When: 6pm Tuesday August 10, 2010
Where: The park at Hershey rd/Neil Rd and Airport Road
What: Grass Track
Grass track is like velodrome style racing, but on a short grass oval. A good activity to get in some short, high intensity racing. Plus its a lot of fun to try all the different kinds of track racing events. You don't need any special bike to race, anything willl work: road bike, cross bike, mountain bike, trike....anything! Come out and play.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Hagerstown Crit
Jon, Goatsause, and I attended the Hagerstown Challenge Crit a couple weekends ago. I found a helmet cam from our race so I decided to link it: http://vimeo.com/13345310
You can see me a few times in my MU Kit (Yellow) and you can see the crash that caused Jon to go off the road and over the curb (unharmed) but blowing out a tube and busting up his front wheel.
You can see me a few times in my MU Kit (Yellow) and you can see the crash that caused Jon to go off the road and over the curb (unharmed) but blowing out a tube and busting up his front wheel.
Friday, July 2, 2010
2010 summer smackdown round two...RESULTS
Eighteen riders came out Wednesday night to contest the second round of the 2010 South Mountain Summer Smackdown.
Wednesday's event was a 22-mile road race, a route that followed Pine Grove Rd southwest from Pine Grove Furnace SP to Shippensburg Rd, over the Piney Mountain Ridge, then northwest along Wenksville and Coon Rds, back over the mountain on Pine Grove Furnace/Bendersville Rd, and finishing with 1.5 hilly miles back to Laurel Lake.
There were a few half-hearted attempts at attacks and breaking away on the route out Pine Grove Rd and back again on Wenksville, but nothing proved decisive until the Bendersville Rd climb. Brian (YBR) and Chris (YBR guest rider) put in short digs on the lower slopes of the climb that were easily marked by 2M (Ship Cycling). Though the gap hadn't grown to more than a few bike lengths, the goat recovered his sauce, moved up to and passed the earlier aggressors and, with 2M on his wheel, countered with a move that would see the rest of the field distanced and eventually fighting for third place.
"Brian has been climbing really well lately, so when I saw Brian and 2M with a little gap, I thought I'd be watching them duke it out for the win from behind," the good Dr. Goatesauce said after the race. "But when I'd recovered from the initial surge and worked my way back to Brian I saw that he'd blown and realized the time was now, so I rode around him and with Mike on my wheel I just gave it all I had."
All he had was enough, the effort soon left 2M behind and Dr. Goatesauce had 75 yards over the summit. From there it was just a matter of keeping his head down until the finish.
Behind, however, the strung-out riders regrouped and put in a good-faith effort at catching 2M, who survived the sprint for second place by only half a wheel. Brian, Scott (SMVC), and Pete (Ship Cycling) rounded out the top five, an excellent result for the novice Ship Cycling rider.
Individual results:
(1) Dr. Goatesauce (Ship Cycling)
(2) Mike Maret (Ship Cycling)
(3) Brian Hopkins (YBR)
(4) Scott (SMVC)
(5) Pete L. (Ship Cycling)
(6) Pat Hankins (SMVC)
(7) Chris Flegal (YBR guest rider)
(8) Jere Ballard (SMVC)
(9) Joe Kaehler (SMVC)
(10) Rider Big E (Ship Cycling)
(11) Tim Rohrbaugh (SMVC)
(12) Paul P. (YBR)
(13) Jim Hartnett (SMVC)
(14) Chop (Ship Cycling)
(15) John (YBR guest rider)
(16) Rich Shaffer (SMVC)
Donna Wiser was also out, though she didn't quite ride with the group so all I can say definitively is that she was the first female finisher.
Dan Daly started with us, but then took a circuitous route back to the finish, more to watch the action than to compete, methinks.
Team results:
(1) Ship Cycling (1+2+5 = 8)
(2) SMVC (4+6+8 = 18)
(3) YBR (3+7+12 = 22)
Official team standings after round two:
(1) SMVC 8 pts
(1) Ship Cycling 8 pts
(3) YBR 1 pts
Good times!
(See you next Wednesday for round three: the South Mountain hill climb.)
Wednesday's event was a 22-mile road race, a route that followed Pine Grove Rd southwest from Pine Grove Furnace SP to Shippensburg Rd, over the Piney Mountain Ridge, then northwest along Wenksville and Coon Rds, back over the mountain on Pine Grove Furnace/Bendersville Rd, and finishing with 1.5 hilly miles back to Laurel Lake.
There were a few half-hearted attempts at attacks and breaking away on the route out Pine Grove Rd and back again on Wenksville, but nothing proved decisive until the Bendersville Rd climb. Brian (YBR) and Chris (YBR guest rider) put in short digs on the lower slopes of the climb that were easily marked by 2M (Ship Cycling). Though the gap hadn't grown to more than a few bike lengths, the goat recovered his sauce, moved up to and passed the earlier aggressors and, with 2M on his wheel, countered with a move that would see the rest of the field distanced and eventually fighting for third place.
"Brian has been climbing really well lately, so when I saw Brian and 2M with a little gap, I thought I'd be watching them duke it out for the win from behind," the good Dr. Goatesauce said after the race. "But when I'd recovered from the initial surge and worked my way back to Brian I saw that he'd blown and realized the time was now, so I rode around him and with Mike on my wheel I just gave it all I had."
