This is another late race report, so don't expect much detail. If I remember correctly, it was warm, but windy. Or maybe it wasn't. I really don't remember. There was another decent turn out, with Al showing up again, josh, andy, sean, mike, and some others. Here's the warm-up:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309920107
The first race was a miss and out. I tried to stay near the front and box people out if I could. Al had raced FBF the night before, and was complaining about some leg issues, so he came out. Riders kept on getting knocked out until it was just Andy, Andreas, and me. I attacked before the bell lap, and was able to keep a gap through to the finish. why I decided on such a long attack, I have not one clue.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309920085
Next was a 9 lap points race. Again, I don't really remember details, but I was able to win the first sprint. I got second on the next, then a group of 3 got away. I tried to close the gap, but I didn't have it. Andreas was with me, but he refused to work, but he did outsprint me on the final sprint. In my mind, this was narrow-sighted of him, as had we bridged up, he could have easily scored more points. As it stood, andy won, I still managed second, but he was way down in 6th. Sometimes the big picture is hard to see.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309920060
The final race was an unknown distance scratch. I figured it would be about 7 laps or so. I spent the beginning of the race just sitting in. A few attacks went out. Eventually, the stars aligned enough that I jumped in turn 4 of some such lap. I was able to keep a gap going and heard the bell before turn 3 the next time around. I tried to keep on the gas, but I got caught around turn 3 on the final lap. I dug deep, but only rolled across the line in fifth. Oh well, solo suicide attacks are kind of my thing in unknown distance races.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309920043
That concluded racing. Andy won the overall, I got second, Al in third. On a side note, he wore his NY state champion jersey this time. Results are here:
http://kissenavelodrome.info/results/2013/Kissena13TwilightSeriesWeek3.pdf
13.5.13
2013.24: Race - 5/6 - 5/12
Sunday: Kissena Spring Classic. See the race report. Also, hello Genisis!
Saturday: nada. laced up the rear wheel for the swan. it looks sweeeet.
Friday: Despite my first A race being only two days away, I decided to ride too much today. I rode to work, then afterward I headed to visit Rick Jones at Roadrunners in Glen Cove to pick up some simichrome polish. After that, I went back to Syosset to pick up my bag, and almost made it back home before it got too dark. I ended up calling for a ride as I went past BAE systems and we rendezvoused perfectly at the king's park train station. On a side note, there are a lot of proper nouns in this ride report. Also, the roads between syosset and glen cove are really nice. I'll definitely have to ride that way more often.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/310793307
NP/IF/TSS: 207W/0.970/299(oof!)
Thursday: long work day. no riding.
Wednesday: Twilight at k-town. See the race report.
Tuesday: I spent a good amount of today working on polishing up the spokes and hubs for the swan. Thinking on it now, I really haven't mentioned my Jamie Swan much, have I? That's just not right. It's still at the painter's, so I've been trying to fancy up the wheels that I'll put on it. Anyhow, I also rode today. I figured I would do a short ride up to old field, nice and easy like, but with a few short hard intervals as openers. I picked a few strava KOMs to try for and set out. I was able to get two of them, but that damn old field sprint still eluded me. Coming down from old field I also checked out the private beach. It warrants further bike exploration, but it is way too rocky to walk around on barefoot.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309431004
NP/IF/TSS: 218W/1.023/147
At some point Dan called me, so I met up with him at the fire house. My garmin's battery was mostly dead for some reason, so I decided to split everything into two rides in case it shut off. Surprisingly, it lasted for around 2 hours on roughly 30 minutes' charge. Not bad, garmin. Not bad at all. As for the ride, it was great. Perfect weather, nice easy ride, beautiful beaches. What more could you ask for on your day off?
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309430962
NP/IF/TSS: 163W/0.765/52
Monday: Rest day. Rested.
Saturday: nada. laced up the rear wheel for the swan. it looks sweeeet.
Friday: Despite my first A race being only two days away, I decided to ride too much today. I rode to work, then afterward I headed to visit Rick Jones at Roadrunners in Glen Cove to pick up some simichrome polish. After that, I went back to Syosset to pick up my bag, and almost made it back home before it got too dark. I ended up calling for a ride as I went past BAE systems and we rendezvoused perfectly at the king's park train station. On a side note, there are a lot of proper nouns in this ride report. Also, the roads between syosset and glen cove are really nice. I'll definitely have to ride that way more often.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/310793307
NP/IF/TSS: 207W/0.970/299(oof!)
Thursday: long work day. no riding.
Wednesday: Twilight at k-town. See the race report.
