FLCC> Hollenbeck - Tandem Race Report

[Stan Mcfall]

Lilynn must be feeling it today as she hasn't been down to tell me all 
about it toaday.

stan








At 02:32 PM 5/5/2008 -0400, Donal Fitterer wrote:
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>It was a dark and stormy morning. The rains came and the porta-potties 
>didnt. Sara illustrated why she is paid the big bucks when in minutes she 
>organized facilities at the local fire station and Greek Peak. Others 
>created their or porta johns in the back using some pallets and an oil 
>can. I busied myself by sexually harassing Marsha S (see her bikini 
>centerfold at <http://hotbabes.moldflow.com>http://hotbabes.moldflow.com) 
>and Tania S. I befriended Steve and Carol from Corning who were in their 
>first tandem race. We are all going to ride easy at the beginning and let 
>the masters field go off by themselves. We will try to have the tandems 
>stay together until the final hill.When our race starts my words were 
>actually true. Once the masters were well up the road the Rhino and his 
>progeny, Daniel led the charge. The pace went from a sedate pace to severe 
>pain pretty quickly. Once our legs warmed up Li and I put in some time at 
>the front as did the others. It wasnt long before we had to slow down 
>again because we were catching the back end of the masters field.
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>Again, as we headed up Parker St, Bill and Daniel turned up the heat and 
>my legs were screaming. I yelled back to LiLynn to push harder. I cant 
>push any harder!she gasped as Deb and Paul rolled by. Luckily, we 
>regrouped at the top and waited for Steve and Carol to catch on. 
>Unfortunately, Ellie, Ernies stoker invoked the Code of the tandems as 
>taught by her famous father; Those that fall behind stay behind!she barked 
>and off we went. The four pair meshed well and we began pace lining with 
>speed and precision. It wasnt long before we caught up with the Prez and 
>his Secret Service agent riding with him. Both Ernie and I almost took 
>them out when they joined our group. Luckily LiLynn has experience at 
>maneuvering single riders out of our path.
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>Our pace became a bit more sedate as we headed towards the wall. Just 
>before the bridge Ernie and Ellie stood up and made a strong surge to the 
>front. This got everyone keyed up for the imminent climb. Paul had a bit 
>too much tension on the old chain when went to shift into the small chain 
>ring. He and Deb had to halt and get the chain back on. Good thing Deb had 
>some bike mechanic experience as they were not delayed too long. The eight 
>of us were soon back up to warp speed along Babcock Hollow Rd. LiLynn was 
>pushing so hard the frame of our tandem was flexing and we had to be doing 
>close to 50mph!
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>We all stayed together at the end and pushed our hardest up Van Donzel. I 
>just kept my head down hoping that the next pedal stroke would take us 
>over the line. The crowd cheered as the tandems rolled across within 
>inches of each other to finish a fine race.
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>Well done to Sara and her crew!
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>Cheers,
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>Don
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