All he had was enough, the effort soon left 2M behind and Dr. Goatesauce had 75 yards over the summit. From there it was just a matter of keeping his head down until the finish.
Behind, however, the strung-out riders regrouped and put in a good-faith effort at catching 2M, who survived the sprint for second place by only half a wheel. Brian, Scott (SMVC), and Pete (Ship Cycling) rounded out the top five, an excellent result for the novice Ship Cycling rider.
Individual results:
(1) Dr. Goatesauce (Ship Cycling)
(2) Mike Maret (Ship Cycling)
(3) Brian Hopkins (YBR)
(4) Scott (SMVC)
(5) Pete L. (Ship Cycling)
(6) Pat Hankins (SMVC)
(7) Chris Flegal (YBR guest rider)
(8) Jere Ballard (SMVC)
(9) Joe Kaehler (SMVC)
(10) Rider Big E (Ship Cycling)
(11) Tim Rohrbaugh (SMVC)
(12) Paul P. (YBR)
(13) Jim Hartnett (SMVC)
(14) Chop (Ship Cycling)
(15) John (YBR guest rider)
(16) Rich Shaffer (SMVC)
Donna Wiser was also out, though she didn't quite ride with the group so all I can say definitively is that she was the first female finisher.
Dan Daly started with us, but then took a circuitous route back to the finish, more to watch the action than to compete, methinks.
Team results:
(1) Ship Cycling (1+2+5 = 8)
(2) SMVC (4+6+8 = 18)
(3) YBR (3+7+12 = 22)
Official team standings after round two:
(1) SMVC 8 pts
(1) Ship Cycling 8 pts
(3) YBR 1 pts
Good times!
(See you next Wednesday for round three: the South Mountain hill climb.)
Thursday, June 24, 2010
starlight circle race #5 (june 23)
Fun to have Bri-Hop join us for the fun (though not fun that I couldn't drop him, try as I did). Many happy returns...
Also awesome to have the flegal eagle with us again. He broke his bike on Sunday and still found a way to make it.
D Grace had to work. 2M was playing with a girl, so he was excused. But Chop, Cody, and Zach...would have liked to see y'all...
Results from Round 5:
(1) jonny m, 25 pts
(2) bri-hop, 20 pts
(3) dr goatesauce, 16 pts
(4) chris, the flegal eagle, 13 pts
(5) jimmy, 11 pts
Combined point standings after five rounds:
(1) dr goatesauce, 93 pts
(2) 2m, 90 pts
(3) jonny m, 70 pts
(4) jimmy, 42 pts
(5) d grace, 39 pts
(6) conroy, 32 pts
(7) chris, the flegal eagle, 26 pts
(8) bri-hop, 20 pts
(9) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(10) co-dee, 11 pts
(11) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(12) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after three rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
Next round: Not sure. On the next three Wednesdays we've rounds two, three, and four of the South Mountain Summer Smackdown scheduled, so we probably won't pick up the Starlight Circle Races again until after all that wraps up. At least, that's my thinking. I could be persuaded otherwise.
See you next week at the Smackdown RR!
Also awesome to have the flegal eagle with us again. He broke his bike on Sunday and still found a way to make it.
D Grace had to work. 2M was playing with a girl, so he was excused. But Chop, Cody, and Zach...would have liked to see y'all...
Results from Round 5:
(1) jonny m, 25 pts
(2) bri-hop, 20 pts
(3) dr goatesauce, 16 pts
(4) chris, the flegal eagle, 13 pts
(5) jimmy, 11 pts
Combined point standings after five rounds:
(1) dr goatesauce, 93 pts
(2) 2m, 90 pts
(3) jonny m, 70 pts
(4) jimmy, 42 pts
(5) d grace, 39 pts
(6) conroy, 32 pts
(7) chris, the flegal eagle, 26 pts
(8) bri-hop, 20 pts
(9) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(10) co-dee, 11 pts
(11) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(12) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after three rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
Next round: Not sure. On the next three Wednesdays we've rounds two, three, and four of the South Mountain Summer Smackdown scheduled, so we probably won't pick up the Starlight Circle Races again until after all that wraps up. At least, that's my thinking. I could be persuaded otherwise.
See you next week at the Smackdown RR!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
starlight circle race #4 (june 2)
Kind of a sad showing for round four. And we even had a new-comer drive all the way from Mechanicsburg.
Nonetheless, it was pretty exciting race. For the second week in a row it ended in a four-up spring. Had Chop and D-grace been there we'd had quite a race.
...
Round 5 on JUNE 23rd! (Postponed one week...because I'll be out of town on the 16th, and to get nestled in the off week from the Ironmasters.)
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Results from Round 4:
(1) jonny m, 25 pts
(2) 2m, 20 pts
(3) dr goatesauce, 16 pts
(4) chris, the flegal eagle, 13 pts
(5) co-dee, 11 pts
Combined point standings after four rounds:
(1) 2m, 90 pts
(2) dr goatesauce, 77 pts
(3) jonny m, 45 pts
(4) d grace, 39 pts
(5) conroy, 32 pts
(6) jimmy, 31 pts
(7) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(8) chris, the flegal eagle, 13 pts
(9) co-dee, 11 pts
(10) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(11) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after three rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
Next round: Wednesday, June 2, 9:30 pm!
Nonetheless, it was pretty exciting race. For the second week in a row it ended in a four-up spring. Had Chop and D-grace been there we'd had quite a race.