Tuesday: I spent a good amount of today working on polishing up the spokes and hubs for the swan. Thinking on it now, I really haven't mentioned my Jamie Swan much, have I? That's just not right. It's still at the painter's, so I've been trying to fancy up the wheels that I'll put on it. Anyhow, I also rode today. I figured I would do a short ride up to old field, nice and easy like, but with a few short hard intervals as openers. I picked a few strava KOMs to try for and set out. I was able to get two of them, but that damn old field sprint still eluded me. Coming down from old field I also checked out the private beach. It warrants further bike exploration, but it is way too rocky to walk around on barefoot.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309431004
NP/IF/TSS: 218W/1.023/147
At some point Dan called me, so I met up with him at the fire house. My garmin's battery was mostly dead for some reason, so I decided to split everything into two rides in case it shut off. Surprisingly, it lasted for around 2 hours on roughly 30 minutes' charge. Not bad, garmin. Not bad at all. As for the ride, it was great. Perfect weather, nice easy ride, beautiful beaches. What more could you ask for on your day off?
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/309430962
NP/IF/TSS: 163W/0.765/52
Monday: Rest day. Rested.
R13.09: Kissena Twilight Series 5/1 - Cat 3/4
Place holder.
Possibly forever.
yeah, yeah. alright, let's get this done with. Week two of the twilight series. The weather was much nicer. Some might say perfect. I knew Karl wasn't racing, so I thought I would have a chance to win the omnium. Then Al showed up. And so did Jamie Swan, to watch with Taliah. No pressure. Here's my warm-up data:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440992
The first race was a win and out. Josh, Al, and I all tried to sprint for first place. Al beat us pretty handily, and Josh dropped back. I swung up right afterward, but I saw I had a good gap, and so I decided to try to just keep on. Andy was able to bridge up to me, at which point I thought "huh. andy wouldn't try to bridge and outsprint me, would he?" and that's exactly what he did at the second place sprint. I cursed under my breath a little and kept going to try to stay away for the final sprint, which I was able to do just barely. The rest of the pack had a real close sprint mere bike lengths behind.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440969
Next was a 3 lap scratch. I can't for the life of me remember any details, but apparently it was Al, then me, then Andy.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440950
The last race of the day was a 6 lap tempo. I can't really fill in the details, but looking at the results, i was second behind josh on the first lap, beat him on the second lap, and then al and andy attacked the field. I tried to respond, but I was always tailing behind them neither bridging or getting any points. I finished with one more point on the final 3 deep sprint.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440941
I felt pretty dumb after the night's racing, and was pretty bummed out. That's basically why I didn't write this report for so long. results are posted here:
http://kissenavelodrome.info/results/2013/Kissena13TwilightSeriesWeek2.pdf
Possibly forever.
yeah, yeah. alright, let's get this done with. Week two of the twilight series. The weather was much nicer. Some might say perfect. I knew Karl wasn't racing, so I thought I would have a chance to win the omnium. Then Al showed up. And so did Jamie Swan, to watch with Taliah. No pressure. Here's my warm-up data:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440992
The first race was a win and out. Josh, Al, and I all tried to sprint for first place. Al beat us pretty handily, and Josh dropped back. I swung up right afterward, but I saw I had a good gap, and so I decided to try to just keep on. Andy was able to bridge up to me, at which point I thought "huh. andy wouldn't try to bridge and outsprint me, would he?" and that's exactly what he did at the second place sprint. I cursed under my breath a little and kept going to try to stay away for the final sprint, which I was able to do just barely. The rest of the pack had a real close sprint mere bike lengths behind.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440969
Next was a 3 lap scratch. I can't for the life of me remember any details, but apparently it was Al, then me, then Andy.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440950
The last race of the day was a 6 lap tempo. I can't really fill in the details, but looking at the results, i was second behind josh on the first lap, beat him on the second lap, and then al and andy attacked the field. I tried to respond, but I was always tailing behind them neither bridging or getting any points. I finished with one more point on the final 3 deep sprint.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306440941
I felt pretty dumb after the night's racing, and was pretty bummed out. That's basically why I didn't write this report for so long. results are posted here:
http://kissenavelodrome.info/results/2013/Kissena13TwilightSeriesWeek2.pdf
2013.23: Peak.3? - 4/29 - 5/5
Sunday: work. I wanted to ride post-wise, but I passed out instead.
