there are also sections of washboard gravel surface. There are some smooth parts as well. There is a ~1500 foot climb early on, and then two much smaller hills later in the race

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Pescadero RR Description: 28 mile loop, with one 600 foot vertical, 2 mile climb (Haskins Hill) and two shorter climbs on Stage road. We did 2 laps, and part of another lap, finishing at the top of the longer climb for about 75 miles total. How it went down My plan was to chill for the first lap, and do something (get into a break, or attack on my own) on the second lap. If we're still

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Monta Vista Velo Crit - June 22, 2003 Description: Flat wide open, 0.7 mile, 4 corner crit. Ain't no thang. The weather was nice. The field was pretty small - about 50 I think - barely enough for upgrade points. How it went down: My goal was to stay near the front and try to latch on to a breakaway and test my fitness. Rob and Demian were racing as well - we talked and decided to not

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District TT Championships June 1, 2003 Placing: 3rd (Bronze Medal), 58:31.7 Description: 40km. 20k out and 20k back. Pretty typical. Altitude was about 5000'. Pavement was OK. The first 10k has cracks in the road every 50-100'. They are enough to disturb your rythym. After 10k out you are greeted with a slight rise and no cooresponding downhill goodness. The pavement is slightly rougher

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Gila Monster Road Race (Sunday's stage) Description: The last, final, crowning, finishing, terminating, conclusive stage. The end, the very end. The course for today was basically the reverse of Friday's stage but only 70 miles. We went towards the Santa Rita mine, over the rollers, up the other side of the climb, then a little detour through San Lorenzo. Then the long trek through the

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Stage 4 - Downtown Criterium Vaughn's Perspective: I remember the pavement being much rougher, but it there was some patching done and the bumps were not nearly as bad. The Rolf Sestrieres (wheels courtesy of Patrick) were excellent and still holding up like champs. Even for a big brute like me! The race itself was pretty fast. I think we averaged around 24.5 mph with 80 feet of climbing per

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Race: Stage 3 - Inner Loop Distance: 78 miles Course Description: Think up then down. Repeat. It starts off with two back to back Category 3 climbs and then a tricky descent (10% off camber, decreasing radius) to the Mimbres Valley. A steady uphill over the next 10 miles takes you over the Continental Divide. You then cruise 18 miles to the tiny village of San Lorenzo before starting up the

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Stage 2: Mogollon RR Description: 16 mile downhill, 46 miles of rollers, 10 mile up with the last 3 of those at an average 10% with 12+% ramps thrown for good measure. How it played out for Vaughn: It started with a 3 mile neutral parade out of town and up the west mesa. The lead vehicle was going 17+ and the nimrods at the head of the field were going right along. We were all going pretty

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Downtown Criterium - Saturday, May 3, 2003 Distance: 20 laps; 1.08 mile/lap Conditions: 70's, sunny Location: Downtown Silver City Description: Even though it's a criterium - it's still hilly. With 80 feet of climbing per lap, this stage will have another 1600 feet of climbing - that's roughly like climbing to the junction at Mount Diablo. The course is a rectangle. From the start/finish

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Inner Loop RR - 76 miles (Friday's stage) Another day, another stage. This stage has 5000 feet of climbing total - a bunch of it early, and then more of it late. I thought today might be a good day for a long breakaway if I had good legs. I didn't sleep too well last night, again. But I felt ok when we got up for breakfast. The stage didn't start until 10 am which meant we'd be in for a

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My Happy Place Mogollon Road Race (Thursday's Stage) This stage is pretty straightforward. It's 70 miles. 63 of those miles are mostly flat with some rollers, then there's a 3 mile gentle warm-up climb, then put it in the granny gear, find your happy place, and get to the top. Oh yeah, the other thing is, it's a point to point race - so you end up 70 miles from where started. So it ends up

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Event: Stage 1 – Tyrone TT 15 miles Vaughn’s Perspective: I never knew the word suffer had so many F’s in it. That was one brutal TT. It starts with a gradual climb for 4.4 miles that gain about 625 feet then down a short descent followed by some pretty big rollers. I was rolling pretty well for the first 3 miles, but I was soon taxed. The wind was the biggest factor today, though. Gusts

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Tyrone Time Trial - Part II Ouch! Another tough stage. The wind was howling. I started off slow, trying to ease into it. The initial climb just went on and on and on. I was in my 53x21 for most of it and stayed in the aero bars - not sure if that really helped that much at 18 mph. I was catching people all over the place, so that was good. At the top of the hill, I tried to recover some,

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Tyrone Time Trial *drool* *slobber* *more drool*

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Rest Day Errata: Ah, rest days are really a misnomer. We arrived in Silver City Sunday early evening. Found a great little Mexican food restaurant that I will call home until I am finally back in lovely Martinez with the fam. Our hotel room at the Stupid 8 is pretty typical. Not nearly as big as the accommodations in Bisbee, but we’ll get by. We woke up at the stroke of 9:30 on Monday and

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OK, the last rest day before the Tour of the Gila. Today we woke up early to fix a little mishap that Vaughn had. Luckily for him, it was a very successful adventure. We found out we made cyclingnews.com. If you look closely in the background you'll see me in my Sharp's jersey on the right, and Vaughn's reflection in the window on the left. We're rock stars!!! We had our 3rd meal in as

