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August 07, 2005
A race and a Ride
Today I did a bike race and I'm happy that I did it. I did have a problem breathing though. I haven't worked that hard since my last time trial and it felt like I couldn't get enough air. After the race Dan and I went for a 24 mile ride. I ran out of water and decided to back off the pace to keep myself cool. However...I couldn't help trying out my new cog-set. I put an 11-23 9speed on my bike yesterday. The smallest ring I had before was a 13. On the first long downhill today I hit 38.1 mph using the 11-tooth ring. The second long downhill I hit 35mph. The third long downhill, I hit 31mph. Hey I was hot and out of water!
I guess bike racing is tapering off for the year so I'd better look at the schedule to find one more bike race. I'm going to do the Black Dog time trial in a couple of weeks and one road race.
I especially thank Andy and his wife for coming to the race to check it out and see me race! That was very cool to see you there.
I have some pictures, but I used my 35mm camera and will post some as soon as I get them developed.
Posted by carl1236 at August 7, 2005 09:55 PM | Cycle Racing