http://www.nathanrtaylor.com "Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it." Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:02:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en June 2nd was supposed to be the second of 10 races in the NashvilleCyclist criterium series. I got to LP Field an hour early so I could change and warm up without worrying about time. After our team's strong performance at the Gatorade Criterium the Sunday before, I was very ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/the-race-that-wasnt-the-race-that-was/ Memorial Day weekend saw myself, Jonathan Woody, and his wife Gabrielle Woody heading up to Georgetown, KY to ride in the Horsey Hundred. The weather was perfect for a long ride in horse farm country. We set out around 8am and set a comfortable pace that we could sustain all ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/memorial-day-weekend-ride-reports/ Rob Z(ielinski, not ombie) and I joined up with Todd Essig and Jonathan Woody from the Harpeth Bicycles Racing Team last night for a couple of laps of the 6 hour loop at Hamilton Creek. We mostly took it easy. I say mostly because Jonathan didn't - that guy is ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/hamilton-creek-pachinko/ The first race of the NashvilleCyclist criterium series was last night. Tim Hall is putting this race series on for the 6th season, and they get better every year. The course is in downtown Nashville at LP Field (where the Titans play) on a 2km course set up with 8 ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/good-race-long-week-cool-stuff/ Highland Rim. The State Championship road race. At 55 miles it was also the longest road race I have done yet, and by far the hardest.  Although rain was on the map, it stayed away during our race. Brian, Chuck C., Shawn, and I lined up at the front and had ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/highland-rim-road-race-report/ The Sumner County Classic road race took place on May 1st, during the now infamous weekend where Nashville learned that it was far from immune to flooding. We knew it was going to rain. We didn't know it was going to rain more than a FOOT of water on the ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/sumner-county-classic-road-race/ The Harpeth Bicycles Racing Team went down to North Georgia over the weekend of April 17-18th to ride a few mountains. I haven't written much of anything about it since we got back, which makes it more and more likely that I never will. The short story is that the mountains ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/harpeth-racing-training-camp-2010/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... crap. Lost count. What's the screen say? 6 minutes left. Crap. I'll start counting again at the next minute. 56, 57, 58, ok, start counting pedal strokes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.... focus.... 9, 10, 11. crap. lost count again. How many minutes now? We've ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/strength-by-the-numbers/ The Harpeth Racing team is right in the middle of organizing our first criterium race here in Nashville, and Allison did a bang-up job of designing a typography based logo for it. Click on the image to go to the race info page, and sign up for it while you ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/the-art-of-race-posters/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Pre-beatdown warmup"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.nathanrtaylor.com/tour-de-tuscaloosa-cat-5-road-race-report/