….among junior women aged 15-16. I also beat all of the boys aged 8-9 and all of the women 55 years and older. In addition, I beat my own best time by 40 seconds, consistent with my trend of beating myself while Mindy is out of town. In the Category 4 mens division, I was 59th place out of 65 riders with a time of 26:47. Results are here. Clearly, if I want to feel good about myself, I need to spend more time riding with my mom and my friends’ kids. Speaking of feeling good, I’d say the race was the most painful 27 minutes of my life. I nearly passed out several times and It didn’t help that I’m battling allergies and I was coughing up fluorescent green goo. For some reason my 194 lb (yes, 194) frame isn’t ideal for hill climbing. One of the really competitive guys in my category is 6′1”, 140lbs. I’ve got a ways to go to get there….
Next week is Battle The Bear at Bear Creek State Park. Most of the YOA.com team will be competing.
#1 by Connie Jaouen on May 3, 2010 - 3:15 pm
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Any time you want to coax(drag) me out into the wind, I’ll give you my best effort for my category. Mom
#2 by Pdoo on May 3, 2010 - 8:46 pm
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And/or attending/drinking beer.
#3 by Trey on May 12, 2010 - 4:01 pm
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If this is the same lookout mountain that I’m thinking of, I’ve ridden up it before, and it’s pretty brutal. Finishing at all is awesome; wiping the smug grins off of all of those teenage girls and eight year old boys is just icing on the cake. Also, if my math is correct, you’ve dropped about 30 lbs. since the year of awesome began. You’re a killing machine. Keep up the good work.
#4 by mike on May 18, 2010 - 7:06 am
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I agree, anything close to 200lbs weight is not fun to climb on a 28-25lbs mountain bike.
Like me, loose the weight and you will climb like its no tomorrow. Ride-Strong