Ride Report Southridge #4

Today got off to a great start with perfect riding weather here in beautiful Fontucky.



This little guy gets my stud of the day award. I watched him pass two adults on this hill.



And we seem to have a new incentive system for the hills. Bikini girl made a showing at the top of the last hill and really seemed to motivate the riders (the men at least).



Then the action moved to the Super D where a few riders seemed to have difficulties with the newly cut trail.



And on to the 4x where STR's own Julia put on a dominating performance on the track.



Pics are up from todays races at: http://www.ericfoltz.photoreflect.com

Great day everyone.

 

Love how his head is straight, but his eyes are.....wandering

 

Here's a few pics from today. DH practice, super D, and 4X.

Is it me, or does E.C. just seem to float over those jumps! :?:
Enjoy! :beer:

http://s366.photobucket.com/albums/oo110/lizardking704/SRC Winter Series 4/

 

Mike, that was me in the SoBe jersey... and I don't know what you're talking about. :?:

Eric, your shots are as sweet as ever - keep up the good work! :bang:

 

Nice Pic Eric. You have a good eye. I probably went right past that area and didn't notice a thing.:beer:

 

Way to go Julia, you killed it today.

That little guy (204u) is my new hero...

 

I laughed pretty hard at that pic Jon. first, the audacity of random bikini girl, then the look on your face :lol:

I also like how Tmac calls Julia a 'guy'...:-k :lol:

oh yeah, and excellent pics as usual Eric. love your stuff

I grabbed some pics of the 4X practice since I was a tad bored. ended up taking off and hitting a few shuttle runs when Jsims showed up. not too much stuff, but here it is.


There was a rather large pile of nice bikes around the intense tent. thought it looked nice


Roger:


Julia:


Bob Burnes:


a few random people that I happened to take really nice shots of:

ATTACK!





can't wait for DH tomorrow. I like the course a lot :bang: (although it's over way too fast, but that's a good thing is racing right?)

 

LOL, you must be tired, He was talking about this little guy




Soooo, uh....... anyone get a frontal shot of the random Bikini Girl???? I am wondering if it was cold out.

 

well, I am dang tired, but it still looks like he called Julia a guy :lol:

 

whoops, fixed my code, I am also tired, and I have been drinking. See ya tommorrow

 

Good times today Just what the doctor ordered... smooth and flowey but i am still bringing the big bike for tomorrow C ya out there

 

That little blue eyed future hottie is wearing clipless pedals! :bang:

 

Can you still ride the 4x track sunday?

 

Yes!

 

anyone get pics of me in the lower rock garden today? 241 zg

 

Soooo I only ended up getting 1 practice run in the whole time because i had to work on saturday DOH! I ended up getting 6th so it could of been alot worse!! #-o Was still fun!!

 

fun race. got in 3 runs this morning, plus the race. ended up crashing somewhere and losing a crapload of time (even though it was a small crash).

all in all, 14th in sport 19-26 with a 2:39 something.

congrats to all that raced, won, almost won. Even if you didn't do well, better luck next time.

If anyone's posting pics, if you've got 251M I'd be grateful. black and white giro remedy helmet and a gray reignX

 

So, the 4X race report. I'm not a big fan of writing about myself, so I'll stick with the epic racing that was Julia and Roger's day!

Despite the cloud cover, it was actually pretty warm. The track's been through some changes since last I'd seen it, but one of the best changes was the new start gate. I loved it. It really made for some great starts. I even like the new race brackets.

Before it all began, I hit the track with Julia a couple of times and she looked dialed! Seriously. She's nice and smooth through out the track (and got smoother when she dropped the pressure suit-it was bonking her head around when ever she turned). I was well impressed with how her riding has evolved since I last saw her.
I even had the chance to pump race with Julia and she rocked the track. (I, uh...pedaled out of habit in one of the berms-so...I'macheater. Sorry.)

The racing got started at about 230pm and Julia and Roger were ready to rock the gate.

Julia's first race had her out the gate and down the track all the way in first. It was great. You should have seen the smile on her face when she was walking back up the hill. She said, "I was really worried."

The 2nd run down the hill had Julia in 2nd, but she high lowed the lead gal and it was on to the finish. Another 1st place!!!

Roger had a HUGE bracket of guys to push through for his racing. He was really holding his own through the track and in one race, I'll have to post the picture, had him going for a pass and it was looking great until he bumped into a wall on wheels. They crashed into one another and it looked like Roger was about to recover and pedal past that other rider, but his clips weren't agreeing with his shoes and the other guy got away. It was a tense couple of seconds there.

Man, I was well impressed with that start gate and the racing brackets (I was going against some young guns-way outside my age range) made for some fun racing. I made some new friends and, if I just lived a little closer, would be there for the next race! Until then, I'll see you guys on the 28th of March for the US Cup race!

 

Had a good time as usual. I had my best finish (9th) and best race run so far this year but still not a good run. I just need to get my fitness better and find a way not to psych myself out before the start. I will someday. I prefer the SS vs the Aline for racing here. I was still dead tired and couldn't sprint the wall like I wanted to or did this morning but its getting better.

 

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