Lake Hope - OSRS #7

May 6, 2012

Rider		Team	Place	Field
-	Steve Quelette	RideNet Sandbox	4th	Cat 4-5
	Danny "Diesel" Alarcon	Backroom Coffee Roasters Cycling Team	4th	Cat 5
	Blair Fraley	Backroom Coffee Roasters Cycling Team	8th	Cat 3
	Marty Withrow	Backroom Coffee Roasters Cycling Team	9th	Cat 3-4
	Holden Caulfield	Backroom Coffee Roasters Cycling Team	22nd	Cat 4-5
-	Ryan Havlicek	A World of Pain Cycling Team	DNF	Cat 4-5
	Mitch Tallan	Backroom Coffee Roasters Cycling Team	Mechanical	Cat 3

Danny "Diesel" Alarcon

Nice warm hilly race and fighting a cold. Made the mistake thinking I could catch the climbers on the decends. Big thumbs up to the guys who carried the last part of the hill. Hoping some hill training will help me in the future.

Blair Fraley

Hot and hard race. Missed the break but stayed in the chase group until Dan Rhule punched it on the last climb.
Marty rode hrd and led me out for the field sprint.

Marty Withrow

A very challenging 60 mile course. I would fall back a little on the second big climb on each lap, and then work my butt off to get back with the group in front of me. Considering I have not done much hill work yet this year, I was pretty pleased to crack the top 10.

Holden Caulfield

Hot race. 2 man break took off last lap. Was in front of chase group until 1k to go when legs literally locked up. Couldn't bend right leg.Fell back. Stopped on side of road. Got off bike and sat down until legs relaxed. Then rolled into finish.

Mitch Tallan

The problem with Appalachia is Appalachia; what counts for paved roads wouldn't count for alternative ox-cart paths in Bangladesh. My virgin Madone was de-flowered, defiled, and violated. A handmade Conti Sprinter was raped by a rock, a perfect Chinese carbon rim was shattered. My sweet poor Maddy Madone can never show her face in the upper tiers of society again. The House of Tallan shall defend her honor-someone bring me the head of the Traffic Engineer of Lake Hope.