Belgian Iron Man!

"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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You may recall that next week is my racing debut. I'll be doing 100 miles

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South, LA.

I am pathetically undertrained, and I have nowhere near the miles I wanted

going

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into it. I'll finish, though.

Today, I decided to do a long ride. It was about 59 and cloudy when I

started.

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About 20 miles out, it started raining, a strong wind came up and the temperature dropped. I
wasn't miserable yet, so I decided to keep riding.

Misery hit at mile 30. I was feeling the onset of hypothermia, and I was

focused

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like a zombie on just turning the pedals to get home. Fortunately, all

that

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fixed gear riding I did over winter paid off; I just plopped her into a

small

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gear and started spinning.

If my ride today was anything like the Belgian early season classics, I am

so

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very glad I'm not a pro. I'm still dieting, so I didn't even reward my

ride with

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fries an mayo; it was rice, black beans and a small bit of baked salmon.

Het Volk was canceled this year, BTW.

Good for you, Kev. Keep at it and you can be the new Fabrizio. :-) Where is your race in south
Louisiana?

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:06:20 -0600, Kevan Smith <[email hidden]>

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I wasn't miserable yet, so I decided to keep riding.

I know whatch mean, but this sounds so funny; "monty pythonesque" we wanted to wait until we were in
Misery ( a small town outside Gotham city.)

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Misery hit at mile 30. I was feeling the onset of hypothermia, and I was focused like a zombie on
just turning the pedals to get home. Fortunately, all that

Ghost in the mahine.

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fixed gear riding I did over winter paid off; I just plopped her into a small gear and started
spinning.

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If my ride today was anything like the Belgian early season classics, I am so very glad I'm
not a pro

Yeah, yeah, and you'll come in a disappointing 3rd or something, all the while fussing about how out
of shape you are <sigh>. But I love the way this ng tells the tales of biking; like Bill Murray in
Stripes - 'the stories!'

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I'm still dieting, so I didn't even reward my ride with fries an mayo; it was rice, black beans
and a small bit of baked salmon.

I live on salmon an greenbeans and coffee! The girls (my girls) try to tempt me with fries, but I
hold the line, hehe. I'm down 10lbs since mid Feb.

-B

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:02:39 GMT, "Gooserider" <[email hidden]> from

RoadRunner - Tampa Bay said:

Good for you, Kev. Keep at it and you can be the new Fabrizio. :-) Where is your race in south
Louisiana?

No one can really fill Fab's Carnac Quartz's but the man himself.

Here's the race:

batonrougecycling.comRouge Roubaix.htmOpen ↗

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Badger_South from said:

Yeah, yeah, and you'll come in a disappointing 3rd or something, all the while fussing about how
out of shape you are <sigh>.

That would be great, but I'm just really looking to finish.

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