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Latest environment news
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CSIRO unearths clues about the wide, mostly brown land
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Premier Campbell Newman declares 'worst storm since 1985'
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Missy Crutchfield, Chattanooga Administrator of Education, Arts and CulturePhoto by David Banks
Last week, it was revealed that Sandy Coulter, a 32-year Chattanooga City employee who managed the Tivoli Theatre and Memorial Auditorium, resigned after an internal audit uncovered misappropriation of funds.
A memorandum from City Auditor Stan Sewell indicated that "approximately $12,000 in cash" used to pay advances for shows at the two venues sat in an envelope in an unlocked safe -- in an unlocked office -- "accessible to any staff retrieving office supplies." Further, the petty cash account available to the Tivoli Theatre and Memorial Auditorium employees contained a staggering $10,000 balance -- and no one properly balanced the books for the account.
Perhaps worst of all was the auditor's finding that the venue's employees wrote a number of checks to "cash." That practice is especially concerning, since, as Sewell points out, "there is no way to actually track where the money is being spent or who received the money."
Coulter apparently took advantage of the lax financial controls at the venues she managed, which led to her resignation. The resignations should not stop with Coulter.
Astonishingly, the October memorandum, was not the first time city auditors discovered problems with how money was managed and the books were balanced at the city-owned, taxpayer-funded performance halls. It was at least the fourth time since 2005 city auditors came to the Department of Education, Arts & Culture, which manages the venues, with many of the same exact problems, a review of audit documents revealed.
In an interview last week with Times Free Press reporter Cliff Hightower, Missy Crutchfield, the top administrator of the Department of Education, Arts & Culture, claimed that she never addressed the venues' financial issues because the city's internal audit and finance departments repeatedly told her the problems could be addressed later.
Sewell denied Crutchfield's allegation that his office turned a blind eye toward the inadequate financial protections taking place at the Tivoli and Memorial Auditorium. "We've never said they not fix the problem," he said.
In other words Crutchfield is alleging that the person whose job it is to be the most reliable and trustworthy watchdog of tax dollars -- the city auditor -- said there was no need to worry about repeated financial mismanagement within a city agency.
If only there was some way to determine which of the two city employees -- Crutchfield or Sewell -- was telling the truth.
There is.
While inspecting the Municipal Auditoriums petty cash account, auditor Barry Teague wrote an email to Crutchfield in June 2011 pointing out that, once again, venue employees were writing checks to "cash." In the same email, Teague stated that he "cannot think of a reason a business should write a check to 'cash'." He then reminded Crutchfield that city auditors demanded the check-writing practice be stopped as far back as 2005.
Crutchfield emailed a response later the same day promising, "I will address this first thing tomorrow."
That's strange, isn't it? Crutchfield saying "I will address this first thing tomorrow" in response to a reprimand from a city auditor doesn't seem anything like "they said to fix the issue later" line she tried to sell the public last week.
Now that we know that Crutchfield is the liar -- not Sewell and his team of auditors -- the question is: What should be done about the issue?
Crutchfield's $107,000 annual salary is only the beginning of what she has cost taxpayers. The city's mismanagement of the two venues under her watch is estimated to cost city residents $805,000 this fiscal year alone -- and that doesn't even count the unknown amount of money that might have been lost or stolen as a result of Crutchfield's unwillingness to fix the venues' weak financial oversight.
In addition to Crutchfield's blatant failure to act in the best interest of taxpayers, she was also apparently willing to invent a lie in an attempt to cover up her irresponsible actions. Meanwhile, she threw the city's audit department under the bus and made them appear untrustworthy, inept and lacking in integrity.
When in a position of public trust, there can be no excuse for failing to respect taxpayers' money, ignoring repeated calls to fix problems or dishonestly calling the integrity of another agency into question. As a result, Crutchfield should join Coulter in resigning.
If Crutchfield fails to resign for the damage she's done to taxpayers and the reputation of the city's audit department, Mayor Ron Littlefield should make the decision to hand Crutchfield a well-deserved pink slip.
I doubt anything will be done about her ineptness and dishonesty. She is in bed with the rest of the crooks running the city and they cover for one another.
Another example of the sewage problem with the Littlefield reign.
From soft core porn star can you say the movie "New York Nights" to turning a blind eye to corruption...your dad must be proud Missy
I can tell this is one of the new DREW articles that the paper has started running and I haven't even looked at today's paper. A couple of things I want to point out, this is a new writer for the paper and he is also new Chattanooga. He is obviously just trying to write hate articles about everything trying to make a name. All this guy does is write about all the things he perceives as negative in Chattanooga. I challenge him to write about what he likes about Chattanooga. If he cant come up with anything then I must ask why he chose this great city to call home. As for this topic Missy is a great person who does her job well. There was a mix up in the financials and the person apparently responsible is no longer employed. As a manager of staff myself, what else can be done? It bothers me that people say things via social media and other outlets that they would never comprehend saying in a face to face meeting. This is truly unprofessional of the writer and of the paper to let it happen.
nmfrazier wrote: "As for this topic Missy is a great person who does her job well."
If corruption is her job then yes, she's doing it well.
Start by reading this article. Then do a Goggle search. Go back at least 8 years. Get your head out of the sand.