Saturday: Dan borrowed my other road bike and we went out for a longer ride. The nice thing about riding with Dan is he's much more lax about waiting for red lights to turn green, which means that based on the timing, we actually can get through the 97 intersection of 347 on a green light. We tried for that KOM and got it. We then dropped down south, and came back up and over by way of whiskey road. Along whiskey road, I saw a few credit cards laying on the ground. Turning around, we found the majority share of a wallet, so plugging the owner's address into my garmin, we stopped by to hand it over. Turns out the wallet was lost a few months ago in one of the big snow storms. Oh well, it was well intended. We then stopped at crazy beans for some bears and hard cider fruit smoothies, then shuffled on home. All in all, I would say it was a great day on a bike.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/307716921
NP/IF/TSS: 176W/0.827/206
Friday: nothing.
Thursday: Nada. Worky.
Wednesday: Track racing. see the race report.
Tuesday: I was a little back logged with repairs at work since I didn't work much yesterday, so I rode in and knocked a few out. I popped over to cordwood beach after I got home.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/305821050
NP/IF/TSS: 203W/0.954/251
Monday: Rest day. Helped get the Christeen back into the water. This involved agitating some muscles in my legs and back while helping to move what I would guess is a 300+lb main boom with only three guys and a cart with flat tires.
Saturday: Dan borrowed my other road bike and we went out for a longer ride. The nice thing about riding with Dan is he's much more lax about waiting for red lights to turn green, which means that based on the timing, we actually can get through the 97 intersection of 347 on a green light. We tried for that KOM and got it. We then dropped down south, and came back up and over by way of whiskey road. Along whiskey road, I saw a few credit cards laying on the ground. Turning around, we found the majority share of a wallet, so plugging the owner's address into my garmin, we stopped by to hand it over. Turns out the wallet was lost a few months ago in one of the big snow storms. Oh well, it was well intended. We then stopped at crazy beans for some bears and hard cider fruit smoothies, then shuffled on home. All in all, I would say it was a great day on a bike.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/307716921
NP/IF/TSS: 176W/0.827/206
Friday: nothing.
Thursday: Nada. Worky.
Wednesday: Track racing. see the race report.
Tuesday: I was a little back logged with repairs at work since I didn't work much yesterday, so I rode in and knocked a few out. I popped over to cordwood beach after I got home.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/305821050
NP/IF/TSS: 203W/0.954/251
Monday: Rest day. Helped get the Christeen back into the water. This involved agitating some muscles in my legs and back while helping to move what I would guess is a 300+lb main boom with only three guys and a cart with flat tires.
29.4.13
R13.08: Kissena Twilight Series 4/24 - Cat 3/4
Well the first track night of the season has come. I tried to make a conscious effort to worry less about how I might compare to everyone else, which I think worked. I still had a lot of jitters and nervousness beforehand. I wonder if that ever goes away.
I snuck out of work early to get to the track on time. The weather during the day could best be described as perfect. Warm, sunny, great. The drive to the track, however, saw a strange fog roll across from the south, which brought with it cold, damp, windy, weird weather. It made for a not-so-comfortable series of races.
The turnout was really good, with some notables being Mattie, JoshS, Aaron, Karl, Andy, Pete Rizzo, Robert, Phil and Chris, and most of the pink rhino ladies. The program was short and sweet due to a lack of light, which was fine by me.
I had enough time to do a decent warm up. Generally I wouldn't even mention it, but for two reasons this time. One, I actually recorded it with my garmin, so I need some kind of preface to the gconnect link. The second reason is that as I was rolling around, I saw some kind on the front of a paceline yell at some other kid to move up track. "UPTRACK! UPTRACK!!" Naturally, the guy who was already in the sprinters lane was completely confused and moved up track eventually, but I'm sorry, that's just not how it's done. If you're leading the pace line, it's your responsibility to move around the other riders on the track. Better luck next time.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870931
Race numero uno was a 3 lap scratch with full neutral lap. I was feeling a bit antsy, so I lined up first on the rail, lead the neutral lap, and then attacked right away. I felt good the first two laps, but I definitely felt like I was going backwards on the last lap. Fortunately, I was able to hold it with the exception of Karl passing me around turn 3 or 4 on the final lap. Still, 2nd place wasn't bad.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870921
Between each race, I would put my pants and hood-sweat back on, and basically cling to the ground for residual warmth. The asphalt felt wonderful.
