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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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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.
This [...]

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2010 Snake Creek Gap TT #2 race report

By Nathan | February 12, 2010

Originally published on www.harpethracing.com copyright Harpeth Racing 2010 all rights reserved.
I had been looking forward to this race since my DNF four weeks ago in January. After an early dinner and a good, if fitful night’s sleep, Jonathan and I were geared up by 7:30am and headed to the “Snake Pit” at the Trade [...]

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- Huge breakfast courtesy of Grandma. Rob is giving himself a mohawk. We leave for Sioux City in a bit. 2010/07/24
- @301CopyaCall Greetings! We head to Sioux City for ragbrai tomorrow. Supposed to be a hot one. 2010/07/23
- @301CopyaCall hi from Hudson. 2010/07/23
- @suzannenorman I at least need a Twitter avatar that displays the hirstute appendage in it's full form. 2010/07/23
- RAGBRAI begins. Heading out to pick up @jamestodd then North to meet up with Rob. Tomorrow Sioux City, Sunday we ride. 2010/07/23
- http://twitpic.com/27axy4 Coffee is at drinking temp when my stirling engine stops spinning. Every geek office needs one. 2010/07/21
- Inception is really really good. 2010/07/16
- Last night's crit race was a huge indicator to how far I've come this season. Also how far I have to go. Confidence building. 2010/07/15
- @johnkscott Thanks! you'll get there soon. 10 race STARTS is all you need, then it's time to cat up. How is the training break treating you? 2010/07/15
- First crit as a cat 4 done. 30 mins w/ my heart rate in the high 180s, pack finish, and enough in the tank to out sprint 6 guys at the line. 2010/07/14
- @prolix21 that's a tough choice. I love my hardtail, but the cx bike will definitely get more total miles. 2010/07/10
- @prolix21 this one has all the necessary items to turn it into a fully geared bike too. seven really knocked it out of the park 2010/07/09
- @grolby straight gauge ti. more beefy than superlight. 2010/07/09
- http://twitpic.com/23x2bd my seven cyclocross bike is complete. Single speed. 17 lbs. Can't wait to ride it tomorrow. 2010/07/09
- The best part of craigslist is when people do stuff like this to sell their crap (in this case, a bike): http://tinyurl.com/37sqlda 2010/07/01
- It's getting close to bike racing time @nashvillecyclist style. 2010/06/30
- @agletsmycat crazy huh. 2010/06/28
- http://twitpic.com/20upkp Advanced Pirate Survival Skill #145. Teaching Judah the finer points of the figure-four deadfall. 2010/06/28
- http://twitpic.com/20u950 teaching Judah the finer points of figure four deadfalls. Advanced Pirate survival skills. 2010/06/28
- @prolix21 if you aren't busy this weekend, I highly recommend going out to watch the Hyde Park crit races. Wish I was there for them. 2010/06/25