Author Archives: Nathan

Tour de Tuscaloosa Cat 5 Road Race Report

By Nathan | March 28, 2010

This season is definitely going to be an immersion classroom in “The education of a racer” for me. I’m learning a lot even if I can’t apply it all yet. From these three races my pain points have all been the same – hills. More specifically my unwillingness to dig really deep early in these [...]

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Tour de Tuscaloosa Cat 5 Crit Race Report

By Nathan | March 27, 2010

I spent a lot of time on the warmup laps thinking about how to take the lines around the course as fast as possible, so by the time the race started I felt confident that I could take that hill at 41 mph with no brakes and hit my sightlines each lap. The pace for [...]

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Hell of the South race report

By Nathan | March 21, 2010

The Hell of the South training race was yesterday in Berlin (pronounced BURlin, not BurLIN), TN. The course took us over chipseal roads, a short dirt section, and over rolling terrain for 26 miles. I raced the “C” race with 7  Category 5 teammates, while 6 of our Category 4 teammates rode the 50 mile “B”‘ race.
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