FLCC> A-report

[Wayne Gottlieb]

Careful what you say about Jesus.  That got John
Lennon in a lot of trouble.  By the way, I forgot
Casey.  He was there and was another who sailed into
the distance ahead of me.  

--- Jack Rueckheim <Jrueckheim at frontiernet.net> wrote:

> I'm pretty sure I never got from the race start line
> to Ellis Hollow Road
> faster than I did tonight.  Trevor and Rhino took
> turns launching off the
> front and I did everything I could to grab any handy
> wheel just to stay with
> the front group that far.  I used Andy M's wheel
> frequently (he was resting
> up for Vermont--the only reason I was anywhere near
> him) because he kept
> saying, "Never fear, Andy's here."  The rest of it
> went, from my
> perspective, like Wayne said.  
> 
> Oh yeah, one other disclosure to add to Wayne's
> list:  Wayne is better than
> Jesus.  I left him for dead TWICE tonight and he
> came back to life TWO
> times, ending up by hurting me bad on Snyder.  Nice
> ride, Wayne.
> 
> p.s. Wayne--I will see you Friday.  Let me know the
> particulars.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: flcc-bounces at icycle.org
> [mailto:flcc-bounces at icycle.org] On Behalf Of
> Wayne Gottlieb
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:36 PM
> To: flcc at icycle.org
> Subject: FLCC> A-report
> 
> Yeah, I rode A's tonight.  Jack and I both did.  It
> was a beautiful overcast evening.  The ground shone
> from the earlier rain, but we were spared more rain.
> Unfortunately we were also spared decent light, so
> off
> we went as soon as a route was announced,
> Hurd-Snyder.
>  The pace quickly sped up when halfway down Midline
> Rhino attacked from the left.  He was quickly
> absorbed, but the pace did not let up all the way
> down
> to 79.  The approach to Ellis Hollow wasn't too
> fast,
> so I was able to save something for the climb. 
> Since
> getting my new toy, a heart rate monitor, I've
> decided
> to let that decide my pace instead of that whining
> voice inside my head.  So, up Ellis Hollow I went at
> 170 (about 88%).  I led the charge for a while, but
> soon Andy M was coasting by me, then Rhino, then
> Trevor, then ARIDK-1.  About half way up Mike Sobel
> goes by me and soon after that Jack.  Geez!  I
> eventually caught Jack and together we tore down the
> hill toward Hurd watching the front group turn just
> ahead of us.  Up hurd the whiney voice won and I
> told
> Jack I was through.  Jack just kept going and I
> didn't
> want to ride alone, so I followed.  a third of the
> way
> up ARIDK-2 passes both of us and moves toward the
> leaders  (leaders= anyone in front of me).  Near the
> top I get a second wind and at the flat part, I pass
> Jack and really push it over the top (HR-161, I
> guess
> I wasn't pushing it as much as I thought).  Over the
> top I couldn't see anyone else, but still pushed
> hard
> just in case.  At the turn onto Irish Settlement, I
> waited for Jack to tell him I was done.  He didn't
> believe me and just kept working hard, so I kept
> going
> too (thanks Jack).  On 79 we took turns pulling very
> hard.  I think we were going 30 at one point.  In
> fact
> as we approached Thomas, we passed Trevor and Rhino.
> 
> We passed them so fast, they looked like they were
> standing still.  Somehow, though, Rhino pulled it
> together and caught us before the first turn going
> up
> Snyder.  Spurred on by Bill ("let's go kids" and
> "Are
> we having fun?"), I found a third wind and managed
> to
> work hard for the rest of the ride.  Bill was soon
> gone. Trevor finally got it in gear, but too late to
> catch either Jack or me.  So, in my first A-race I
> came in 6th.  I don't know who won.  Wayne
> 
> Disclosure statements:
> ok, ok. so I've stretched things a bit.  I didn't
> exactly lie, but I did leave out a few minor
> details.
> Disclosure 1.  There were only 12 riders tonight
> because of the rain and we all rode together.
> Disclosure 2.  When we passed Trevor and Bill
> Erickson, they were changing a flat tire.  
> 
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