Velodrome results

It doesn't happen often - but sometimes I win. Since this is an open personal diary (more so than anything else), I'm writing this post to remember what I did in the days prior to a win.

Sunday: governor's island bike race
Monday: very easy 17 mile spin
Tuesday: off
Wednesday: podium

Wearing glasses full time also helps me see things up the road, even when there's nothing there.

This is me off the front at the Governor's Island criterium on 8/09/09. Unfortunately my position at the finish was not great, I got 11th. Note to self: look for a landmark to initiate the sprint before the bell lap.

Photo credit: anthony skorochod

And here is my favorite photo, credit goes to my team mate Wai2Fast for taking this lovely panoramic at the Kissena Governor's Island Criterium.

Velodrome 5/6/09

The muscle memory came back and I remembered how to sprint starting with the second race of the night.

My bud Al Barouh pipped me at the line for points in the first race of the evening, and I think the brain fired a signal to the engine room.

The signal was the one that triggers the desire to race hard, oxygen debt is good, and give 100% when there's less than that left in the bank.

Quite simply, there's no point in looking back.

Rode aggressively the rest of the night to help a team mate win the scratch race and held on for 5th, placed 3rd in the snowball, and 4th in the feature.

Colors

A friend edited a picture and made this for me.

Here's the original.




Here's what he did to it. It looks fast with a neon-green helmet and purple kit.



And inspiration coming from fixedgearlondon.com.