Race two was a 9 lap points, with three sprints. My legs still felt dead from the first hard effort with the only warmdown being the horrible cold weather. I lined up at the front on the rail again, but then Andy pulled up right in front of me. I was able to win the first sprint, but then on the backstretch of that next lap an attack went, which I just couldn't respond to. I was stuck in no man's land with Adreas, who was completely content with not bridging up. This is kind of funny, because had he helped me bridge, he definitely could have gotten some good points and probably came in second. Instead, he was only able to pick up a handful of fourth place points which put him in fourth overall. My first sprint was good enough for third.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870915
The final race was a Chariot. Since we had about 16 people in our field, we split into two qualifying heats and one final. I switched to my 14t on the disc for the chariots, which I'm still not sure if it was smart or not. I never felt on top of the gear, but I was going fast. Robert was my holder/pusher for both chariots, with a push so good I probably could have gotten by without pedaling at all.
Here's the first heat. I had a little gap the whole way around to win.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870910
The final saw Josh fly past me between turns 1 and 2, which I clawed back slightly, but in the end he got it and I came in second again.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870905
This concluded the racing. Karl won the omnium, and I came in second, with Andy in third. Now those are some good results.
http://kissenavelodrome.info/results/2013/Kissena13TwilightSeriesWeek1.pdf
I snuck out of work early to get to the track on time. The weather during the day could best be described as perfect. Warm, sunny, great. The drive to the track, however, saw a strange fog roll across from the south, which brought with it cold, damp, windy, weird weather. It made for a not-so-comfortable series of races.
The turnout was really good, with some notables being Mattie, JoshS, Aaron, Karl, Andy, Pete Rizzo, Robert, Phil and Chris, and most of the pink rhino ladies. The program was short and sweet due to a lack of light, which was fine by me.
I had enough time to do a decent warm up. Generally I wouldn't even mention it, but for two reasons this time. One, I actually recorded it with my garmin, so I need some kind of preface to the gconnect link. The second reason is that as I was rolling around, I saw some kind on the front of a paceline yell at some other kid to move up track. "UPTRACK! UPTRACK!!" Naturally, the guy who was already in the sprinters lane was completely confused and moved up track eventually, but I'm sorry, that's just not how it's done. If you're leading the pace line, it's your responsibility to move around the other riders on the track. Better luck next time.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870931
Race numero uno was a 3 lap scratch with full neutral lap. I was feeling a bit antsy, so I lined up first on the rail, lead the neutral lap, and then attacked right away. I felt good the first two laps, but I definitely felt like I was going backwards on the last lap. Fortunately, I was able to hold it with the exception of Karl passing me around turn 3 or 4 on the final lap. Still, 2nd place wasn't bad.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870921
Between each race, I would put my pants and hood-sweat back on, and basically cling to the ground for residual warmth. The asphalt felt wonderful.
Race two was a 9 lap points, with three sprints. My legs still felt dead from the first hard effort with the only warmdown being the horrible cold weather. I lined up at the front on the rail again, but then Andy pulled up right in front of me. I was able to win the first sprint, but then on the backstretch of that next lap an attack went, which I just couldn't respond to. I was stuck in no man's land with Adreas, who was completely content with not bridging up. This is kind of funny, because had he helped me bridge, he definitely could have gotten some good points and probably came in second. Instead, he was only able to pick up a handful of fourth place points which put him in fourth overall. My first sprint was good enough for third.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870915
The final race was a Chariot. Since we had about 16 people in our field, we split into two qualifying heats and one final. I switched to my 14t on the disc for the chariots, which I'm still not sure if it was smart or not. I never felt on top of the gear, but I was going fast. Robert was my holder/pusher for both chariots, with a push so good I probably could have gotten by without pedaling at all.
Here's the first heat. I had a little gap the whole way around to win.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870910
The final saw Josh fly past me between turns 1 and 2, which I clawed back slightly, but in the end he got it and I came in second again.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302870905
This concluded the racing. Karl won the omnium, and I came in second, with Andy in third. Now those are some good results.
http://kissenavelodrome.info/results/2013/Kissena13TwilightSeriesWeek1.pdf
25.4.13
2013.22: Peak.2 - 4/22 - 4/28
Sunday: Track training with Sree and a bunch of others. Kim was there with Mike W, Sherri, and a few others. Andy, Josh, and Keiran (I appologize if that's spelled incorrectly) comprised the Kissena squad. Alessandro was out training some guys including Mike H. Eventually, MikeH, Ale, Sree, and I went and got Indian food. It was delicious again. Maybe one day I'll eat enough I can pretend I know what I'm talking about. After that, I did a few laps with Johnny and a couple others.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/304919379
After I came home, I did a few miles with Dan. As soon as I got on the bike, my right knee started acting up again. I'm pretty sure it's cleat position, which I'm now playing with. I've also decided to replace my cleats on the track shoes, which I'll do at work tomorrow. We stopped for pizza near the end, and the weather took a turn toward very chilly.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/304919259
NP/IF/TSS: 142/0.666/64
Saturday: No riding. Out late last night.
