From: Allison Pedley [mailto:truckeetrailsfoundation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:47 AM
To: allison@truckeetrails.org
Subject: Trail Crew Wednesday at Waddle Ranch -- No Crew Saturday
Hi Everyone,
Looks like the sun will return to shine on our Wednesday trail crew this week, where we have another trail building day at Waddle Ranch! Interested volunteers should meet Crew Leader Bill Person at 4:15 on Wednesday evening (September 1) at the first parking area on Martis Dam (or Creek) Road just off Hwy 267. Please sign up at least 12 hours in advance at http://www.gooddirtyfun.org, e-mail myself or Bill directly (bill@billperson.org), or call 530-563-6867 if you plan to show up and/or you have any questions.
Please note we will not have a crew out on next Saturday (Labor day weekend).
Don’t forget plenty of water, sturdy boots, sunscreen, gloves, and all-evening happy hour at Cottonwood for Wednesday volunteers!
Thanks everyone!!
Allison
Truckee Trails Foundation
PO Box 1751
Truckee, CA 96160
(530)587-8214
Posted via email from Andy Scott PqP
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:47 AM
To: allison@truckeetrails.org
Subject: Trail Crew Wednesday at Waddle Ranch -- No Crew Saturday
Looks like the sun will return to shine on our Wednesday trail crew this week, where we have another trail building day at Waddle Ranch! Interested volunteers should meet Crew Leader Bill Person at 4:15 on Wednesday evening (September 1) at the first parking area on Martis Dam (or Creek) Road just off Hwy 267. Please sign up at least 12 hours in advance at http://www.gooddirtyfun.org, e-mail myself or Bill directly (bill@billperson.org), or call 530-563-6867 if you plan to show up and/or you have any questions.
Please note we will not have a crew out on next Saturday (Labor day weekend).
Don’t forget plenty of water, sturdy boots, sunscreen, gloves, and all-evening happy hour at Cottonwood for Wednesday volunteers!
Thanks everyone!!
Allison
Truckee Trails Foundation
PO Box 1751
Truckee, CA 96160
(530)587-8214
Posted via email from Andy Scott PqP
So long 3’s. So long top tens.
University was my Cat 3 swan song. Any result would push me over the 40 point mandatory upgrade. That, and I need to start racing my age (like, old man division vs. young strong division). Anyway, the whole weekend experience here was fantastic sometimes the stars align in what is my world (family + work + OP (other passions)) and it feels pretty damn good . . .
To wit:
*Mother/Father in-law live in Santa Cruz 2 miles from campus / University Course
*They have pool that kiddies love (and so do my legs)
*Cool ocean breezes, marine layers . . . ahhh . . .
*Mother-in-law 65th b-day party on Saturday + race tune up ride on course
*Race start time 10:30am . . . family sleeps in until 7am (no 3am dawn patrols to drive Truckee to somewhere for 8am start) . . . ride from house at 10am perfect warm-up right to start line!
Form is off a little since Cascade (and week of drinking/vacationing w/ 6 families) . . . but whatever. Left it on the course, got sixth. 15 X 5’ L5/6 Intervals. Family watched and inspired . . . wife gave me a hand-up (somehow this is like my favorite thing in the world . . . need to probe in here) rode back to in-laws and played in pool with the kids. Bay Area for work for a couple days wrapped around the weekend . . . Family Weekend + Extended Family Visit + Racing Bike + Work/Bay Area Trip = NorCal living at it finest.
Mandatory Cat 2 upgrade time to go get shelled . . . or maybe explore endurance mt bike racing instead hmmm . . . . .
Happy Birthday Kristin!
Race Stats:
Race Power File
Posted via email from Andy Scott PqP
University was my Cat 3 swan song. Any result would push me over the 40 point mandatory upgrade. That, and I need to start racing my age (like, old man division vs. young strong division). Anyway, the whole weekend experience here was fantastic sometimes the stars align in what is my world (family + work + OP (other passions)) and it feels pretty damn good . . .
To wit:
*Mother/Father in-law live in Santa Cruz 2 miles from campus / University Course
*They have pool that kiddies love (and so do my legs)
*Cool ocean breezes, marine layers . . . ahhh . . .
*Mother-in-law 65th b-day party on Saturday + race tune up ride on course
*Race start time 10:30am . . . family sleeps in until 7am (no 3am dawn patrols to drive Truckee to somewhere for 8am start) . . . ride from house at 10am perfect warm-up right to start line!
