I’m sad that Short Track is over…I want another chance that I’m faster then this, I swear! I didn’t have a very good race; I got stuck behind a bunch of women who were really slow and kept uncliping over things I wanted to go over and going slow over sections I wanted to spee[...]
Archive for July, 2007
July 30th, 2007 - 8:24 pm § in Cycling, Ride Reports
Ride Report – PV Century
Saturday was my Bike Club’s century. The route is a great one, it winds through Hillsboro to Forest Grove (first stop, Maggie’s Buns, oh HELL yes), then around Hagg Lake, down Old Hwy 47 through Yamhill County (I LOVE this ride), up the back side of Bald Peak, and back. It was a bit wet [...]
July 27th, 2007 - 11:45 am § in Deep Thoughts
Why does bike clothing for women suck?
Can someone explain this to me? Why are only the most hideous designs reserved for women’s bicycle wear? Everything is either light blue, canary yellow, or pink, and everything that’s not solid has some sort of spiral or floral pattern on it. WTF? Thanks, Performance, for the fast ex[...]
Ride Reports
I’ve been riding a lot more recently then I have in a while, and I’m loving it. Last week I went out to Sauvie Island and did a little time trial test to see where I’m at (considering doing the OBRA TT Championships in 2 weeks). It was about 7pm, clear sky…as I was out [...][...]
Race Report: Short Track
By the time I left work last night, the wind was blowing, the sky was dark with heavy clouds, and I was bemoaning this strange July weather. But I thought, what the hell, a muddy short track race could be interesting. I was hoping to get there early so I could actually warm up, but [...][...]
Women’s Bike Racing in Oregon
The OBRA chat list has recently been inundated with posts about the fate of women’s racing in Oregon. Apparently the numbers of racers has dropped significantly in the last year or two, which could adversely effect the number of races women compete in, particularly PIR. From http://tinyurl.com[...]
Camping & Ride Report: Lewis River Trail
Friday night we drove up to and past Cougar, WA to the Gifford Pinchot Nat’l Forest around Mt St Helens. We camped out at the Lower Falls Rec Area, which is a pretty big campground; thankfully there were lots of open spots, but unfortunately that was because it was raining. On the long drive t[...]
July 17th, 2007 - 8:51 pm § in MTB, Race Reports
Race Report: Short Track @ PIR
Monday night I went out and did 2 races: the beginner’s race and the sport women (same course, one is 20 mins, one 30 mins). And man was it AWESOME!! Pretty much the most fun I’d ever had…I was going a lot faster then I thought I could on a mountain bike, I actually feel [...][...]
Ride Reports: Dairy Creek & Post Canyon
Road Ride – Dairy Creek (55 miles) Saturday morning I went on the PV ride with the 21s. The Dairy Creek ride is always interesting, as halfway through the ride is a 16-mile out and back, 8 miles up a false flat, 8 miles down. And everyone always races it, and I always get dropped. This [...][...]
Injuries update
Since I haven’t been running for the last month and a half (basically since Blue Lake), I haven’t had any issues with my IT Band. Although that doesn’t mean I won’t when I start again…I haven’t been very diligent about doing my hip exercises or working with the fo[...]
