08 January 2012

Weekend Update

Sat : 80km
Sun : 100km
Both days were warm and sunny. Good rides...
A little bird told me that 75 folks showed up for the WBL ride in Charlotte! 75!!! I'm loading up and going up there for a WBL ride very soon. Or to Charleston for their WBL...

It's a shame that the "community" in Columbia can't set aside all of their "training plans" and bullshit for 3 or 4 hours once in a while to have a ride that's 50+ people. Not EVERY ride must adhere to what your "coach" has on the plan for you, nor must a swordfight ensue. Your powermeter shouldn't dictate every ride you do. Remember what BSNYC said, ...if you aren't a pro, or have plans to be one, owning a powermeter is like hiring an accountant to tell you how poor you are..."
A 100km ride with 40-50 people would be sublime, and as much as people poo-poo stuff like this, everyone always enjoys themselves. Remember the Toby Porter NYD Lake loops? Yeah? 50+ people, riding together, and having a fun. I think that's why we all starting riding bike, isn't it?
We have better terrain, and roads, than Charlotte or Charleston...



Congrats to Jeremy Powers for winning the US CX Nats today. It was a 5 man battle for 1/2 the race until J-Pow turned on the style. And mad props to Zach McDonald. Wins the U23 race by 2:20, then finishes 4th in the Elites. Good show Zach!
Congrats to Katie F'n Compton for the W in the womens race too! She's a badass, no two ways about it!




4 comments:

Junk said...

Create it and they shall ride it. If you have beer at the end of it, more shall come. If you have beer and naked women at the end of it you will lose some, but gain more swords. So sayeth the flock.

MM said...

Dude...we've tried. Emails go out, excuses get thrown around, and no one shows up. It's a waste of time and keystrokes at this point. My mini-rant was little more than me peeing into the breeze.
A few of us are gonna load up "The Notorius GMC" and head to Chuck soon.

bikephil said...

C'mon up to Greenville. 200+ riders for our UWBL is not uncommon...

MM said...

See, that's what I'm talking about. When and where?