Form is off a little since Cascade (and week of drinking/vacationing w/ 6 families) . . . but whatever. Left it on the course, got sixth. 15 X 5’ L5/6 Intervals. Family watched and inspired . . . wife gave me a hand-up (somehow this is like my favorite thing in the world . . . need to probe in here) rode back to in-laws and played in pool with the kids. Bay Area for work for a couple days wrapped around the weekend . . . Family Weekend + Extended Family Visit + Racing Bike + Work/Bay Area Trip = NorCal living at it finest.
Mandatory Cat 2 upgrade time to go get shelled . . . or maybe explore endurance mt bike racing instead hmmm . . . . .
Happy Birthday Kristin!
Posted via email from Andy Scott PqP
Vacaville Gran Prix 2010 Race Report (Pro 1/2)
Aug 30 2010
Nick Schaffner in Race Reports | No Comments Yet
Rolling up the power climb at Vacaville
Normally its 100 plus degrees along the streets of downtown Vacaville in late August. However, a freak cold snap over the weekend saw the temprature hovering at a nice 80. Out of the frying pan and into therefrigerator.
My plan for the race was to sit in, get into a late break and launch a last lap hail mary. My power numbers showed that I was on form, however a sore throat revealed I was under the weather. My legs felt great and the race was easy, but my minor cold robbed me of that fighting spirit I need to make anything happen. So I followed my plan and sat in, bored in the back as pathetic pack fodder.
A four man break stuck out the final laps for the victory, as the field sprinted for 4th. I made a push for position on the final hill and sprinted for 9th place. Not a bad placing considering my condition, but I wanted the podium. My performance was so pathetic that Velopromo didn't even place me in the results. But it was probably pretty hard to see me thrusting across the finish line surrounded by 200 pound sprinters types.
As we rolled up to the first climb I was about mid pack. Jesse Moore (Cal-Giant), Max Jenkins (United Health Care), Phil Mooney (Yahoo), Paul Mach (Bissell) and a couple other strong riders attacked and got a sizable gap. I could do nothing but watch them pull away. With the roads narrow and the centerline being strictly enforced, therewas no way to move up in the pack.
After the climb and descent, there was a chase group that rolled off the frontwith about 10-15 guys and about a 30 second gap. I immediately realized that Iwas not in a good spot, so I attacked trying to gap up to the chase group. Idangled about midway between the two groups for a few minutes before surrendering back to the main group. Once there, I quickly regained my breath and went to the front and began taking hard pulls along with Andy to try and pull back the chase group.
At about 5 miles into the second lap we caught the chase group, and I was worked. I had about 10 dudes tell me "nice work" as they rolled by with fresh legs, and all I could think was where the hell where you.The second lap was uneventful as Team Yahoo played their typical blocking game so we would not bring back thebreakaway.
By the third lap the break had about 4 minutes on the field and the race was decided. As the pack soft pedaled I began getting bored. Mike Taylor and I decided to attack and make things interesting. We got a good gap with 4 Yahoos. I was pushing way too hard again and as we rolled through the feed zone on the climb I blew up. Back to the main group and off the back.Everything came back together after I chased back onwith Nate. That is when Andy, who racedwaysmarter than I, rolled by and said he had a flat in the front and was out. Bummer man, but nice work.
The goal now was to survive to the finish and try to sprint. I havea lot to learn about pack sprinting. I was attempting to follow MikeTaylor's wheel, butgot pushed around abit by Team Yahooguys and ended up 21st. Another race down and much more lessons learned. That hurt!!!
Crews Wednesday and Saturday - Another Great Week of Trail Building at Waddle Ranch Ahead
Aug 24 2010
From: Allison Pedley [truckeetrailsfoundation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:53 PM
To: allison@truckeetrails.org
Subject: Crews Wednesday and Saturday - another great week of trail building at Waddle Ranch ahead! [logogdf.gif] Hi Everyone, Were still out building trail at Waddle Ranch this week, as our summer of Good Dirty Fun continues! This week, volunteers should meet Crew Leader Bill Person at 4:15 on Wednesday evening (Aug 25) and/or 9 am on Saturday (Aug 28) at the first parking area on Martis Dam (or Creek) Road just off Hwy 267. Please sign up at least 12 hours in advance at http://www.gooddirtyfun.org, or e-mail myself or Bill directly if you plan to show up and/or you have any questions: bill@billperson.org.
