Category: Racing

  • Race Report :: 24 Hours of Adrenalin :: Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA

    Date: May 18-19, 2002 Event: 24 Hours of Adrenalin :: Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA Category: Co-Ed Field: 28 teams Teammates: Sarah L., Andrew H., Dave J., Jason T. Results: 3rd! Total Time: 24:25:43 Total Laps: 29 It was an exciting race. The craziest part was early Sunday morning. First, one of our teammates forgot to…

  • Race Report :: 2002 Sea Otter Classic :: Road Circuit Race

    Date: March 23, 2002 Event: Sea Otter Classic Men’s Road Circuit Race Category: Master 30+ 4/5 Time: ~37 minutes Laps: 6 Place: 6th Field: 100 The abuse of the previous day’s road race was still lingering in my legs when I began Saturday’s circuit race. We were scheduled to race for 50 minutes on the…

  • Race Report :: 2002 Sea Otter Classic :: Road Race

    Date: March 22, 2002 Event: Sea Otter Classic Men’s Road Race Category: Master 30+ 4/5 Time: 2:48:30 Laps: 3 Distance: 57 miles Place: 23rd Field: 100 28827 beats! That’s a measure of how much work my heart performed getting me through this race. That breaks down to an average of 171 beats per minute. That’s…

  • Sea Otter Classic :: Timing Problems Screw the Athletes

    I’m sorry but there was no excuse for the timing problems at the Sea Otter Classic. To put it bluntly, the organizers, the timing “officials”, and the USA Cycling “officials” f*cked up beyond belief. The Sea Otter Classic is supposed to be a professionally run racing event. Being a racing event, timing of the athletes…

  • Sea Otter Classic :: Polar S710 HRM Graphs

    The Sea Otter Classic was this past weekend. It was an epic racing event, as it always is. I will be posting my race reports soon. For now, check out my heart rate monitor graphs from the Road Race, Circuit Race, and XC events. Cheers! Road Race Circuit Race XC Race

  • Race Report :: Central Coast CX Spring Series Race 3

    Date: March 10, 2002 Event: Central Coast CX MTB Race 3 Category: Expert Men 35+ Time: ~1h51m! Argh! Laps: 5 Distance: 25 miles Place: 5th Field: 8 racers! With Sea Otter Classic quickly approaching, I decided to get some race time on my good ole mountain bike. The Central Coast CX crew threw together a…

  • Race Report :: Monterey Circuit Race 2002

    Date: March 9, 2002 Event: Monterey Circuit Race Category: Senior 4/5 Time: ~1h22m Laps: 12 Place: 3rd! Field: 80+ racers I will have to cut to the chase for this report. I finished 3rd! :’) Ok, now that I have that over with we can move back to how I ended up placing so well.…

  • Race Report :: McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Road Race

    Date: March 3, 2002 Event: McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Road Race Category: Senior 4/5 Laps: 2 Miles: 46 Place: ~15th There must be passion to make someone wake up at 4:30am on a Sunday morning and drive 2 hours to race. Yes, I’m addicted. But, let’s not dwell on that fact and instead focus on…

  • Race Report :: Cool Mountain Bike Race

    Date: February 17, 2002 Event: Cool Mt. Bike Race Category: Veteran Laps: 2 Miles: 20 Place: 5th Bring on the cold weather and lots of rain! :’) That tends to be the way it is at the Cool Mt. Bike Race. I left the bay area at 6:30am with Sarah and Jason (two other “cool”…

  • Added remaining Domaine Chandon 2001 Cyclocross Video

    Updated my previous post with the remaining videos: 2001 Vineyard Cyclocross Race at Domaine Chandon