day 2 Track track track….PAINFUL
talk about chamois time. I mean we chamois’d up at about 10 AM then were able to slide out of them at 8 PM….sweet, let me tell you. This track stuff totally just cracks me so much. I mean we had so much time wasted today that I would have much preferred to head back to the hotel to sleep, but we were not fully able to decipher the long schedule of the day. I will say that the energy levels just seem to sink lower and lower with the long track hours.
So I rode a PR for today in the Individual Pursuit, but the Phenom Taylor Phinney, also know as “all twitch” thanks to the superb genetic make up of his DNA that totally dwarfs any mer-mortal cyclist around (Father Davis Phinney Mother Connie Carpenter) totally whipped the floor with me. I am very excited for Taylor as he has so much cycling/life success ahead of him, the amazing thing is that I think that he does not actually know he is doing it, but he for sure is! TO be honest my money was on Dan Harm (Rubicon/Chinook) as the dark horse of the day, but he went out a little too hard in the qualifier and paid for it in the end. It has been a long time since the Individual pursuit has had such a depth of competition, we had 4 rides break the 4min 40sec barrier and several others that were so close. I am very excited to see the amount of competition increase at such a rapid rate since I have been involved in the track racing scene. Since 2004 the level of riders has only grown. Hopefully I am able to continue to develop along with the movement of the track scene.
By the way Connie and Davis Phinney are the nicest couple in cycling that I have meet in a long time….
2 days down 2 left.
By the way Team Slipstream has theoretically swept both USPRO and Elite timed events this year! Individual Pursuit and Time Trail…..well if you count David Zabriskie (as he signed with Team SlipStream for 08).
October 5th, 2007 at 6:48 am
good job Brad, good luck the rest of the week
October 5th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I love PR’s. Good going buddy ol’ pal.