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Round 5 on JUNE 23rd! (Postponed one week...because I'll be out of town on the 16th, and to get nestled in the off week from the Ironmasters.)
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Results from Round 4:
(1) jonny m, 25 pts
(2) 2m, 20 pts
(3) dr goatesauce, 16 pts
(4) chris, the flegal eagle, 13 pts
(5) co-dee, 11 pts
Combined point standings after four rounds:
(1) 2m, 90 pts
(2) dr goatesauce, 77 pts
(3) jonny m, 45 pts
(4) d grace, 39 pts
(5) conroy, 32 pts
(6) jimmy, 31 pts
(7) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(8) chris, the flegal eagle, 13 pts
(9) co-dee, 11 pts
(10) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(11) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after three rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
Next round: Wednesday, June 2, 9:30 pm!
2010 summer smackdown round one...RESULTS
Last Thursday saw 14 riders throwing down on the Ironmasters TT course...competing for summer club pride. The event was enough to inspire several PRs (I know of at least four) and bring out at least a couple of newcomers.
Individual results:
(1) Pat H. SMVC 23:09
(2) Dr. G Ship 23:18
(3) Brian H. YBR 24:09
(4) Tim R. SMVC 24:53
(5) Jere B. SMVC 25:08
(6) Joe K. SMVC 25:17
(7) Paul P. YBR 25:25
(8) Jon M. Ship 25:30
(9) Jim H. SMVC 26:17
(10) Chris Lost Boys 26:21
(11) Rich S. SMVC 26:51
(12) Pete L. Ship 27:26
(13) Chop Ship 28:40
(14) Gary K. 29:54
Congrats to SMVC and Ship Cycling for fielding full teams. Sorry, YBR, only two riders disqualifies you from team scoring.
Team results:
(1) Pat H. SMVC 23:09
(2) Dr. G Ship 23:18
Brian H. YBR 24:09
(3) Tim R. SMVC 24:53
(4) Jere B. SMVC 25:08
(5) Joe K. SMVC 25:17
Paul P. YBR 25:25
(6) Jon M. Ship 25:30
Jim H. SMVC 26:17
Chris Lost Boys 26:21
(7) Rich S. SMVC 26:51
(8) Pete L. Ship 27:26
(9) Chop Ship 28:40
Gary K. 29:54
SMVC 1+3+4 = 8
Ship Cycling 2+6+8 = 16
Official team standings after round one:
SMVC 5 pts
Ship 3 pts
YBR 0 pts
Lost Boys 0 pts
ROUND TWO: Pine Grove RR, Wednesday, June 30 (rain date July 1). Meet at the Laurel Lake parking lot.
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In case you can't get enough, I proposed the following alternative team scoring strategy, but it was nixed for simplicity's sake. The order of overall results would be the same, the difference being that incomplete teams would also score points, in accord with the following complicated scoring algorithm.
Say you've got 20 riders that come out one evening. The worst score a three-rider team could get is 18+19+20 = 57. An incomplete team is awarded points such that it must get a worse score than even the worst performing complete team (to award participation), but could still get on the board and compete with other incomplete teams. Incomplete teams would be assigned one or two "ghost riders" that score one point worse than the last placed rider, in this case, 21, PLUS they are given a penalty so that they couldn't score more than the worst complete team, in this case, 57.
So...if there are 20 people that show up for an event, and only one rider from team Hot Shots, and that rider places first, the team scores 1 + 21 + 21 + 15 (penalty) = 58. That way the team is still in the standings, but they're obviously going to lose over any team that has three riders.
If there are 20 people and the first two riders are from team Hot Shots, the team scores 1 + 2 + 21 + 34 (penalty) = 58.
If we did it that way, the results for Thursday would look like this:
(1) Pat H. SMVC 23:09
(2) Dr. G Ship 23:18
(3) Brian H. YBR 24:09
(4) Tim R. SMVC 24:53
(5) Jere B. SMVC 25:08
(6) Joe K. SMVC 25:17
(7) Paul P. YBR 25:25
(8) Jon M. Ship 25:30
(9) Jim H. SMVC 26:17
(10) Chris Lost Boys 26:21
Rich S. SMVC 26:51
(11) Pete L. Ship 27:26
(12) Chop Ship 28:40
(13) Gary K. 29:54
One rider penalty = (11 + 12 + 13) - (1 + 14 + 14) + 1 = 8
Two rider penalty = (11 + 12 + 13) - (1 + 2 + 14) + 1 = 20
So...
SMVC score = 1 + 4 + 5 = 10
Ship score = 2 + 8 + 11 = 21
YBR score = 3 + 7 + 14 + 20 = 44
Lost Boys score = 10 + 14 + 14 + 8 = 46
Gary K. team score = 13 + 14 + 14 + 8 = 49
Standings...
SMVC 25 pts
Ship 20 pts
YBR 16 pts
Lost Boys 13 pts
Gary K team 11 pts
Y'all should see my grade book. I just can't help but make things complicated.