Dont forget plenty of water, sturdy boots, sunscreen, gloves, and all-evening happy hour at Cottonwood for Wednesday volunteers! Thanks everyone!! Allison Truckee Trails Foundation
PO Box 1751
Truckee, CA 96160
(530)587-8214
Posted via email from Andy Scott PqP
University Road Race Report (Masters 35+)
Aug 23 2010
Jamie McJunkin in Race Reports | No Comments Yet
Conrad, Glenn, and I started the 35+ race, about 3 minutes after Justin rolled off the line in the Pro 1-2 field. We would race the same up-down circuit, though with about 6 fewer laps. We discussed strategy before the race: get one or two of us up the road in a break about half-way through. I personally was eager to trade an even tempo of the break for the violent short efforts up the climb. Glenn wasted no time and drilled it up the hill on the second lap, waking up everyones legs. Morgan Stanley continued what Glenn had started, and shattered what seemed like half the field by the 3rd lap. Glenn and Bill were unfortunate casualties of this early intensity.
Thinking that the best defense was a good offense, I rolled off the front on the following lap so that I could ride my own tempo up the climb, hoping some others would come across. None did, and I was reabsorbed by the top. The pattern was becoming clear: agony for about a mile on the hill, then easy elsewhere on the course. Conrad and I chatted, and planned to drill it at the hardest part of the climb and initiate a break. Fortunately, Phipps and a teammate had the same idea. Unfortunately, they were quite a bit stronger than us and I transitioned rapidly from hammer to nail. Unable to respond, we watched Phipps, the teammate and two guys go up the road. The timing was unfortunate as it looked like this break caught the Pro 1-2 field and presumably got a brief respite (at a critical time). Our chase group of about 10 lacked the muster to pull back the break. We watched as the pro field drilled it " our race for the podium was over. Our group spent the next 8 laps repeating the hard-easy pattern, catching dropped riders from the P-1-2 race ahead and lapping some 35+ riders. A Safeway rider from the group up the road dropped back, leaving our chase group competing for 4th.
Conrad and I discussed initiating a break with 3 laps to go but werent sure what was left in the tank. We decided to sit in and have Conrad attempt the sprint. The last lap was ridiculously slow as our small group conserved energy, preparing for the drag race up the finishing stretch. The pace got so pathetic that I made a snap decision to jump away on the descent " hoping that Id have the legs to hold off the group ...and potentially entice some others to chase. It didnt work, and I was reabsorbed by the group well in advance of the line. Conrad had a nice sprint to take 2nd in our group, 5th overall. I was not seeing straight, but think I held on to beat at least one guy in the chase, which would put me 10th- 12th or so. Overall a very fun day with great representation by CWC through the morning!
Thinking that the best defense was a good offense, I rolled off the front on the following lap so that I could ride my own tempo up the climb, hoping some others would come across. None did, and I was reabsorbed by the top. The pattern was becoming clear: agony for about a mile on the hill, then easy elsewhere on the course. Conrad and I chatted, and planned to drill it at the hardest part of the climb and initiate a break. Fortunately, Phipps and a teammate had the same idea. Unfortunately, they were quite a bit stronger than us and I transitioned rapidly from hammer to nail. Unable to respond, we watched Phipps, the teammate and two guys go up the road. The timing was unfortunate as it looked like this break caught the Pro 1-2 field and presumably got a brief respite (at a critical time). Our chase group of about 10 lacked the muster to pull back the break. We watched as the pro field drilled it " our race for the podium was over. Our group spent the next 8 laps repeating the hard-easy pattern, catching dropped riders from the P-1-2 race ahead and lapping some 35+ riders. A Safeway rider from the group up the road dropped back, leaving our chase group competing for 4th.
Conrad and I discussed initiating a break with 3 laps to go but werent sure what was left in the tank. We decided to sit in and have Conrad attempt the sprint. The last lap was ridiculously slow as our small group conserved energy, preparing for the drag race up the finishing stretch. The pace got so pathetic that I made a snap decision to jump away on the descent " hoping that Id have the legs to hold off the group ...and potentially entice some others to chase. It didnt work, and I was reabsorbed by the group well in advance of the line. Conrad had a nice sprint to take 2nd in our group, 5th overall. I was not seeing straight, but think I held on to beat at least one guy in the chase, which would put me 10th- 12th or so. Overall a very fun day with great representation by CWC through the morning!
Rollin' in the pack with Levi
The following night was the newest addition to the race which was the Park City Crit. It was a roughly 1 mile course with 150' of climbing per lap. Everyone was a little nervous because it was clear before the race started that we were in for some serious pain. From the gun the pace was insane, literally lung sering, it was a full on drag race up the climb. Riders were getting dropped from pretty much the first lap and about 15 minutes into the race even the announcers were commenting that the pace could not stay this fast. That's point when the pace did actually slow a bit and I caught onthe front group for a few laps before some more big accelerations. Of course I did get dropped again but I was not alone as I worked in a small group just off the back of the front group with some strong guys like Paul Mach, Max Jenkins, and Mike Olhieser. When the pain was finally over I finished 37th on the day and the officials decided to institute the 1/2 race rule where if a rider got pulled before half the race was over then they did not get a finishing time and therefore were kicked out of the race. This rule eliminated another 30 riders or so from the GC.
