FLCC> Hurd/Ringwood/Mt. Pleasant 'B' race report

[Joseph Bailey]

After those chicken wings, i felt as if I could take anyone up Mt. Pleasant.

Joe


>From: Mark Rishniw <mr89 at cornell.edu>
>To: FLCC at icycle.org
>Subject: Re: FLCC> Hurd/Ringwood/Mt. Pleasant  'B' race report
>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:43:25 -0400
>
>My view was a little different.  Together with Emmanuel, we called for the 
>same ride as the A's (2 fatboys calling for the hilliest ride possible - go 
>figure!!!).  I opted to conserve over the first half of the race - I knew 
>what was in store and I knew how poorly Twinkies climb.  So I sat at the 
>back of the pack with Dave H and Marko S until EHS.  Dave Heck moved up 
>through the field to the front bunch, being driven by Rob and a 
>newly-emerged-from-the-dark-recesses-of-our-distant-pasts Don Anderson.  
>Marko S was ever-present as were a couple of others.  I sat on Dave H's 
>wheel, feeling OK and crested EHS as first wheel.  Then we turned up Hurd 
>and it felt like a hammer was taken to my thighs - I could barely turn a 
>pedal.  The front bunch slowly rode away as I fought back the burn in the 
>legs and made it up the hill.  Jack R and ARIDK-in-red were just ahead of 
>me and I closed the gap to them over the top of Hurd.  By the Midline 
>corner, the front bunch of 10 or 11 riders were about 40 seconds ahead.  By 
>79, they were 20 seconds ahead.  By EHS we were on their tails.  I caught 
>onto the last wheel (Charles, who had dropped down from the A's) for about 
>20 seconds and then completely blew up.  ARIDK-in-red stayed with them, but 
>Jack R failed to latch on - I saw him soloing up Ringwood as I crawled back 
>along EHC to the car park.  Several A riders who had also abandoned, where 
>there (Donal, LowFat) when I pulled in.  I figured my poor performance was 
>due to a severe chicken-wing deficiency, so Trevor and Low-Fat and I 
>decided to quickly remedy the situation and administer a therapeutic dose 
>of poultry.
>
>Twink.
>
>At 09:46 PM 6/26/2007, Dave Heck wrote:
>>     The move of Don to the A's may have been a welcome sight for some, 
>>but for me it meant not knowing which wheel to follow up Ringwood.  Also, 
>>not having an entertaining race report.
>>     Anyway, about 17 B riders rode rather conservatively down Midline.  
>>Even Mark Rishniw didn't seem interested in pushing the pace.  It was a 
>>moderate pace up Hurd with 11 cresting the top together.  I think people 
>>were saving themselves for the impending climbs ahead.
>>     This group stayed together back down Midline with a couple 
>>half-hearted attacks up Ellis Hollow Creek Rd.   The bottom part of 
>>Ringwood was rather uneventful until Shan Mouhiddin picked up the tempo.  
>>This lead to a stringing out of the field and audible groans from Twinkie.
>>    As Shan tired, Mark Shenstone attacked, taking Garrett Graham (summer 
>>temp. from Ashville, NC) with him.  Felix and Dave H. couldn't keep pace 
>>and were about 40 meters back as the other two topped Ringwood.  Felix and 
>>Dave worked together to catch Mark half-way to the Mt. Pleasant turn.  
>>Mark's fatigued legs, both from the Owasco race and Monday's polo match, 
>>kept him from latching on.   The two caught Garrett 100m onto Mt. 
>>Pleasant.  These 3 crested the penultimate hill together and tore down the 
>>other side.  Dave's legs gave out half-way up the final climb.  Felix and 
>>Garrett were neck and neck to the finish, with Felix taking the win and 
>>Garrett 2nd, Dave 3rd and Mark 4th (I think).  I'm not sure who came in 
>>5th.
>>     The heat didn't bother me much until Ringwood.  Overall, a good race 
>>and good workout.
>>
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>Mark Rishniw
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