Individual results:
(1) Pat H. SMVC 23:09
(2) Dr. G Ship 23:18
(3) Brian H. YBR 24:09
(4) Tim R. SMVC 24:53
(5) Jere B. SMVC 25:08
(6) Joe K. SMVC 25:17
(7) Paul P. YBR 25:25
(8) Jon M. Ship 25:30
(9) Jim H. SMVC 26:17
(10) Chris Lost Boys 26:21
(11) Rich S. SMVC 26:51
(12) Pete L. Ship 27:26
(13) Chop Ship 28:40
(14) Gary K. 29:54
Congrats to SMVC and Ship Cycling for fielding full teams. Sorry, YBR, only two riders disqualifies you from team scoring.
Team results:
(1) Pat H. SMVC 23:09
(2) Dr. G Ship 23:18
Brian H. YBR 24:09
(3) Tim R. SMVC 24:53
(4) Jere B. SMVC 25:08
(5) Joe K. SMVC 25:17
Paul P. YBR 25:25
(6) Jon M. Ship 25:30
Jim H. SMVC 26:17
Chris Lost Boys 26:21
(7) Rich S. SMVC 26:51
(8) Pete L. Ship 27:26
(9) Chop Ship 28:40
Gary K. 29:54
SMVC 1+3+4 = 8
Ship Cycling 2+6+8 = 16
Official team standings after round one:
SMVC 5 pts
Ship 3 pts
YBR 0 pts
Lost Boys 0 pts
ROUND TWO: Pine Grove RR, Wednesday, June 30 (rain date July 1). Meet at the Laurel Lake parking lot.
...
In case you can't get enough, I proposed the following alternative team scoring strategy, but it was nixed for simplicity's sake. The order of overall results would be the same, the difference being that incomplete teams would also score points, in accord with the following complicated scoring algorithm.
Say you've got 20 riders that come out one evening. The worst score a three-rider team could get is 18+19+20 = 57. An incomplete team is awarded points such that it must get a worse score than even the worst performing complete team (to award participation), but could still get on the board and compete with other incomplete teams. Incomplete teams would be assigned one or two "ghost riders" that score one point worse than the last placed rider, in this case, 21, PLUS they are given a penalty so that they couldn't score more than the worst complete team, in this case, 57.
So...if there are 20 people that show up for an event, and only one rider from team Hot Shots, and that rider places first, the team scores 1 + 21 + 21 + 15 (penalty) = 58. That way the team is still in the standings, but they're obviously going to lose over any team that has three riders.
If there are 20 people and the first two riders are from team Hot Shots, the team scores 1 + 2 + 21 + 34 (penalty) = 58.
If we did it that way, the results for Thursday would look like this:
(1) Pat H. SMVC 23:09
(2) Dr. G Ship 23:18
(3) Brian H. YBR 24:09
(4) Tim R. SMVC 24:53
(5) Jere B. SMVC 25:08
(6) Joe K. SMVC 25:17
(7) Paul P. YBR 25:25
(8) Jon M. Ship 25:30
(9) Jim H. SMVC 26:17
(10) Chris Lost Boys 26:21
Rich S. SMVC 26:51
(11) Pete L. Ship 27:26
(12) Chop Ship 28:40
(13) Gary K. 29:54
One rider penalty = (11 + 12 + 13) - (1 + 14 + 14) + 1 = 8
Two rider penalty = (11 + 12 + 13) - (1 + 2 + 14) + 1 = 20
So...
SMVC score = 1 + 4 + 5 = 10
Ship score = 2 + 8 + 11 = 21
YBR score = 3 + 7 + 14 + 20 = 44
Lost Boys score = 10 + 14 + 14 + 8 = 46
Gary K. team score = 13 + 14 + 14 + 8 = 49
Standings...
SMVC 25 pts
Ship 20 pts
YBR 16 pts
Lost Boys 13 pts
Gary K team 11 pts
Y'all should see my grade book. I just can't help but make things complicated.
2010 south mountain summer smackdown
(Should have posted this a couple weeks ago. Posted now for record-keeping's sake. And the calendar.)
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Back for 2010, it's the battle of South Mountain (or something similarly grandiose and awe-inspiring)!
o^o o^o o^o
Yup, this summer, like last summer, Ship Cycling is going to collaborate with South Mountain Velo and Yellow Breeches Racing for the 2010 SMVC/YBR/Ship Cycling Summer Smackdown. This is how it works:
There are FOUR events, an individual time trial, a road race (its only like 23 miles or something), a hill climb to Big Flat, and, new this year, a team time trial.
Each event is scored kind of like a cross country meet. Each team's first three riders to finish score points for the team. The fourth and fifth riders displace the points riders from other teams would score. Additional riders are excluded from team scoring. Lowest point total wins.
So, say the first four riders that finish an event are Ship Cycling and the next three riders that finish are South Mountain. Ship Cycling would score 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 points for their first three finishers. Fourth place is Ship Cycling; he doesn't score any points, but he pushes South Mountain riders down the scale so they score more points. South Mountain would score 5 + 6 + 7 = 18 points. 6 < 18 so Ship Cycling wins.
Even though it's billed as a competition between the three area clubs, EVERYONE IS INVITED! Others can form their own teams (I'm campaigning for Lost Boys to send a contingent) or just vie for individual glory. Non-team riders displace the points teams would earn.
HERE'S THE CALENDAR (everything subject to change):
** Thurs, June 3, 6:00 pm - individual time trial. YBR hosts. Meet at the campground on Pine Grove Rd about five miles north of Pine Grove Furnace SP. (This is the regular Ironmasters TT, hosted by the much loved and probably underappreciated Mark Laser.)