MMfrazier I see you are blogging from the city computer again. Don't you have some checks to write, and embezzling work waiting for you at Memorial Auditorium.
Missy Crutchfield is corrupt. She has been operating a private corporation on city time with her city paid assistance Melissa Turner, advertising their private corporation on city taxpayer ad space, on the city website, and updating Be Magazine content on city time. This was well researched and reported by the TFP. Crutchfield should have been fired for Be Magazine and using tax payer resources to promote and build her private corporation.
Crutchfield also entered into a contract for internet service without bid or council approval, and the city was sued for those actions. Finally she is an incompetent ding bat, who is only employed because of political connections. She had no prior experience or civic venue management expense to warrant being hired for the new created position.
So For the Record, MMFrazier you are an idiot, and Missy Crutchfield is corrupt.
Missy O'Shea...the star of that soft porn classic "New York Nights" for the uniformed...O'Shea is also Crutchfield...in full glory nude too LOL
I am no fan of mayor Littlefied or his administration, however, I would imagine the issues with the lack of proper financial controls with the theater and auditorium had been occurring for some time now. Placing all the blame on Crutchfield for the issue may be premature at this time.
I am suprised her "boyfriend" has not come on here defending her
Ordinaryguy He should work by getting NYN off the internet first; http://www.mrskin.com/appearance/3312/3362
There have been adequate irregularities in Ms. Crutchfield's tenure as head of the AEC department to warrant her departure. It appears the mayor and council are either very tolerant or have other reasons for not representing people around this issue. Few people pay attention to city politics and have no idea how much tax money is spent on the discretionary frivolity of the Arts Education and Arts department with non additive activities without considering any amount that may been for personal gain by those in the department. Can you imagine a manager with an attitude I leave fiscal responsibility of the operations up to the auditors. The article is very clear that her response to a specific question regarding the issue was not truthful. It is time for a cost benefit analysis of the AE&C department and a decision made as to whether it is a necessary and valued city residents service...In my opinion it is a complete waste of money, those interested in sculptures, maintaining them etc. need to fund the activity with private donations. The city owning the auditorium, the Tivoli, The Chattanoogan and many other businesses like some socialist country is an issue that should upset people living in the city limits and should be investigated. She may suffer from dingbatism.
You all should be ashamed of yourselves, going on like high schoolers attacking this woman. Ride high on your cruelty while it last. At some point it will come crashing down around you. For as the Bible advise: Fret not thyself because of evildoers...for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Old Testament: Psalms, xxxvii, 1-2
The AEC does receive taxpayer money and is run by the daughter of a sitting City Council person, Sally Robinson.
jjmez, ashamed of what? Pointing out the waste and dereliction of a political appointee or should the administration be ashamed she's been doing this for so long yet remains in her protected political position?
daytonsdarwin said... jjmez, ashamed of what? Pointing out the waste and dereliction of a political appointee or should the administration be ashamed she's been doing this for so long yet remains in her protected political position?
The personal attacks. As if the attackers themselves are squeaky clean and have led a stellar life with no skeletons in their own closets. Most everyone knows better. Do you or anyone actually believe the pitcforkers and torch bearers are going to peform any better if they get their own cronies in place? They're going to pay themselves first and take care of friends and family just like anyone else would do.
Has there ever been a Crutchfield that has not ever lived off the government? I do not know of one. I remember at a commencement ceremony where the corrupt father of the corrupt Missy Crutchfield gave a speech and it was all about what he had accomplished and nothing inspirational. He was a joke and it was obvious how displeased the graduates were at this self centered commencement address. I wonder what his commencement address would be now? It would probably be how to stay out of jail and get house arrest.

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WASHINGTON -- Ask any bike commuter, and they'll tell you: D.C.'s bike lanes are not always a refuge from truck and automobile traffic.
"I probably see at least two or three cars on every trip that I go on parked in a bike lane somewhere," says Greg Billing, advocacy coordinator with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association.
Some drivers don't just park in D.C.'s bike lanes -- they drive in them.
Craig Chester works on L Street in Northwest. He says he's actually had a car trail him inside the L Street cycle track, "and a driver came up behind me, honking, basically telling me I wasn't going fast enough in the bike lane."
Chester has taken over a local blog entitled "Who's Blocking the L Street Bike Lane Today?"
Regular bike commuters say they see it all the time. Cyclist Nick Blanton says that as far as he can tell, drivers who cut into the bike lanes on L Street aren't confused; they use the cycle track, he says, "because it's wide enough to have a vehicle on it."
There is an area of the L Street cycle lane that allows cars to cut into the lane to make a left turn. Those areas, where cars and bikes may merge to allow cars to make a left or right turn, are called "mixing zones," and they require drivers to be on the lookout for cyclists.
But many drivers cut into the bike lanes well before those mixing zones, and the problem isn't new.
Last November, when D.C. Council member Mary Cheh joined business leaders to unveil a new bike rack on L Street, she witnessed up to 15 cars zipped into the bike lanes. Cheh, a cyclist herself, was surprised to see it. When a D.C. government vehicle slid into the bike lane, Cheh shook her head.
"Now see, that -- to me -- is totally unacceptable. Our own government truck?!" she said.
Billing says the problem isn't restricted to L Street, and with the growing popularity of cycling as a method of transportation, it's increasingly important that every road user follow the rules. Billing says drivers benefit when the bike lanes are clear.