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Today (Monday) we took it easy. We slept way late - at least until housekeeping decided to wake us up. Apparently when you shout "Can you come back later" that translates to "Please unlock the door and come in quickly" in Silver City. So we got up a little earlier than we wanted, but I am starting to catch up on my sleep. My allergies are still bothering me and I'm hoping that was just a

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Tombstone Road Race My allergies are still really bothering me. My nose was like a faucet last night just leaking snot. I haven't had a good night's sleep either. But, the good news is, the allergies don't seem to bother me much during a race. Hmmmmm. I thought I had a good TT ride yesterday until I saw Loveday's time: he put 1+ minutes into me yesterday. Doug's mentor, the legendary Paul

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Race: Tombstone Road Race Distance: 58 miles Time: 2:30 Course Description: The course has a net elevation gain of 4380 ft and gains a good portion of that in the last 10 miles. The course started with a neutral parade through town on the prologue course. We then proceeded to highway 80 and went through a tunnel at the top of Mule Pass. We then immediately proceeded down a 6 mile decent

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I reversed the order to chronological instead of the reverse. We'll add some pics and stage 3 summary soon . . .

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Stage 2 - Warren TT How it went down: This was another difficult TT. The first part is easy and then it gets harder after the first turn, and then harder again after the 2nd turn. Since we had the downhill start, I opted for a 11 tooth on the back. If you haven't tried one, it's monster gear to push even downhill! I got a pretty good warmup with a few anaerobic efforts, and also dialed in

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Day 2 (Warren Time Trial) Distance: 10.6 miles Time: 23:40? Description: The course is roughly U-shaped. It starts with a 3.6 mile downhill losing about 400 feet. Taking a 90 degree left starts a gradual uphill. At mile 6.5 the course crosses some rough railroad tracks then starts going up a little more severely until mile 10. You've climbed 415 feet at this point. The finishing 0.6

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Sulfur Springs RR 2:00 hr 40th place How it went for Vaughn: Can you say "downhill goodness" neighbors? I think you can. This went down literally for the first 14 miles. Not a whole lot of pedalling required. So that only makes the race 32 miles! The section on the flats really wasn't too tough. All the surges were very easy to go with. The corners were the toughest surges, and even those

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Sulphur Springs Road Race - Stage 1 Distance: 46 miles Terrain: mixed Conditions: nice, mid 60's to start Description: This course has a bathtub profile: you start at the top, descend for 10 miles, then it's flat, then you climb up to where you started, although on a different road. How it went down: This was a fun race. Vaughn and I agreed to take it easy today and try to conserve for the

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Prologue Time: 13:14? How it went for Vaughn: Vaughn didn't like this. In fact, Vaughn thinks the word "Prologue" should be stricken from the English, French and Hebrew language. It went up...severely. That 837 feet in 2.7 miles was pretty crazy. It may have only been about 5%, but going all out like that is never a muscle-friendly feat. Ok, enough about the whining. Here's how it

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A Mutha Sorry about no postings - we didn't have phone service in our hotel, errr, I mean house, in Bisbee. So let's get started . . . Vuelta de Bisbee The Vuelta de Bisbee is a 3 day, 4 stage race in Southern Arizona. It consists of an uphill prologue time trial on Friday, a 46 mile road race, and a flat 10 mile time trial on Saturday and then another 60 mile road race on Sunday. Vaughn

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Alright all you Cats and Jammers - welcome to Paul and Vaughn's Excellent Adventure. For the next 10 or 11 days we'll be reporting to you live from Bisbee, Arizona and Silver City, New Mexico. We'll be embedded reporters on the La Vuelta de Bisbee and Tour of the Gila bicycle stage races. That's right we'll be reporting AND racing. So tune in to hear us whine, grovel, complain, bicker, talk

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Sea Otter Classic Road Race The Course Distance: 50 miles Category: Senior 3 Terrain: Rolling Conditions: Nice mid 60's, mostly clear (shorts/short sleeves) Field: ~100? Description: This course starts on Laguna Seca raceway, goes up the first hill (counter clockwise), down the corkscrew (YeeeHaawww), then leaves the raceway and descends down Barloy Canyon to a 12 mile loop. It took me a lap

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Broken Bike Yeah, the Tomassini might have seen its last good shakedown a couple weekends ago. Big crack at the seat tube / BB weld. Hope to get something by the end of the week.

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Ward's Ferry RR The Course Distance: 60 miles (5 12-mile laps) Category: Senior 3 Terrain: Rolling Conditions: Chilly at the start, but sunny Field: 30 Description: This course has no flat parts. It's all up and down. Crucial to have the front derailleur dialed in. The course has a neutralized start of about 2 miles to the loop. Then after passing the feedzone on the right side, you start

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Sunday: 31 miles with KL, DB. We went out Reliez/Alhambra, Castro Ranch, San Pablo Dam road, back on the Orinda trail and then over Pleasant Hill Road. I went pretty hard and steady up over the top of Pig Farm Hill (I was worried about meeting my 9 am deadline). Then we eased up some and did some good paceline riding. My knee felt great - no pain at all. I had a great sleep Sunday night (I

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First post - I'm thinking this will mainly be about my rides . . . but we'll see . . . Went with VVN, RR, KL for about 55 miles. Out Tassajara and then back on Dougherty. Felt ok, knee still a little woppy-jawed, but felt really good on the flats. Speaking of flats - I got two of 'em! On Tassajara I managed to get a really large nail through and through my tire - which I'll be replacing soon

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