** Wed, June 30 (rain date: July 1), 6:00 pm - road race. Ship Cycling hosts. Meet at Pine Grove Furnace SP. The parking lot by the reservoir. (Probably the same course that we did last year--south on 233, left on Shippensburg Rd, left on Wenksville, left on Coon, left on Bendersville Rd, right on Pine Grove Rd. Probably the same course... It's negotiable.)
** Wed, July 7 (rain date: July 8), 6:00 pm - South Mountain hill climb. SMV hosts. Meet at Southhampton Township Park. (Mass start hill climb up the seven-some miles from Cleversburg to Big Flat.)
** Wed, July 15, time tbd -- team time trial. Dan Daly hosting. (Not sure on the details yet. Probably we'll run this on Route 174, Dan's normal time trial route--for those of you to whom that means anything--from a few miles south of Carlisle to a few miles short of Shippensburg and back again. 40k. We'll have to do this a little later in the day so as to not have to fight traffic, but probably by 7:00 pm we should be fine. We also have to agree on rules, but there's plenty of time for those mundane details...)
EXCITING!
...
Back for 2010, it's the battle of South Mountain (or something similarly grandiose and awe-inspiring)!
o^o o^o o^o
Yup, this summer, like last summer, Ship Cycling is going to collaborate with South Mountain Velo and Yellow Breeches Racing for the 2010 SMVC/YBR/Ship Cycling Summer Smackdown. This is how it works:
There are FOUR events, an individual time trial, a road race (its only like 23 miles or something), a hill climb to Big Flat, and, new this year, a team time trial.
Each event is scored kind of like a cross country meet. Each team's first three riders to finish score points for the team. The fourth and fifth riders displace the points riders from other teams would score. Additional riders are excluded from team scoring. Lowest point total wins.
So, say the first four riders that finish an event are Ship Cycling and the next three riders that finish are South Mountain. Ship Cycling would score 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 points for their first three finishers. Fourth place is Ship Cycling; he doesn't score any points, but he pushes South Mountain riders down the scale so they score more points. South Mountain would score 5 + 6 + 7 = 18 points. 6 < 18 so Ship Cycling wins.
Even though it's billed as a competition between the three area clubs, EVERYONE IS INVITED! Others can form their own teams (I'm campaigning for Lost Boys to send a contingent) or just vie for individual glory. Non-team riders displace the points teams would earn.
HERE'S THE CALENDAR (everything subject to change):
** Thurs, June 3, 6:00 pm - individual time trial. YBR hosts. Meet at the campground on Pine Grove Rd about five miles north of Pine Grove Furnace SP. (This is the regular Ironmasters TT, hosted by the much loved and probably underappreciated Mark Laser.)
** Wed, June 30 (rain date: July 1), 6:00 pm - road race. Ship Cycling hosts. Meet at Pine Grove Furnace SP. The parking lot by the reservoir. (Probably the same course that we did last year--south on 233, left on Shippensburg Rd, left on Wenksville, left on Coon, left on Bendersville Rd, right on Pine Grove Rd. Probably the same course... It's negotiable.)
** Wed, July 7 (rain date: July 8), 6:00 pm - South Mountain hill climb. SMV hosts. Meet at Southhampton Township Park. (Mass start hill climb up the seven-some miles from Cleversburg to Big Flat.)
** Wed, July 15, time tbd -- team time trial. Dan Daly hosting. (Not sure on the details yet. Probably we'll run this on Route 174, Dan's normal time trial route--for those of you to whom that means anything--from a few miles south of Carlisle to a few miles short of Shippensburg and back again. 40k. We'll have to do this a little later in the day so as to not have to fight traffic, but probably by 7:00 pm we should be fine. We also have to agree on rules, but there's plenty of time for those mundane details...)
EXCITING!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
starlight circle race #3 (may 19)
Well, as tomorrow is race #4, I suppose I ought to write something up about race #3, eh? But now that it's been two weeks my memory is getting fuzzy. (If someone else would like to take over posting results, by all means...)
The standout performance of the night came from relative newcomer D-Grace. He's been on a bike for what, maybe one month, and he's wholly capable of keeping pace with the leaders and even throwing down for the sprint on the last lap. Very impressive. Just makes the fun that much more fun.
The glory of the night, however, belonged to 2M, who lengthened his slender lead (being tied on points with dr goatsauce) by taking the sprint in a photo finish over Jonny M. The not-so-saucy goat limped in for third with D-Grace right behind. Ship track and cross country runner whose-name-I-can't-remember followed with an impressive gap over nighttime race veteran Jimmy S. (I hope I'm not forgetting anyone...)
Results from Round 3:
(1) 2m, 25 pts
(2) jonny m, 20 pts
(3) dr goatesauce, 16 pts
(4) d grace, 13 pts
(5) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(6) jimmy, 10 pts
Combined point standings after three rounds:
(1) 2m, 70 pts
(2) dr goatesauce, 61 pts
(3) d grace, 39 pts
(4) conroy, 32 pts
(5) jimmy, 31 pts
(6) jonny m, 20 pts
(7) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(8) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(8) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after three rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
Next round: Wednesday, June 2, 9:30 pm!
The standout performance of the night came from relative newcomer D-Grace. He's been on a bike for what, maybe one month, and he's wholly capable of keeping pace with the leaders and even throwing down for the sprint on the last lap. Very impressive. Just makes the fun that much more fun.