"It makes it easier for them to get by us and for us to go at our own pace as well," he says.
Billing says that when cyclists can stick to the bike lanes, it also eliminates something that aggravates so many drivers: the unpredictability of some bike users.
Recently Billing was honked at by a driver who was upset when he shifted from the bike lane into the traffic lane.
"When we got to the next stop light, I motioned to her to roll down the window and I explained that the reason I moved into the car lane was that the bike lane was blocked by three vehicles."
Billing says the woman didn't apologize for honking, but did recognize that because of the blocking vehicles, he had nowhere else to go.
Drivers often complain that bikes are all over the road, weaving between cars and running red lights. Pedestrians complain that the growing number of cyclists on the roads has some taking to the sidewalks, often startling people on foot.
It's legal for bikes to travel on D.C. streets, and while the law says bikes should stay to the right, it specifies that they should stay as far right "as practicable." Advocates say that definition changes with road conditions. Potholes, debris and parked cars can force a bike to the left.
Riding on the sidewalks is legal in the District of Columbia, though not in what's called the Central Business District.
It's easy to start a debate on who's the bigger scofflaw: drivers who speed, or text while driving; cyclists who ignore the rules of the road; or pedestrians who cross against the light or jaywalk. But Billing says for everyone to be safe, and even have a pleasant time getting where they're going, it's simple.
"We all have to follow the rules," he says.
Who's enforcing the law?
When it comes to making sure the bike lanes are reserved for bikes, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Department of Public Works and the D.C. Department of Transportation have officers and staffers who issue tickets.
The fine for stopping, standing or parking in a bike lane is $65, and according to MPD statistics, 4,236 citations were issued in calendar year 2013. That's up from 2012's total of 3,281.
Below is a video showing parking enforcement speaking with a driver in the bike lanes:
WTOP's Kate Ryan contributed to this report.
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Responsible elected officials such as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and State Senator Tom McClintock, and newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Orange County Register, have come out in opposition to Prop 63 as financially irresponsible and extremely detrimental to the state on financial grounds.
On the other hand, it is key to know that the groups supporting Prop 63 are dominated by those who would benefit the most financially, such as pharmaceutical firms and their lobbyists.
It is most critical that the information in this Freedom be passed on to others so the full picture of this measure's havoc is understood by all Californians who cast their vote on November 2. Your interest in doing so is encouraged and appreciated.


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Camp Sumataunga Training Race WIN
Video of a very tired me crossing the line after more than 40 miles on a solo break (Video taken by Russell Fulmer's wife – thank you!)
What a great way to start off the racing season – with our team taking 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th. I won on a long solo break after my initial break companion, Joe from Florence, came off the pace on the hill before the transition back to smooth pavement. We already had a somewhat sizable gap so I couldn't just sit up and wait – instead I really didn't have any choice but to put my head down and ride as hard as I could for the next 2 hours. My teammate Justin Bynum put in a late move and got away with and then outsprinted a Velocity rider for 2nd. My teammates Pat and Chris Allison took the top two spots in the field sprint for 4th and 5th. What a great start to the season!
Here are my iBike stats from the race -
---------Selection Stats--------- Dist: 48.51 mi (2:05:38) Energy: 2338.3 kJ Cals Burn: 2235.5 kcal Climbing: 1708 ft Braking: -2.9 kJ (-0.1%) Min Avg Max Power 0 310.2 681 W Aero 0 253.9 774 W Rolling 0 42.4 61 W Gravity -645 3.0 479 W Speed 0.0 23.2 33.6 mi/h Wind 0.0 23.1 37.9 mi/h Elev 671 770 856 ft Slope -11.2 0.04 8.8 % Caden 0 75.5 107 rpm HR 99 165.4 185 bpm NP:332W IF:1.11 TSS:257 VI:1.07 CdA: 0.342 m^2; Crr: 0.0055 168 lbs (includes bike, clothes, equipment); 2/19/2012 2:32 PM 45 degF; 1015 mbar
Here is my Powertap data (yes I had both my iBike and my powertap for this race) including the new personal power records for the entire range from 20 minutes to 2 hours!
New power record from 20 minutes to just over 2 hours (click to enlarge)
Interesting "Y" shape on my pedal force / pedal velocity graph. I'm used to the spike in the middle, but not the strong underlying portion – I guess the darker CP curve section is b/c of the steadiness of the flats/downhills and the vertical portion is attacking the hills
Power map – annotated with the really intriguing wind directions caused by the channeling effect of the ridges
I arrived really early so I could do some of my favorite climbs in the area, including the 231 climb which is just awesome after/during rain b/c there are waterfalls pouring off of every cliff … the panorama below doesn't even include the ones you can see as you are climbing – I hiked off the road to a kudzu cliff (that's the way kudzu looks in the winter) to get the picture of this large waterfall.
Panorama including waterfalls with Chandler Mountain just barely visible in the far upper right of the picture
Looking towards Chandler Mountain
Finally, here is a topocreator map of the entire race plus my warm-up climbs up 231/Blount Mountain and the always steep Chandler Mountain climb.
