Weekend results
BooKoo-BBC racks up two more top fives with Brooke pulling in a 3rd place in an extra muddy MTB race in NC and on the road Doug Frederick managed 4th in the Perry Roubaix road race.
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April 2007 Archives April 3, 2007
mud bath in North Carolina (by Maaike)
The mountainbike race in Tsali was CRAZY!!! Brooke got 3rd - awesome job! I finished in one piece, which was all I could ask for. It started to rain the night before the race, resulting in a very muddy trail. We, the Sport category, were supposed to start in the second wave, after the trail had been destroyed already a bit by the beginners in the first wave earlier that morning. The start was already hectic, with 2 crashes right in front of me, but luckily nobody was seriously hurt, and the fireroad provided enough opportunity to pass the slower women and catch up to the leading ladies (incl Brooke)(the total field was about 30). After half a mile or so, the road turned into a single track trail, that we would not leave for the next 20 miles, awesome environment! Too bad everything got in worse and worse condition as the race progressed, and I was pretty scared on the downhills, because of my lack of technical skills and unfamiliarity with the course. I had to stop a lot of times to allow my eyes to recover from all the mud in them - it hurt so bad! After about 30 minutes of racing I stopped going hard - I wanted to save my knees (they held up great by the way!) and wanted to NOT DIE! There were some crazy scary sections, with 30 feet drop offs right next to the trail to the lake, with rocks and roots on the trail right in that particular section: scary!!! They did 'tape it off' with some orange tape though - like that's going to hold you up if you fall! I walked a lot, and found no shame in that :-). Everybody's brakes gave out - all the mud was basically sand paper to the pads, so whether you had V-brakes, mechanical disc brakes or hydraulic disc brakes: everything failed. I therefore walked a mile or 2 towards the end, alternatively pushing and carrying the bike, because it was so (down)hilly that I did not dare to be on my bike: dragging your foot in the mud only gives you that much stopping power... Luckily the last 2 miles were relatively flat, so the foot- dragging technique worked well enough so that careful pedaling was possible, but it wasn't much fun at all, I can tell you that! Mike gave up on racing after about 8 miles into the race, after having crashed (hard) into trees on two occasions (dented his helmet on one occasion, scraped up the right side of his body on another), and 'leisurely' rode afterwards (for as much as you can say 'leisurely' for a ride where you're afraid of hurting yourself badly) and started to help people fixing their brakes, including Brooke's! She was able to continue to race because of that, finishing strong as mentioned earlier in third place. Well, as you may gather, it was an epic ride, and leaves us with the mental note to never ever ride the Tsali course when it's raining! I'm glad we're all OK, except for the little scrapes and bruises here and there, and BooKoo BBC can add another 3rd place to their repertoire: Go Brooke! Maaike PS It was a good thing we didn't wear our new kits yet - my white socks are still brown, even after 2 washings... April 4, 2007
Tour de Tuscaloosa photos
Photos from the Tour de Tuscaloosa and the Knobscorcher SERC race at Tsali trail are now viewable at photos.bookoocycling.com. Lookin' good!
Team BooKoo-BBC welcomes new rider!
It's a Girl!!!Tim and Karen welcomed our newest team member Kenison Leyton Heard at 5:30 pm on Tuesday April 3rd. Stats: 8 lbs. 14 oz. and 20.5"! Everyone at Team BooKoo-BBC is super-excited about the addition to the team! Congratulations Tim and Karen!!!!!
the Raisin Hope Charity Ride (by Jeff Bradley)
TJ and I did the Raisin Hope Charity Ride in Dalton GA this last weekend. The 9.2 mile climb we did made the 4 miler from the first Mentone training camp seem rather small when I showed it to TJ Saturday afternoon!!!!!
TJ, Saul Raisin and Jeff April 9, 2007
Women's Ride to Live RR (by Meredith)
The Cat 4 women finally had a race of their own this time, with 7 women (!) showing up to race, mostly local gals including Brooke, myself, Melissa (who rides often during the week), and Christina (Darryl's wife). The course was awesome, plenty of smooth downhill cornering, and it
(p.s. Photos of both men and women in the Ride to Live race can be found on the photos page -- thanks JC!) April 16, 2007
Ride to Live CR April 7
At Barbers in the abnormally cool weather and battling the windy conditions Team BooKoo Energy-BBC tackled the newest race on the schedule. In the explosion of the cat 1,2,3 field Terry managed to pull in a 3rd place finish for the guys. On the women’s side Brooke took the win in the women’s 4 race and Kelly and Lisa took 2nd and 3rd in the women’s 1,2,3 field. April 18, 2007
Race news
Some Belgium weather descended upon Raccoon Mt this past Sunday which made for some interesting racing that no one seemed excited to be a part of except for myself. Despite the conditions Team BooKoo-BBC stilled rolled up some results. In the morning groups the masters guys took 1st and 2nd in the 40+ with Doug P. and Terry and in the 30+ Doug F. and Chris came in 4th and 10th. The women's 1,2,3 race had Elizabeth 2nd and Maaike 7th and then in the cat three race working with the Juris guys I managed to come in 9th. In the afternoon races Amy captured 9th in a big women's cat 4 field and new member Melissa got 14th. In the cat 5 race 40+ Hugh riding solo got himself across the finish line in 9th. Congratulations to everyone on the great efforts at Raccoon Mt and I appreciate everyone's hard work and support. |
About April 2007:
This page contains all entries posted to BooKoo Cycling Website in April 2007. They are listed from oldest to newest. March 2007 is the previous archive. May 2007 is the next archive.
This page contains all entries posted to BooKoo Cycling Website in April 2007. They are listed from oldest to newest. March 2007 is the previous archive. May 2007 is the next archive.
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