The glory of the night, however, belonged to 2M, who lengthened his slender lead (being tied on points with dr goatsauce) by taking the sprint in a photo finish over Jonny M. The not-so-saucy goat limped in for third with D-Grace right behind. Ship track and cross country runner whose-name-I-can't-remember followed with an impressive gap over nighttime race veteran Jimmy S. (I hope I'm not forgetting anyone...)
Results from Round 3:
(1) 2m, 25 pts
(2) jonny m, 20 pts
(3) dr goatesauce, 16 pts
(4) d grace, 13 pts
(5) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(6) jimmy, 10 pts
Combined point standings after three rounds:
(1) 2m, 70 pts
(2) dr goatesauce, 61 pts
(3) d grace, 39 pts
(4) conroy, 32 pts
(5) jimmy, 31 pts
(6) jonny m, 20 pts
(7) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(8) su track & cc runner whose-name-I-can't-remember, 11 pts
(8) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after three rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
Next round: Wednesday, June 2, 9:30 pm!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
2010 eccc road survey
If you haven't seen the 2010 ECCC Road Survey results, check them out.
Note that Ship Cycling finished second in the vote for best kits. Awesome. (And congrats to Chop and 2M, who designed them.) The second place finish is all the more noteworthy for our having received more votes than we had voters. (I don't know how many of you voted--if I were to guess, I'd guess zero--but I know it was less than 14.)
And that bit about that UVM guy's road-converted mtb?
Very cool. I'm inspired.
Note that Ship Cycling finished second in the vote for best kits. Awesome. (And congrats to Chop and 2M, who designed them.) The second place finish is all the more noteworthy for our having received more votes than we had voters. (I don't know how many of you voted--if I were to guess, I'd guess zero--but I know it was less than 14.)
And that bit about that UVM guy's road-converted mtb?
Very cool. I'm inspired.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
now that's bike racing...
Such an awesome stage of the Giro today. Crazy awesome. Awesome as in I'm awe-struck.
No spoilers... You'll have to watch it. (You really should. At least the last two videos.)
I wish I looked like that at the end of bike races. So awesome...
No spoilers... You'll have to watch it. (You really should. At least the last two videos.)
I wish I looked like that at the end of bike races. So awesome...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
starlight circle race #2 (may 5)
The action was hot at the Cinco de Mayo edition of the Starlight Circle Race last night. Word must be getting out because last night we had spectators. Six of them--five humans and one dog.
The night belonged to 2M. Not wanting to disappoint the crowd, 2M opened fire immediately after the mandated three lap warm-up period. A gap opened and a three-man chase (Brad, Conroy, and the Goater) formed. The gap held at around five to six seconds for most of the race, 2M reasonably motivated to hold his lead and the chase group, slowing dwindling in numbers (Brad was the first to fall off the pace, then Conroy), not super motivated to reel him in.
"Our plan was to let him dangle out there," said a unenthusiastic Goater afterward. "If we caught him within two laps to go that would be perfect. Although we weren't planning on a 'catch,' but blow-right-past humiliation."
But the catch apparently came too soon--with three laps to go--because no one "blew right past" anyone, until the finishing stretch, where a recovered 2M asserted his dominance with a furious finishing sprint and won by two dozen bike lengths.
Results from Round 2:
(1) 2m, 25 pts
(2) dr goatesauce, 20 pts
(3) conroy, 16 pts
(4) d grace, 13 pts
(5) brad, 11 pts
(6) jimmy, 10 pts
(7) kelly flantastic, 9 pts
Women's results:
(1) kelly flantastic, 25 pts
Combined point standings after two rounds:
(1) 2m, 45 pts
(1) dr goatesauce, 45 pts
(3) conroy, 32 pts
(4) d grace, 26 pts
(5) jimmy, 21 pts
(6) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(7) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after two rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
See y'all again on the 19th!
The night belonged to 2M. Not wanting to disappoint the crowd, 2M opened fire immediately after the mandated three lap warm-up period. A gap opened and a three-man chase (Brad, Conroy, and the Goater) formed. The gap held at around five to six seconds for most of the race, 2M reasonably motivated to hold his lead and the chase group, slowing dwindling in numbers (Brad was the first to fall off the pace, then Conroy), not super motivated to reel him in.
"Our plan was to let him dangle out there," said a unenthusiastic Goater afterward. "If we caught him within two laps to go that would be perfect. Although we weren't planning on a 'catch,' but blow-right-past humiliation."
But the catch apparently came too soon--with three laps to go--because no one "blew right past" anyone, until the finishing stretch, where a recovered 2M asserted his dominance with a furious finishing sprint and won by two dozen bike lengths.
Results from Round 2:
(1) 2m, 25 pts
(2) dr goatesauce, 20 pts
(3) conroy, 16 pts
(4) d grace, 13 pts
(5) brad, 11 pts
(6) jimmy, 10 pts
(7) kelly flantastic, 9 pts
Women's results:
(1) kelly flantastic, 25 pts
Combined point standings after two rounds:
(1) 2m, 45 pts
(1) dr goatesauce, 45 pts
(3) conroy, 32 pts
(4) d grace, 26 pts
(5) jimmy, 21 pts
(6) kelly flantastic, 19 pts
(7) brad, 11 pts
Women's standings after two rounds:
(1) kelly flantastic, 50 pts
The podium:
The DNF pile (there was something about some stupid track meet):
Two-thirds of our spectators:
See y'all again on the 19th!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Qualified for Nationals!