Topocreator map – such intriguing topography … the standalone nature of Chandler Mountain plus the "hidden climb" from northwest to southeast from atop the Blount Mountain ridge line
Race of the Falling Leaves
Great race today in Grant, Alabama. Chris Cundiff organized a race billed as "The Race of the Falling Leaves" in tribute of the race of the same name held today in Italy around Lake Komo. The race held up to its name as there were literally leaves falling as we raced three times up the mountain where the town of Grant is located. I ended up edging out Mike Olheiser in the final sprint to take the win. Here's all the data!
Race of the falling leaves power map
Race of the falling leaves critical power curve
Race of the falling leaves data plot
Huntsville Speedway Omnium
One lap of the speedway – about 500 meters
Strava ride map including warm-up on Green Mountain. Here is a link to all my data from the ride and race – http://app.strava.com/rides/945688
Happy to write up a quick report that I won the Huntsville Speedway Omnium this evening to kick off a weekend of racing in Huntsville, Alabama. There were only six of us in the race, but that made for a good safe field size. There were five events run pretty much one right after the other with 5-10 minutes of rest between each event. There were some big storm clouds all around, but the little track stayed dry for the entire time that we were out there.
Race #1 – Scratch Race
This was a fifteen lap race with omnium points awarded to the first five riders across the line at the end of the race. With two riders from Marx and Bensdorf (Bryant Funston and Jeremy Nagoshiner), I needed to make sure to watch for any 1-2 attacks. I made it into an early move with Bryant that separated us from the other four riders, but it came back together again about a lap or two later. I attacked hard halfway through the last lap thinking that if I carried enough speed into the final corner that it would be really hard for anyone to come around. The gamble paid off and I was able to take the sprint win ahead of Bryant.
Race #2 – Points Race
With thunderstorms looming, this was shortened from 25 laps to 15 laps with points awarded every five laps. For the first intermediate sprint with 10 laps to go, I tried the same strategy from the first race, but Bryant was able to come around me out of the last turn so he took maximum points with me second. Then with five laps to go, I was able to win that one by attacking early in the first corner. For the final sprint, I had a bit of luck as Bryant pulled out of his pedal going into the last turn. So I was able to get maximum points on the last one to take the points race win.
Race #3 – Miss and out
This was probably the trickiest race as we completed 5 laps before the "miss and out" started. From that point on, the last rider across the line each lap was eliminated. Then when we were down to three riders (me, Bryant, and Jeremy), we did two more laps. Jeremy drilled it hard, and then I came around him to start the sprint, but Bryant was able to come around me to take the win with me second, Jeremy third.
Race #4 – Unknown distance
I was starting to feel a bit tired at this point, so I switched strategies to try to mark Bryant since he and I were really close on points. I was going to let anybody else go up the road, but not him or Jeremy. Adam took a flyer once we made it to the mystery laps where they could ring the bell on any lap to end the race on the next lap. He held onto his gap I believe for two or three laps, which was enough for the win because they ring the bell on Lap #12 or #13. It was hard to keep track because the laps went by so quickly (about 30 seconds per lap). Bryant got the jump on me in the sprint, so this time I tried to go high on the track and come around but couldn't quite do it. So he took second with me third.
Race #5 – Team pursuit
This was a REALLY fun event. With such a small field and only two riders from the same team, we split up into teams of 3 based on USAC license category. I had Adam and Dave. Bryant had his teammate Jeremy and Eric Wright from Gadsden. The format was interesting as omnium points were only awarded to the first rider from each team across the line. But there was also $20 on the line for the winning team. At this point, I still believe that Bryant and I were tied on points going into this race, but the officials had me down with a 1 point lead. Either way, if Bryant's team won we would be tied and he would also win the tie breaker, but if our team won then I would win the omnium outright.
My team had decided to rotate through going into opposite corners. The rider leading our team would simply ride straight slightly up the embankment while the other two behind would pull through on the inside. This enabled gravity to assist the rider coming off the front to rejoin the paceline more easily. The race was 10 laps long, and the three of us stayed together for about half the race, whereas Bryant's team lost a rider on the first lap. Still, their team was pulling ahead of us by maybe 5-10 bike lengths (maybe 2 or 3 seconds). About halfway through the race, we lost a teammate so it was down to just me and Adam for the last five laps. With 4 laps to go, Adam said "whole lap" and he drilled it super hard for the entire lap instead of the half laps that we had been doing. Then when he pulled off, I shot around him to do the last three laps to try to catch back up with Bryant who was also on his own by this point. I gained a lot of ground on the first lap and it was close by the second lap, but I believe he was still ahead. Then with one lap to go I sprinted as hard as I could at that point and was able to edge him out by 1/2 of a second. So our team won the pursuit, and I won the omnium!
I was really looking forward to analyzing the power data for the races, but my Powertap cut out halfway through the first race!!! I don't know if it was a battery issue, or if there was some interference that caused the Garmin to lose the signal, or if the silly thing broke during the race. Oh well, maybe it will be working again tomorrow. Lots of racing tomorrow, and I should have a write-up out sometime on Monday. It would be awesome to have another win to report back on – going to give it my best shot!
Here is my Strava segment data (There are warm-up, cool-down, and in between race laps in the data as well).
