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jbird
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 01:41 am |
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Hey all - This is a late report - as will my next post be (at least partly). Hope everyone is racing and doing well! Johanna
I’m in the middle of the field season for my job, which means 14 hour days in 90-100 degree heat. I love my job, but a week of this left me feeling a little unprepared for an assault on Massanutten Mountain in the Virginia State Championship series finale, the Hoo Ha. There was a reasonable turn out for the Women’s Pro/Expert category, including some good competition. The race started up a steepish fire road then ducked into the woods. I was third going into the woods, but the second place rider faded quickly in the face of the muddy, rocky, elbow-fest (they started us at the back of all categories of expert men). The rest of the race I spent chasing the leader, Teresa Richardson of Sobe-Cannondale. Somewhat unfortunately for me the course this year excluded at least half of a super rocky ridge, which is usually where I excel against the competition (who often don’t have access to this kind of AWESOME riding). Anyway, I caught the leader after the second time on the half ridge we did ride, we rode together – swapping places every so often. She got away from me on an open fire road climb, and when I tried to make my final rock garden move I lost my chain. I tried to finish strong, and ended up 22 seconds down. I learned some valuable lessons though – like sometimes you have to go even if it’s not in a section that most favors your skills. In the end though it was an exciting and awesome race that challenged me – to me that’s the best part of racing. The new Kona rode great on climbs and descents – although I am still getting used to the more laid back geometry which calls for different body position in corners than my old bike. I had my nice pink Giro lid on too – so I was styling. I broke the first one on its inaugural ride at Sea Otter, so I was stoked to get a second chanceJ I think my finish here clinched my win of the VA State Championship series, but I still have to find the official results on this. There was some coverage of this race on cyclingnews.com.
Last edited on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 04:21 pm by jbird
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Miss Mary
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 05:36 am |
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hi johanna, can you give me your last name and links to the results when you find them so that I can post them on the bella results page.
great job!!!!
-mm
Last edited on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 05:40 am by Miss Mary
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jbird
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 02:11 pm |
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Hi Miss Mary,
Here is the link to the Hoo Ha coverage and results.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb/?id=2008/jun08/hooha08
Thanks,
Johanna Kraus
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 03:47 pm |
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| Here's a pic from the Hoo Ha. Photo by J.R. Petsko - http://www.iPlayOutside.com Attachment: 305642059_hoo-ha0291.jpg (Downloaded 17 times)
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velobella
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 04:22 pm |
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| I wanna race this event, just so I can say hoo ha over and over!
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jeninsb
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 04:26 pm |
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lol, totally :-)
i gotta post this one, just so i can put hoo ha on the blog..
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