Mike and I qualified for the nationals road race which is next Friday in Wisconsin. I guess Mike isn't going to make it due to shrinking lungs but I have decided to make the trek instead of walking on graduation. It's a sweet excuse to miss graduation.
Who's pumped for the meeting tomorrow night! and the bike rodeo Friday... SHIP
Saturday, April 24, 2010
I remember the results!
I remember the results from the last twilight crit!
Winner: ME (JON M)
I still have the yellow jersey which Dr. Goates needs since he is the current leader. Unless he has a new one because I have it framed in my room with my other leader jerseys. Well it could be in the living room or kitchen, I just have so many framed I can't remember where they all are. It might even be in the bathroom or basement or...
Winner: ME (JON M)
I still have the yellow jersey which Dr. Goates needs since he is the current leader. Unless he has a new one because I have it framed in my room with my other leader jerseys. Well it could be in the living room or kitchen, I just have so many framed I can't remember where they all are. It might even be in the bathroom or basement or...
Friday, April 23, 2010
starlight circle race #1 (apr 21)
Shippensburg nighttime racing is back and oh how fun it is. Moonlight. Cool air. Freaky shadows. So much fun.
A few laps in a Mike Maret that had hitherto been uncharacteristically grumpy (even for Mike) rolled up beside me and said something about loving to race at night. I agree.
...
Six riders came out for the inaugural race in the 2010 Starlight Circle Race Series, Kelly and Dillon riding the loop for the first time.
We kept it tight for the first several laps, warming up, working on our paceline skillz, until 2M got antsy and shot off the front with an over-the-shoulder look that just dared us to try to keep up.
Things quickly exploded after that. Mike and I traded punches at the front (mostly me attacking every other lap or so and Mike easily keeping on my wheel). Conroy and Dillon worked well together just behind. Jimmy kindly rode clean up (sacrificing himself to clear any stray water bottles or power bars that might have been dislodged in the heat of battle). Meanwhile, Kelly dominated the women's field.
With about five laps to go, Mike caught me napping and got a little gap. I let him keep it, for a lap or so, then charged around him with what I hoped was enough speed that he wouldn't be able to hold my wheel. It worked. I was lucky. (I'm sure he won't let me do it again.) And despite Mike recruiting the help of a lapped Conroy, I held on through the last three laps for the W.
Don't let this old man run away with the thing. That isn't the story you want to tell your kids.
Combined Gender Standings After Round #1:
(1) dr goatesauce, 25 pts
(2) 2m, 20 pts
(3) conroy, 16 pts
(4) d grace, 13 pts
(5) jimmy, 11 pts
(6) kelly flantastic, 10 pts
Women's Standings After Round #1
(1) kelly flantastic, 25 pts
...
Note the new scoring scheme. Rather than the Fibonacci sequence deal we used in September, I've elected to use a more traditional points scale which awards points to the top 15 riders (it seems unlikely we'll ever have more than 15 riders) like this: 25, 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
...
By my count there are five riders who wanted to be there who weren't for some reason. If we can get a few non-students there, we could easily be running fields of 12-15.
...
I was looking at the standings from the 2009 September Starlight Criterium Series (same course, four rounds) and I'm not sure who came out on top. After three rounds the points looked like this:
(1) Mike Maret, 16.5 pts
(2) goatesauce, 16 pts
(3) Jon Marshall, 13.5 pts
(4) Matt C. (Chop), 11 pts
(5) Matt Conroy, 3 pts
(6) Cody Wertz, 3 pts
(7) Alex Krayo, 1 pt
(8) Kevin Melnick, 1 pt
Does anyone remember how it ended?
...
Round #2 of the Starlight Circle Race Series is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5, 9:30 pm. Cinco de Mayo, baby.
That said, if there's interest--especially from the folks who will be leaving us over the summer--to throw in one more round next week, Wednesday, April 28, I'm game.
A few laps in a Mike Maret that had hitherto been uncharacteristically grumpy (even for Mike) rolled up beside me and said something about loving to race at night. I agree.
...
Six riders came out for the inaugural race in the 2010 Starlight Circle Race Series, Kelly and Dillon riding the loop for the first time.
We kept it tight for the first several laps, warming up, working on our paceline skillz, until 2M got antsy and shot off the front with an over-the-shoulder look that just dared us to try to keep up.
Things quickly exploded after that. Mike and I traded punches at the front (mostly me attacking every other lap or so and Mike easily keeping on my wheel). Conroy and Dillon worked well together just behind. Jimmy kindly rode clean up (sacrificing himself to clear any stray water bottles or power bars that might have been dislodged in the heat of battle). Meanwhile, Kelly dominated the women's field.
With about five laps to go, Mike caught me napping and got a little gap. I let him keep it, for a lap or so, then charged around him with what I hoped was enough speed that he wouldn't be able to hold my wheel. It worked. I was lucky. (I'm sure he won't let me do it again.) And despite Mike recruiting the help of a lapped Conroy, I held on through the last three laps for the W.
Don't let this old man run away with the thing. That isn't the story you want to tell your kids.