Friday: Birthday ride to work and back. Not much to write about. Some girl in a beetle passed me real close on the turn going up landing ave to edgewood, so I told her to not do that. Whatever.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/303674695
NP/IF/TSS: 215W/1.011/234
Thursday: No riding. I had thought about riding to work, and I probably should have. The weather was beautiful but chilly.
Wednesday: The first Twilight Series race at K-town. See the race report.
Tuesday: My typical long ride day. The weather was very uncooperative, though. And I had to help my brother move some granite counter tops. Somehow we managed to succeed without destroying anything. No riding, though. That's what I'm getting at here.
Monday: Rest day. Rested.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/304919379
After I came home, I did a few miles with Dan. As soon as I got on the bike, my right knee started acting up again. I'm pretty sure it's cleat position, which I'm now playing with. I've also decided to replace my cleats on the track shoes, which I'll do at work tomorrow. We stopped for pizza near the end, and the weather took a turn toward very chilly.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/304919259
NP/IF/TSS: 142/0.666/64
Saturday: No riding. Out late last night.
Friday: Birthday ride to work and back. Not much to write about. Some girl in a beetle passed me real close on the turn going up landing ave to edgewood, so I told her to not do that. Whatever.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/303674695
NP/IF/TSS: 215W/1.011/234
Thursday: No riding. I had thought about riding to work, and I probably should have. The weather was beautiful but chilly.
Wednesday: The first Twilight Series race at K-town. See the race report.
Tuesday: My typical long ride day. The weather was very uncooperative, though. And I had to help my brother move some granite counter tops. Somehow we managed to succeed without destroying anything. No riding, though. That's what I'm getting at here.
Monday: Rest day. Rested.
17.4.13
2013.21: Peak.1 - 4/15 - 4/21
Sunday: Track training. Sree and I were both kind of beat, so we half-assed some workouts. I think maybe a flying 200 or so. After that was the Pink Rhino clinic. I didn't really help, I just rode around with Steve's group and explained track pace lines a little bit.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302429559
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302429509
NP/IF/TSS: N/A
Saturday: No riding. Rested.
Friday: Rode to work and back this time. My garmin title tells me it was windy on the way out, and windy and foggy on the way back. I definitely remember the fog. It rolled in just before my work day was over. Weird stuff.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/300261484
NP/IF/TSS: 201W/0.946/219
Thursday: I was able to ride to work. I took the train home, as I worked until 9pm. On the train home was that girl I saw the other day. Did I mention her? We were riding opposite direction on three sisters and both looked back to check each other out. I forgot her name, didn't get her number, so good job me.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/300261513
NP/IF/TSS: 212W/0.997/115
Wednesday: No riding. Work.
Tuesday: Helped with some yard work, then rode around looking for a paint color for the Swan. Mango Tango Pearl. That's the one. Afterward, I tried to ride to the lighthouse, but got scared by a passing shower, ran home, then met up with Dan for a little ride to the beaches. The skies cleared up and it was beautiful out, but with a chilly wind out of the south.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/299102099
NP/IF/TSS: 169W/0.794/134
Monday: Rest day. Rested. My whole right leg was achy and my hip locked up at one point. Weird stuff.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302429559
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302429509
NP/IF/TSS: N/A
Saturday: No riding. Rested.
Friday: Rode to work and back this time. My garmin title tells me it was windy on the way out, and windy and foggy on the way back. I definitely remember the fog. It rolled in just before my work day was over. Weird stuff.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/300261484
NP/IF/TSS: 201W/0.946/219
Thursday: I was able to ride to work. I took the train home, as I worked until 9pm. On the train home was that girl I saw the other day. Did I mention her? We were riding opposite direction on three sisters and both looked back to check each other out. I forgot her name, didn't get her number, so good job me.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/300261513
NP/IF/TSS: 212W/0.997/115
Wednesday: No riding. Work.
Tuesday: Helped with some yard work, then rode around looking for a paint color for the Swan. Mango Tango Pearl. That's the one. Afterward, I tried to ride to the lighthouse, but got scared by a passing shower, ran home, then met up with Dan for a little ride to the beaches. The skies cleared up and it was beautiful out, but with a chilly wind out of the south.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/299102099
NP/IF/TSS: 169W/0.794/134
Monday: Rest day. Rested. My whole right leg was achy and my hip locked up at one point. Weird stuff.
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