With only about 70 of the original 145 riders who started the race remaining, the peleton was rather small the last day for what most people consider the hardest day of racing in the country. Once again from the gun the break went up the road and the pace was stupid fast. As the peleton crushed the rollers leaving Park City at wattagein the 450 range the break only gained about 1 minute. We pretty much hauled ass through the rolling terrain before the first big climb which came at about mile 55. As soon as we hit the bottom of the Sundance climb the race exploded with Levi, Mancebo, and Lill pushing the pace up the climb to catch the break. By about 1/3 up the climb we had brought back all but about 4 of the guys in the break and I was starting tofeel the effects but I was trying to hang tough. However, by the last 1/4 of theclimb I couldn't handle the accelerations and got dropped into the team cars and went over the top alone.The rest of the day I pretty much was riding eitheralone or in small groups off the backof the peletonuntil just before the base of the big Snowbird climb where I got caught by Jesse Moore's group. We rode a tempo effort up the climb with hundreds of people cheering us on.Even thoughI was crackedI really enjoyed all the fan support and I was able to reflect on the whole experience as being one of the coolest and most challenging of my life. As we rolled across the finish about 15:00 minutes back from the leaders I was stoked to get off the bike and felt a relative sense of accomplishmentfor actually completing the race and finishing in 51st place in the GC.
I got the green light this weekend from the wife to head out of town for both NorCal races. If anyone wants to attend San Ardo in the future I recommend against it, unless you can fly there. It took about 2 hours of 85mph driving from San Jose to get there, 6 hours total from Truckee (+traffic). It was also a weee bit chilly for the early morning start. Luckily Nate, the handy man, is always prepared and had some warming oil that I lathered up with.
The first problem of the day was there was no follow car or any support for the race. The second problem was that about 5 guys flatted before we even rolled off the start line. Goat head city!!!
As we rolled off for the first lap approx 10 guys flatted in the first 5 miles. I was thinking to myself, this is great by the time we finish it will be down to 20 guys. This was not a survival of fitness but who has the best tires. The course was fitted for me, flat with rolling hills and a gradual uphill finish. As we rode the first lap there were countless unsuccessful attacks trying to establish a break. My game plan was to follow any break that looked well represented with yahoo and cal giant. We finished the first lap with no change. As we powered through the rolling hills of the second lap, I noticed a certain soft feeling in my front wheel, yup I flatted. Good thing there was no wheel support. I rode back to the car to get my front wheel and was so pissed that I had planned to jump back in the group as they rode by on the 3rd lap. I know this is not legal, but my plan was to get some more pack riding lessons and a better workout to burn off the Mondo Burrito I ate the night before. I sat back on a side road with Dustin, who had dropped his chain earlier, and we were going to ride back into the group as they passed by. Multiple groups passed and when I finally realized the P12 group rode by I was too slow to react to get back on. Instead I rode a 20 minute interval for good measure and hung it up for the day. Tomorrow was what I drove down for in the first place.
The first problem of the day was there was no follow car or any support for the race. The second problem was that about 5 guys flatted before we even rolled off the start line. Goat head city!!!
As we rolled off for the first lap approx 10 guys flatted in the first 5 miles. I was thinking to myself, this is great by the time we finish it will be down to 20 guys. This was not a survival of fitness but who has the best tires. The course was fitted for me, flat with rolling hills and a gradual uphill finish. As we rode the first lap there were countless unsuccessful attacks trying to establish a break. My game plan was to follow any break that looked well represented with yahoo and cal giant. We finished the first lap with no change. As we powered through the rolling hills of the second lap, I noticed a certain soft feeling in my front wheel, yup I flatted. Good thing there was no wheel support. I rode back to the car to get my front wheel and was so pissed that I had planned to jump back in the group as they rode by on the 3rd lap. I know this is not legal, but my plan was to get some more pack riding lessons and a better workout to burn off the Mondo Burrito I ate the night before. I sat back on a side road with Dustin, who had dropped his chain earlier, and we were going to ride back into the group as they passed by. Multiple groups passed and when I finally realized the P12 group rode by I was too slow to react to get back on. Instead I rode a 20 minute interval for good measure and hung it up for the day. Tomorrow was what I drove down for in the first place.
