November 13, 2007
October 14, 2007
sacramento cyclocross #3
October 09, 2007
early season cyclocross races
haiku form:
dfl #1 - sept 5 - golden gate park, sf
first race effort, ouch.
sierra ash: sky, lungs burn.
sun pretty, men not.
larpd #2 - sept 8 - robertson park, livermore - 7/7
dizzying hairpins.
superman remount » tire roll.
reglue every year!
larpd #3 - sept 15 - robertson park, livermore - 7/11
legs coming around.
more a's show up, behind me!
feel like a racer.
lion of fairfax - sept 29 - white hill middle school, fairfax - 28/29 (9 dnf)
guts fell out last week.
techy parcours, no power.
dudes behind, finish!
pilarcitos #1 - oct 7 - sierra point, brisbane - 37/38
head, legs still elsewhere.
drifting backwards through traffic.
flat flexus. beat mau!
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September 05, 2007
dfl urban outlaw cyclocrossdress #1
photo: sarahlabam
dfl is back. they actually got some new race numbers and got up well over 100 entrants. i got a decent spot at the start so didn't deal with much gridlock. only lapped by justin and cam in the last ¼ of the last lap.
thanks to julie, erin, and malik for coming out for the absurdity.
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July 25, 2007
a recipe for pedaling nirvana
1. get a fixed gear bicycle. around a 65" gear is good. at least one brake.
2. ride it for a month or two to get comfortable with it.
3. do some core work to anchor your pedal stroke at extreme cadences.
4. ride it two days in a row.
5. on day 2, do a couple short, hard, seated climbs at super low cadence followed by descents at super high cadence and recovery. work hard, but don't completely blow yourself up
6. as soon as possible after the last rep, find a flat, scenic, uninterrupted stretch of good pavement to spin your legs out.
voila, pedaling nirvana1. if you achieve it, you won't be able to tell if you're pedaling the bike or the bike is pedaling you. you will be moving fast but feel like you're effortlessly warming down. your legs will buzz.
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1: results not guaranteed, your results may vary.
