8 years ago
Jun 23, 2010
WW report abbrev....
I have been told that reports of WW are a highlight of this blog, allowing others to keep up with the local scene etc. One reason for the scarcity of such reports was exemplified by this evenings ride... A big group of maybe 35 rolled north on old 37 before turning onto Anderson where the pace immediately picked up. However it was a short lived burst as most riders were clearly mindful of the looming giant of Beanblossom. Almost everyone came to the base of the hill together but that rapidly changed (in slow motion). Your author looked up the road as the front two groups cruised away on the first steep ramps. As I understand these groups came together by the end of Forest Rd but then was bust up again due to the pressure of Rose and Hamilton on Hindustan. If I were a betting man I'd wager that Rose, Hamilton, Young, Golas battled it out for the V ahead of a second group of Lane, Naegeli, Lusk, Hans et al. I toiled around for two laps in a small but honest group far from the cutting edge of things! Next time....
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The break at the top of Bean Blossom was Rose, Hamilton, Young, Golas. The chase of Quay, Lusk, Lane, Hans, Schroeder, Lane, Preske, Naegeli, et al. caught the lead four on the descent off the Forest Rd. Things blew up again on the Hindustan climb as Young, Golas, and Hamilton went away (for good). The rest was whittled down via the Hindustan climb and rollers on Anderson to Rose, Lusk, the guy in the PDT jersey (sorry I don't know your name), and yours truly. Fred got away on Bean Blossom the second time and Zach, PDT, and I basically finished together.
PDT; Chris West?
Brett Lane
It was a hard hat day. Kudos to Erik, Young, and Toumas. Well ridden (Young hung on for dear life long enough to brandish his formidable sprint for the win as I understand.
Me. My legs froze up on the final surge at the top of Hindustan and was cut adrift from the break. After chasing in 'no man's land' down Old 37 for a few miles I decided my best hope was to rejoin the main group and see if we could organize a chase. Unfortunately, as Kaleb lamented, the chase took its toll on the main group and even though we were within 20 seconds or so of the break at the landfill on Anderson, our firepower was dwindling rapidly and that was as close as we managed.
Unsure what others had in mind for the second half of the last lap I hit Beanblossom with the intent of grinding out the climb in the vain hope of catching the breakaway napping. Instead, it simply revealed that what remained of the chase had been lighting its last few matches in the previous few miles. from then on I was alone, and not wanting to withstand the demoralization of being caught for a second time (with unknown consequences given the tired state of my legs) I decided to make best possible speed to close the gap with break as much as possible and stay clear of the chase.
We've all done that course a hundred times. I don't know if it was the heat or what, but yesterday felt much harder than any forest loop in a while. (Thanks to everyone for making it a worthwhile effort).
Cheers,
Fred
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