2008 Snelling Road Race

February 27, 2008 in Race Reports

Last Saturday marked my participation in my first Junior Point Series race of the season. In the car on the way down I was feeling very drowsy and half-awake. Once we arrived I did the two actions necessary when first getting to a race: registration and the obligatory Porta-Potty Pause. After that, as usual, I [...]

2008 Pine Flat Road Race

February 25, 2008 in Race Reports

After yet another early awakening, we drove out to the Pine Flat Reservoir. We soon became aware that the day’s course would be more enjoyable than Cantua Creek’s based on the most important factors to me: scenery, remoteness, and grade. After getting my race number, I was quick to get in the ever-growing line to [...]

2008 Cantua Creek Road Race

February 24, 2008 in Race Reports

It has certainly been a while since I’ve last posted and since then much has happened on the racing front, the first of which being Cantua Creek. On the Friday of last weekend, my family drove down to Coalinga to stay the night; therefore, we didn’t need to get up extremely early the morning after. [...]

A Day in Napa

February 11, 2008 in Ride Reports

Yesterday I woke up happy to know that I would not be participating in the first real criterium of the year. Why did I not participate? Because last year, after miscounting the laps at Cat’s Hill, I told myself that I would abstain from criteriums, due in part to my poor basic arithmetic skills or [...]