Lap Dist Speed Power HR Time Lap 1 0.3 mi 25.1 mph 247 watts 142 bpm 0:00:41 Lap 2 0.3 mi 23.9 mph 233 watts 148 bpm 0:00:43 Lap 3 0.3 mi 21.9 mph 178 watts 140 bpm 0:00:47 Lap 4 0.3 mi 19.4 mph 199 watts 136 bpm 0:00:53 Lap 5 0.3 mi 23.9 mph 236 watts 142 bpm 0:00:43 Lap 6 0.3 mi 17.4 mph 144 watts 139 bpm 0:00:59 Lap 7 0.3 mi 20.2 mph 167 watts 136 bpm 0:00:51 Lap 8 0.3 mi 17.1 mph 181 watts 134 bpm 0:01:00 Lap 9 0.3 mi 24.5 mph 287 watts 143 bpm 0:00:42 Lap 10 0.3 mi 19.8 mph 156 watts 150 bpm 0:00:52 Lap 11 0.3 mi 23.4 mph 223 watts 142 bpm 0:00:44 Lap 12 0.3 mi 22.4 mph 194 watts 144 bpm 0:00:46 Lap 13 0.3 mi 23.9 mph 188 watts 147 bpm 0:00:43 Lap 14 0.3 mi 16.6 mph 128 watts 134 bpm 0:01:02 Lap 15 0.3 mi 17.1 mph 142 watts 131 bpm 0:01:00 Lap 16 0.3 mi 18.4 mph 170 watts 132 bpm 0:00:56 Lap 17 0.3 mi 20.2 mph 190 watts 137 bpm 0:00:51 Lap 18 0.3 mi 18.7 mph 179 watts 136 bpm 0:00:55 Lap 19 0.3 mi 16.9 mph 74 watts 129 bpm 0:01:01 Lap 20 0.3 mi 3.1 mph 76 watts 122 bpm 0:05:32 Lap 21 0.3 mi 14.3 mph 109 watts 134 bpm 0:01:12 Lap 22 0.3 mi 18.0 mph 172 watts 141 bpm 0:00:57 Lap 23 0.3 mi 23.9 mph 245 watts 154 bpm 0:00:43 Lap 24 0.3 mi 29.4 mph 326 watts 163 bpm 0:00:35 Lap 25 0.3 mi 29.4 mph 271 watts 169 bpm 0:00:35 Lap 26 0.3 mi 26.4 mph 271 watts 169 bpm 0:00:39 Lap 27 0.3 mi 29.4 mph 501 watts 175 bpm 0:00:35 Lap 28 0.3 mi 28.6 mph 367 watts 181 bpm 0:00:36 Lap 29 0.3 mi 27.1 mph 264 watts 179 bpm 0:00:38 Lap 30 0.3 mi 26.4 mph 307 watts 172 bpm 0:00:39 Lap 31 0.3 mi 28.6 mph 402 watts 174 bpm 0:00:36 Lap 32 0.3 mi 29.4 mph 359 watts 180 bpm 0:00:35 Lap 33 0.3 mi 27.1 mph 277 watts 178 bpm 0:00:38 Lap 34 0.3 mi 27.1 mph 313 watts 177 bpm 0:00:38 Lap 35 0.3 mi 25.7 mph 234 watts 177 bpm 0:00:40 Lap 36 0.2 mi 29.4 mph 0 watts 175 bpm 0:00:35 Lap 37 0.3 mi 27.1 mph 0 watts 170 bpm 0:00:38 Lap 38 0.3 mi 21.4 mph 0 watts 168 bpm 0:00:48 Lap 39 0.2 mi 28.6 mph 0 watts 170 bpm 0:00:36 Lap 40 0.3 mi 23.4 mph 0 watts 171 bpm 0:00:44 Lap 41 0.3 mi 36.7 mph 0 watts 181 bpm 0:00:28 Lap 42 0.3 mi 15.8 mph 0 watts 175 bpm 0:01:05 Lap 43 0.2 mi 16.3 mph 0 watts 154 bpm 0:01:03 Lap 44 0.3 mi 14.9 mph 0 watts 143 bpm 0:01:09 Lap 45 0.3 mi 15.8 mph 0 watts 137 bpm 0:01:05 Lap 46 0.3 mi 22.9 mph 0 watts 154 bpm 0:00:45 Lap 47 0.3 mi 21.4 mph 0 watts 160 bpm 0:00:48 Lap 48 0.3 mi 21.0 mph 0 watts 159 bpm 0:00:49 Lap 49 0.3 mi 24.5 mph 0 watts 162 bpm 0:00:42 Lap 50 0.3 mi 26.4 mph 0 watts 168 bpm 0:00:39 Lap 51 0.3 mi 34.3 mph 0 watts 182 bpm 0:00:30 Lap 52 0.3 mi 28.6 mph 0 watts 183 bpm 0:00:36 Lap 53 0.3 mi 23.4 mph 0 watts 171 bpm 0:00:44 Lap 54 0.3 mi 23.4 mph 0 watts 164 bpm 0:00:44 Lap 55 0.3 mi 28.6 mph 0 watts 168 bpm 0:00:36 Lap 56 0.3 mi 32.1 mph 0 watts 182 bpm 0:00:32 Lap 57 0.3 mi 25.1 mph 0 watts 182 bpm 0:00:41 Lap 58 0.3 mi 22.4 mph 0 watts 171 bpm 0:00:46 Lap 59 0.3 mi 25.7 mph 0 watts 170 bpm 0:00:40 Lap 60 0.4 mi 20.2 mph 0 watts 170 bpm 0:00:51 Lap 61 0.4 mi 19.4 mph 0 watts 169 bpm 0:00:53 Lap 62 0.3 mi 25.7 mph 0 watts 174 bpm 0:00:40 Lap 63 0.3 mi 17.1 mph 0 watts 171 bpm 0:01:00 Lap 64 0.3 mi 4.8 mph 0 watts 143 bpm 0:03:33 Lap 65 0.3 mi 12.0 mph 0 watts 132 bpm 0:01:26 Lap 66 0.3 mi 15.6 mph 0 watts 134 bpm 0:01:06 Lap 67 0.3 mi 17.4 mph 0 watts 136 bpm 0:00:59 Lap 68 0.3 mi 16.9 mph 0 watts 140 bpm 0:01:01 Lap 69 0.3 mi 12.2 mph 0 watts 139 bpm 0:01:24 Lap 70 0.3 mi 18.0 mph 0 watts 152 bpm 0:00:57 Lap 71 0.3 mi 29.4 mph 0 watts 165 bpm 0:00:35 Lap 72 0.3 mi 23.9 mph 0 watts 169 bpm 0:00:43 Lap 73 0.3 mi 24.5 mph 0 watts 167 bpm 0:00:42 Lap 74 0.3 mi 22.9 mph 0 watts 168 bpm 0:00:45 Lap 75 0.3 mi 31.2 mph 0 watts 172 bpm 0:00:33 Lap 76 0.3 mi 27.1 mph 0 watts 174 bpm 0:00:38 Lap 77 0.3 mi 28.6 mph 0 