FLCC> Tuesday B's

[Daniel Kidney]

Yes, the early suicide attack was me. After the race I was a little bit
short of fully aware and the folks who asked me where I took off (at least
Mark) got very vague answers. I've since remembered that it was shortly
after the first riser coming down Midline. I was hoping for quick jump in
pace and and to be reintegrated into the pack. That's not what I got. I was
suspicious that some organization was lacking near the front of the pack as
I stayed away most of the way down to 79 where I was caught by a few riders
(Abe? I don't really know you, but you must have been yellow jersey?). Then
the whole pack was on us. Coming into the corner there was a lot of braking
and I slid through to the front again, after seeing the whole group make the
turn I pushed the pace a bit again.
With just two of us going up Ellis Hollow I was very near to calling it
quits on such a foolishly early break, and drifting back to mingle with the
pack. The group grew a bit, but our organization was mediocre at best.
Coming up the bottom of Ringwood I was again tempted to mingle back into the
pack and give myself a chance at the finish, ultimately I couldn't resist
the challenge to stay out there though. As I asked how folks around me were
feeling the response was pretty universaly negative. Snyder seemed a long
way off. Again, as I was losing hope in maintaining any lead, the group
grew. We had a slightly more organized run down Midline.
With a lot of braking again in the corner things became somewhat
disorganized; it was briefly just Peter and I at the front, then our group
caught on, then the pack did too. As we approached Snyder I began to worry
that Mark S would try to promote me to the As so I decided to hand over the
leadership and roll in far behind the pack. Wayne and I had a nice chat on
the way to the finish after he dashed my podium hopes with a few well
directed comments.
Good ride all!
Daniel


On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Amanda and Mark Shenstone <
gardens at lightlink.com> wrote:

>  Remember Felix, if you start winning races we can bump you up to the A's!
>
> Mark S
>
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> Amanda and Mark Shenstone
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Felix Naschold <fn23 at cornell.edu>
> *To:* flcc at icycle.org
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:08 PM
> *Subject:* FLCC> Tuesday B's
>
> T'was a dark and stormy night, ehm, no; but it was an dramatic early
> evening that greeted riders with a cool down shower after the warm-up up
> Ringwood. Twinkie proclaimed that the finish tonight would be at the end
> of the rainbow that was spanning Midline at the time. Since, the B's
> opted for a Ringwood Snyder loop instead, the Tuesday night did not turn
> into a never-ending brevet…
>
> After a warm up down Midline with an early suicide attack (was that you
> Daniel?) and down 79 there were some tempo changes up Ellis Hollow, but
> eventually the field rolled together to the turn up Ringwood. On the
> uphill it was slowly but surely strung out until the pace kicked up an
> extra notch finding
> still-looking-for-a-shifterless-front-derailleur-Peter,
> 12000-training-miles-Daniel,
> flying-up-the-hill-without-two-boys-in-the-back Abe, another rider in
> red (sorry I was breathing too hard to introduce myself), and
> Wombatspeed aka The Cat aka Felix found themselves clear at the top. We
> motored down Midline and could occasionally see the charging masses
> behind us over the Midline rollers. Peter kept up the morale and the
> pace, so the pack only got us at Thomas Rd. The initial pace up the hill
> was slow all of a sudden, until Marko S. saw a tarantula (or whatever
> scares you, Mark, you were gone done the street and around the first
> left hander on Snyder in no time). But this gave us a target. Peter, Abe
> and I eventually passed Marko as his second stage had burned out half
> way up the kicker. At the top just before the little downhill blip right
> hander I finally manage to look back and the three of us are all alone.
> Peter with his fully-fendered 38+ tires continues to lead. Despite being
> at a serious photo-finish disadvantage, my measly 23s pip Peter's
> balloons to the line. Fittingly, we were greeted at the finish by some
> more rain drops falling through the setting sun. Another fun Tuesday night.
>
> --
>
>
> Felix Naschold
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> Department of Applied Economics and Management
> Cornell University
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> Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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