Combined Gender Standings After Round #1:
(1) dr goatesauce, 25 pts
(2) 2m, 20 pts
(3) conroy, 16 pts
(4) d grace, 13 pts
(5) jimmy, 11 pts
(6) kelly flantastic, 10 pts
Women's Standings After Round #1
(1) kelly flantastic, 25 pts
...
Note the new scoring scheme. Rather than the Fibonacci sequence deal we used in September, I've elected to use a more traditional points scale which awards points to the top 15 riders (it seems unlikely we'll ever have more than 15 riders) like this: 25, 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
...
By my count there are five riders who wanted to be there who weren't for some reason. If we can get a few non-students there, we could easily be running fields of 12-15.
...
I was looking at the standings from the 2009 September Starlight Criterium Series (same course, four rounds) and I'm not sure who came out on top. After three rounds the points looked like this:
(1) Mike Maret, 16.5 pts
(2) goatesauce, 16 pts
(3) Jon Marshall, 13.5 pts
(4) Matt C. (Chop), 11 pts
(5) Matt Conroy, 3 pts
(6) Cody Wertz, 3 pts
(7) Alex Krayo, 1 pt
(8) Kevin Melnick, 1 pt
Does anyone remember how it ended?
...
Round #2 of the Starlight Circle Race Series is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5, 9:30 pm. Cinco de Mayo, baby.
That said, if there's interest--especially from the folks who will be leaving us over the summer--to throw in one more round next week, Wednesday, April 28, I'm game.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Dr. Goates invades South Park
Referring back to Jon's post:
http://shipcycling.blogspot.com/2009/12/dr-goates-twin-or-acting-career.html
http://shipcycling.blogspot.com/2009/12/dr-goates-twin-or-acting-career.html
I think I have spotted Dr. Goates in the latest South Park episode, what do you think?
Let's examine the picture:
- Dr. Goates' body type
- Chest hair (hard to see in the photo)
- 5 o'clock shadow
- Definitely the same hair!
- Eyebrows...
Despite being a little too tan... I think we can successfully say Dr. Goates has been in a Gamefly commercial and has worked his way into a South Park episode. This is a fun game... "Find the Goates!"
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
too quiet
Things seem to have quieted down on the blog just a little too much. Everyone's racing, there's drama all around with crashes and ovalized bottom brackets and a result here and there...where's the chatter?
In an effort to spice things up a bit, I'll give y'all a snapshot view of the trophy I took home this weekend:
This picture was taken after I got all cleaned up, obviously. Immediately after the injury it was much more exciting. My eye socket was completely filled with blood, I had sweet blood streaks down my cheek, and I've still dark red splatter spots sprinkled on my top and down tubes. My DNA is everywhere.
The story: Went to play on Saturday in Zach's Michaux Mash--a four-hour mountain bike race on a nine-mile loop of Michaux's worst (that's not true--there is much, much worse). For those that don't know, endurance mountain bike events are often timed. Riders try to run as many laps as possible within the time limit. The rider with the most laps wins. Or the rider that finishes the most laps in the least amount of time wins.
My accident occurred after I went over the bars in a particularly rough section of trail just 30 minutes in. Scraped up helmet, broken sun glasses, slightly dented top tube, and a cut on the forehead. I immediately began bleeding everywhere. I had to take a few minutes to stop the bleeding and assess how bad I was hurt. After five or six minutes the cut stopped bleeding, I felt ok--if maybe a little deflated--so I figured I'd soldier on. I rode another 3 1/2 hours and finished (I think) 10th in the under 40.
The gash above my eye was cool and all, but through the course of the ride I also rubbed the tip off my left nipple. (Sorry, no photo.) Frankly, that hurt a lot more. Couldn't hardly shower afterward, the pain of water spraying on my chest just a little more than I could bear.
I love bike racing.
In an effort to spice things up a bit, I'll give y'all a snapshot view of the trophy I took home this weekend:
This picture was taken after I got all cleaned up, obviously. Immediately after the injury it was much more exciting. My eye socket was completely filled with blood, I had sweet blood streaks down my cheek, and I've still dark red splatter spots sprinkled on my top and down tubes. My DNA is everywhere.
The story: Went to play on Saturday in Zach's Michaux Mash--a four-hour mountain bike race on a nine-mile loop of Michaux's worst (that's not true--there is much, much worse). For those that don't know, endurance mountain bike events are often timed. Riders try to run as many laps as possible within the time limit. The rider with the most laps wins. Or the rider that finishes the most laps in the least amount of time wins.
My accident occurred after I went over the bars in a particularly rough section of trail just 30 minutes in. Scraped up helmet, broken sun glasses, slightly dented top tube, and a cut on the forehead. I immediately began bleeding everywhere. I had to take a few minutes to stop the bleeding and assess how bad I was hurt. After five or six minutes the cut stopped bleeding, I felt ok--if maybe a little deflated--so I figured I'd soldier on. I rode another 3 1/2 hours and finished (I think) 10th in the under 40.
The gash above my eye was cool and all, but through the course of the ride I also rubbed the tip off my left nipple. (Sorry, no photo.) Frankly, that hurt a lot more. Couldn't hardly shower afterward, the pain of water spraying on my chest just a little more than I could bear.
I love bike racing.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Racing C's
Okay, so now it is pretty much official. I just signed up for the Men's C road race at Bucknell. Nothing like going from a longest race of the season at 17.6 miles to 36 miles. I am sure it will be good times had by all. Anyone else from D's want to join me?
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