watts 179 bpm 0:00:36 Lap 78 0.3 mi 23.9 mph 0 watts 179 bpm 0:00:43 Lap 79 0.3 mi 27.8 mph 0 watts 178 bpm 0:00:37 Lap 80 0.3 mi 27.8 mph 0 watts 180 bpm 0:00:37 Lap 81 0.3 mi 17.4 mph 0 watts 172 bpm 0:00:59 Lap 82 0.3 mi 5.9 mph 0 watts 140 bpm 0:02:53 Lap 83 0.2 mi 20.6 mph 0 watts 133 bpm 0:00:50 Lap 84 0.3 mi 10.9 mph 0 watts 128 bpm 0:01:34 Lap 85 0.3 mi 12.5 mph 0 watts 130 bpm 0:01:22 Lap 86 0.3 mi 9.1 mph 0 watts 128 bpm 0:01:53 Lap 87 0.3 mi 13.2 mph 0 watts 137 bpm 0:01:18 Lap 88 0.3 mi 21.4 mph 0 watts 152 bpm 0:00:48 Lap 89 0.3 mi 21.4 mph 0 watts 153 bpm 0:00:48 Lap 90 0.3 mi 26.4 mph 0 watts 160 bpm 0:00:39 Lap 91 0.3 mi 24.5 mph 0 watts 165 bpm 0:00:42 Lap 92 0.3 mi 22.9 mph 0 watts 161 bpm 0:00:45 Lap 93 0.3 mi 25.1 mph 0 watts 163 bpm 0:00:41 Lap 94 0.3 mi 30.2 mph 0 watts 170 bpm 0:00:34 Lap 95 0.3 mi 21.9 mph 0 watts 168 bpm 0:00:47 Lap 96 0.3 mi 21.0 mph 0 watts 160 bpm 0:00:49 Lap 97 0.3 mi 21.9 mph 0 watts 157 bpm 0:00:47 Lap 98 0.3 mi 27.1 mph 0 watts 170 bpm 0:00:38 Lap 99 0.3 mi 26.4 mph 0 watts 167 bpm 0:00:39 Lap 100 0.3 mi 28.6 mph 0 watts 179 bpm 0:00:36 Lap 101 0.3 mi 17.1 mph 0 watts 168 bpm 0:01:00 Lap 102 0.3 mi 7.5 mph 0 watts 144 bpm 0:02:18 Lap 103 0.3 mi 8.4 mph 0 watts 123 bpm 0:02:03 Lap 104 0.3 mi 10.6 mph 0 watts 122 bpm 0:01:37 Lap 105 0.3 mi 11.6 mph 0 watts 120 bpm 0:01:29 Lap 106 0.3 mi 11.1 mph 0 watts 122 bpm 0:01:33 Lap 107 0.3 mi 11.1 mph 0 watts 124 bpm 0:01:33 Lap 108 0.3 mi 4.3 mph 0 watts 123 bpm 0:03:59 Lap 109 0.3 mi 3.4 mph 0 watts 127 bpm 0:05:02 Lap 110 0.3 mi 31.2 mph 0 watts 162 bpm 0:00:33 Lap 111 0.3 mi 23.9 mph 0 watts 167 bpm 0:00:43 Lap 112 0.4 mi 20.6 mph 0 watts 168 bpm 0:00:50 Lap 113 0.4 mi 20.2 mph 0 watts 169 bpm 0:00:51 Lap 114 0.3 mi 25.1 mph 0 watts 170 bpm 0:00:41 Lap 115 0.3 mi 31.2 mph 0 watts 171 bpm 0:00:33 Lap 116 0.3 mi 25.1 mph 0 watts 174 bpm 0:00:41 Lap 117 0.2 mi 33.2 mph 0 watts 176 bpm 0:00:31 Lap 118 0.3 mi 31.2 mph 0 watts 180 bpm 0:00:33 Lap 119 0.3 mi 26.4 mph 0 watts 182 bpm 0:00:39 Lap 120 0.3 mi 10.7 mph 0 watts 157 bpm 0:01:36 Lap 121 0.3 mi 4.4 mph 0 watts 131 bpm 0:03:54 Lap 122 0.4 mi 6.3 mph 0 watts 124 bpm 0:02:44 Lap 123 0.3 mi 6.2 mph 0 watts 124 bpm 0:02:45
Tour of Atlanta – Burnt Mountain road race report
2011 Burnt Mountain road race pro/1/2 podium
Finishing sprint video:
Hats off to the Hincapie Devo guys who took 1-2 in the Tour of Atlanta Burnt Mountain road race today. I squeezed onto the podium for third. The race started down a steep hill, and a group of eight of us carried a lot of momentum down it into a breakaway within a few hundred meters of the start. I didn't even realize we had a gap until Brendan Sullivan (Irondata) said "let's make them work for it" a few miles later as the main field was chasing back on. Meanwhile, Michael Stone (Hincapie Development) and a Globalbike rider had gone off the front of our group. Mike was flying, and he dropped his breakmate at some point during the first lap after they had gained over 3 minutes on our group.
Brendan and I took turns pushing the pace on the Burnt Mountain climb and descent. After the descent, a couple more riders joined in the chase. Eventually we got a rotation of four of us at the front of the group chasing, but with a constantly rolling course (STEEP 10-15% rollers), it was hard to keep a good rhythm. Towards the beginning of the second lap, we caught the Globalbike rider who had been in the break, but Mike still had 3 minutes on our group. Globalbike joined in our chase efforts, and our pace picked up leading into the second trip up the Burnt Mountain climb. I set the pace for the first part of the climb, followed by Brendan in the middle section, and then as we approached the scenic overlook Michael Lanham (Globalbike) attacked our group. I was able to hold his wheel, but just barely. By the first false summit of the climb, there was just four of us together. After the first short downhill and leading into the second small summit climb, there were five of us. Then by the start of the descent, there was about seven or eight of us together.
