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Jul
26
Photos from the Race I Won
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Here are the promised photos from the Albany Criterium, which were taken by Tim whose website is www.servicecourseimages.com.But before I launch into photos, I should tell what happened... Taitt and I rode over to Albany which is near Berkeley on Sunday for the annual Albany Criterium, which is on a 1k course around a nice park in Albany. We actually rode over separately, which is why Taitt got lost. On the start line she was explaining to me why it was Dan's fault, not hers - sounded legit to me. Anyway, the race started, and we both decided early on to stay up front, thereby avoiding trouble and hopefully getting into a ...
Jul
25
I won a Race!
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And was so shocked that I didn't even think to stick both hands in the air... Anyway the race was fun, thank you to Taitt for the good teamwork, thank you to Diane, Andrea, and various others for cheering, and I will post pictures later!
Jul
20
Separated at Birth?
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Jul
17
Superweek was…
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The Superweek women's series ended yesterday and I just got home to a nice 80 degree evening here in Oakland. I feel like I need a sweatshirt and wool socks after many consecutive 100-ish degree days in the midwest.I took some photos but not enough. We (Devon and I and our friend Colin who was Devon's teammate last year) stayed with the LaBudde's, who cook really well and give good driving directions and have a nice house near The Lake, which I think is Lake Michigan? Isn't that what's next to Milwaukee? Mike and Fran LaBudde, who I forgot to take a picture of, have a 10 year old daughter Katherine who I forgot to take ...
Jul
11
What would you do for $20?
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Cut JD's hair for him?Reveal that you are indeed a monkey?Sport ass-white hairy legs at an NRC Pro-1-2 race? (hint this is the Beardsley twin who is not embarassed to be racing master's):Or eat a whole corn cob?Sean-of-the-Corn Pt. 2:Finally done:...
Jul
8
The men's series of Superweek started last night with the Beverly Hills Cycling Championship - in Chicago, not L.A. Anyway Devon's team, Team Monex, rode a great race. Three guys broke away and lapped the field, one of them was Devon's teammate Christian, then four guys broke away and got a 1 minute lead on the field, one of these four was Devon's teammate Hayden. Then Devon and Glenn led out Christian for the win, and Devon's leadout was so fast that no one from the field passed him and he took the field sprint for 8th!My photography skills need some work. But here's what I got... Nice pink shorts at the start line:...
Jul
8
Police Standoff at My House
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On Wednesday morning right outside our apartment there were suddenly a bunch of cops and one was yelling at, gun in hand, at some dude driving an overstuffed pickup truck: "get out of the car! put your hands in the air! now!" By the time Devon found the camera the gun was holstered and the dude was handcuffed but still, here is a picture anyway. I love Oakland, there is never a dull moment...
Jul
8
4th of July Podium!
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The city of Davis, CA hosts a really cool criterium every year on the 4th of July. Last year it was painfully hot, but this year it was a very mild 88 degrees outside. Devon raced well to finish second and here is a podium shot on the patio of a restaurant with big weird light-deflecting umbrellas.
Jul
2
District Crit Champion!!!!
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Devon is the new NCNCA Men's District Criterium Champion!! He won the title at the Vacaville Grand Prix today! Here is the only picture I actually got of the race. This is early on - this break morphed slightly to exclude the Lombardi's dude and to include Jamiel Danesh from RH Villa. Jamiel actually crashed himself out with 4 to go which was a total bummer, especially after a trip to Kaiser for stitches (apparently they skipped over his other wounds since it was the end of a Sunday evening shift and the ER folks wanted out of there...), Dave McCook unfortunately ...
Jul
2
Party at JD’s house
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JD had an awesome barbecue yesterday. The funny part was that the party started at 1 pm... we didn't get back from our ride until 1 pm, then [ahem] someone decided that they had to do laundry and shave and cut their hair so I decided to make use of the time and go to Safeway along with the rest of Oakland apparently because there were no shopping carts to be found so I carried everything and dropped things several times, anyway we weren't ready to leave until 3:30. So I called JD to see if they were all still hanging out. He was like "yeah I am still hanging out by mySElf... apparently everyone ...
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