[sccc_chat] Re: Mark B's Re-Formed Message

Nice job, Liz!

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:05 PM, stan stewart <sbstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Many congratulations to Lizzard!!!!  Way to go!
>
> Stan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Smith **
> Sent: Apr 11, 2012 1:54 PM
> To: sccc_chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [sccc_chat] Re: Mark B's Re-Formed Message
>
> Congrats, Mark! It was fun watching you at the feed zone for lap 2 -- you
> look good, climbing at the front.
>
> Liz also took 2nd. It was a Velo Bella 1-2-3 sweep!!
>
> --Wayne
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Bob Ward <bob_ward98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  Cool ride, Mark!
>>
>> This brought back many memories for me, as I raced Copperopolis since
>> 1982 (it's first year) and rode it in 1984 (Olympic Trials qualifying race
>> - had a good result...) and 1985 (Jock Boyer beat up on Bob Roll & Chris
>> Huber... I was shelled out the back, with 70% of the field, on the first
>> climb.... Ouch).
>>
>> I raced five laps...  but I can't imagine racing this now... Great job!
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>   *From:* stan stewart <sbstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *To:* SCCC_Chat_Freelists <sccc_chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:17 AM
>> *Subject:* [sccc_chat] Mark B's Re-Formed Message
>>
>> I believe Mark B. meant to send this to the new chat list at "
>> sccc_chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx", but he accidentally mis-sent it to the
>> Freelists Mailing Manager.
>> I tried to kludge it together per his original intent as the Mailing
>> Manager takes everything as a command and splits it up.
>>
>> ***Be sure to send emails to "sccc_chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" when sending out
>> to everyone via the New SCCC Chat!
>> Thanks all, Stan
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> Reformed message from Mark B. at jmb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>
>> Okay here is an overdue lemonhead communication and race report. This
>> year I have been working on more speed events with fewer endurance events
>> other than the Death Ride and Gran Fondo which have become standards on my
>> schedule. I miss seeing the Lemonheads as I have been doing fastergroup
>> rides, and race training.
>>
>> Copperopolis was my first road race this year. Having only done a couple
>> of road races before, I am at the entry level, Cat 5 Masters 45+. I have to
>> say that the T, Th Morning Ride is faster than the Cat 5's. There
>> was a field of about 20 riders in my group starting at 11:15 on a perfect
>> day.
>>
>> The route is a 21 mile loop with rough roads, one big climb, a bunch of
>> rollers and a fast rough descent. The Cat 4, 5's do 2 laps, 1,2,3's do 3
>> laps and the 1,2 pro's do 5 laps (I can't imagine!) The first lap was slow.
>> I tried to stay off the front to conserve energy but it was hard, the group
>> was not well organized and few were willing to pull through. On the second
>> lap the pace picked up considerably. A skinny 145lb'er went off the front
>> on the big hill, I followed and was quickly in the "red". I decided to back
>> off and try and catch him with the help of the peloton. However, the group
>> was not fast enough and/or not willing to put in the work necessary to pull
>> him back, so he was gone. The rest of us were racing for 2nd place, I tried
>> to open up a gap on the rollers before the big descent but had no luck,
>> however the pace was strong and the group broke up. 5 of us descended
>> together leaving a field sprint to the finish. I gave it everything I had
>> with 250 meters to go on an uphill finish. I was happy to look back after
>> the finish line to see that I finished ahead of the others by a comfortable
>> margin. Bittersweet! Felt like a win, but let a guy go who finished first.
>>
>> Next race: Wente
>>
>> See you all on the road!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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