By the start of the descent, I had drained my second water bottle, but I still had a few ounces of water left in the neutral bottle I had gotten at the end of the first lap. So on one of the straighter sections of the descent, I sat up to unscrew one of the bottles and dump in the rest of the neutral bottle. In doing so, I came off the group as they descended and had to chase a little bit during the descent. I felt this was good for the legs though to keep them moving and keep the lactic acid from building up with only a few miles from the bottom of the descent to the finish of the race. I caught on by the bottom, and I expected a salvo of attacks from the Hincapie and Globalbike teams who each had two riders in our group. Instead, Mike went off solo, and the Hincapie riders decided to bring him back slowly. There was an immediate counter attack, but the group was right on it and everything was together going into the last steep hill before the finish.
Again, Mike set a fast pace on the climb. Then about halfway up, one of the Hincapie riders attacked but didn't make it very far with Mike bringing him back and leading the rest of the way up the climb. Towards the top with less than 500 meters to go to the finish (including a downhill), Mike attacked again to start the sprint. He got a bit of a gap, but Edison Turner (Hincapie Devo) was able to grab his wheel with me just behind. Then with 200 meters to go, Edison and I both came around Mike and then I immediately tried to come around Edison – but he gave it that extra little kick and I couldn't come around so I finished 3rd with Brendan grabbing 4th and Mike 5th.
2011 Tour of Atlanta Burnt Mountain road race
And finally, here is the Strava data on the race … I was hoping to knock off Spencer Gaddy's fast time on the Burnt Mountain climb from last year's race, but alas it didn't happen. Here is the link to the strava page with all the ride statistics – http://app.strava.com/rides/649392
Strava data from the Burnt Mountain race
Mississippi Gran Prix Race Report
Quick summary – I had to miss this race last year, but I was reminded again this year of how lucky we are to have such an amazing stage race within a few hours drive of Birmingham. This race is an amateur only stage race, meaning that the overall winner is determined by the cumulative time from all of the individual stages – just like the Tour de France. But this race is only open to Category 1, 2, and 3 amateurs. Tria Cycling p/b Infinity Med-I-Spa and donohooauto.com had a great weekend as summarized below:
Friday downtown criterium: 2nd Pat Allison, 3rd Brian Toone
Saturday road race: 3rd Pat Allison, 5th Brian Toone
Sunday circuit race: 3rd Pat Allison, 4th Brian Toone
Stage race overall: 3rd Pat Allison, 7th Brian Toone, 17th Justin Bynum
Another teammate, Mike Lackey, raced with us and was a strong workhorse all weekend sacrificing his chances at the overall to help cover moves throughout the weekend.
The details
Our weekend started out with very high heart rates, but it wasn't just from the race. On our drive over from Birmingham, we had to dodge several tornadic storms that seemed to be following the interstate. We were driving through Meridian when it was under a tornado warning, and I snapped this picture.
Downtown Meridian wall/shelf cloud (Tornadic storm #1)
We were so focused on this storm that we didn't see the other tornado that was much more of a threat to us. We made it past this second storm JUST in time. The map below this second photo shows our route (in green) and where these two pictures were approximately taken from.
Tornadic storm #2, we didn't even see this one until we were almost in it!
The tornado map and our path (shown in green). We were in downtown Meridian while the tornado sirens were going off. We were VERY lucky, but there were many people — even some on the same interstate as us, that weren't so lucky.
Friday night downtown Brookhaven criterium
By the time we made it to Brookhaven, the weather had completely cleared out, and the Friday night block party / activities / fun zones / entertainment was just getting under way. I have got to figure out a way to convince Kristine to come down with the kids next year. Plus there were three trains that passed within 50 meters of where we parked. Josiah would love to see those trains going right through the middle of town!
One of the great things about this crit is that the Cat 1/2/3 field is the only field racing on Friday night so you can do your entire warm-up on the course for over an hour on blocked off streets. I was a little slow getting everything together, so I only had about 45 minutes to warm-up, but that was more than enough time to ride nearly 15 miles of warm-up on the course! Almost everyone was warming up on the course so it was great to chat with riders from the other teams during the warm-up. We had four riders representing Tria Cycling. Herring Gas and Marx and Bensdorf had really large teams (about 8 riders each). Team La'Sport had a small but very strong team with the defending champ, Matt Davis, and super-domestique Russ Walker. S3 Racing, Sigma, and Tiger Cycling Foundation all had teams with about 3 or 4 riders each. In all, there were 41 people that lined up to start the criterium.
After a color guard ceremony by local firefighters including the national anthem that wasn't quite finished when the third train of the night passed through within 50 meters of the start, we were off! And we were off fast! I clipped in first and made it to the first corner first, but having learned my lesson this year from both Tuscaloosa and Dothan, it is better to let someone else put in the first attack. So I let up a bit and got passed by a few riders before digging in to maintain my position near the front of the pack. On the third lap, I was sitting in maybe 10th position when I saw Matt Davis (Team La'Sport) and a Herring Gas rider (Bain Foote) attacking from near the front going into the only lefthand corner on the classic six corner course (Turn #4). I had to wait just a second for somebody to move out of the way, but once the lane was clear, I shot up the lefthand side between turns 4 and 5 and then latched onto the two-man break before turn #6. We had a couple second gap and absolutely buried it (the average speed for Laps #4 and #5 was 29.5mph).
Meanwhile, back in the field, my teammate Pat Allison began covering moves and made it into a two-man chase group. When those two guys ran out of steam, he attacked and finished the bridge solo up to our break. We kept the pace super high, but two more Herring Gas riders (Frank Moak and Tim Reagan) and Bryant Funston (Marx and Bensdorf) and an independent rider were able to bridge up to us bringing our break up to a total of 8 riders. The independent rider fell off after a few laps (probably exhausted from completing the bridge up to us!). The seven of us established a pretty good rhythm and flew through the entire course.
One disruption came when they called a $50 prime. I was feeling very good so I attacked going into Turn 3 and was able to hold it all the way to the line to claim the $50. Matt Davis got a gap chasing me, and the two of us tried to get away, but the three riders from Herring Gas were able to pull us back in after a lap. For the next 10 laps, we worked well together. I felt like several riders were struggling so I wanted to attack to see if we could get a secondary break going. Pat gave me a leadout from the back of the group through turn 6 into the start/finish area, but as I came off of Pat's wheel to attack, my left foot cramped behind my toes. So here I was trying to attack and trying to calm down the cramp at the same time while surprising no one! So even in the moment of all this happening, I chuckled thinking how comical it must have appeared. By this point, our break was getting closer to lapping the field and despite my foiled attack, we continued to rotate and fly through the course.
When we got within a corner of the pack, I attacked again to bridge up to the group. I was hoping that in the chaos of lapping the field, that we would have a better shot at winning the race. As soon as we caught the field, I found myself on Pat's wheel, and he wisely moved all the way through the group to the front. By this point there were only two laps to go. Just as we made it up to the front of the group, we could hear a crash happen in Turn #2 behind us. We were ahead of the crash, so we made it safely through. With one lap to go, Matt Davis's teammate Russ Walker got to the front and drilled it for the entire lap. This worked out great for us because we didn't have to fight for position since it was single file and we were lined up right behind Matt, but Russ had done such a fast leadout and Matt launched such a strong kick that none of us could come around anyone so we finished in that order. Bain came up the right side and almost caught me at the line, but I held on for third with a photo finish bike throw.
Check out that average speed! 27.4mph. NOTE – this is only 0.1 mph slower than Sunny King, but my average heartrate was 7 beats higher in Sunny King. The reason is because we bunched up so much in turns 3 and 4 in the Sunny King crit, whereas in the breakaway in this race we flew through the entire course without touching the brakes at all!
2011 Mississippi Gran Prix Friday criterium heartrate data
Saturday road race
This was a great race for our team with Pat Allison making it into the winning breakaway and securing a position on the overall stage race podium. And I got to rest easy in the pack and save up for the field sprint, which I won by a lot. There isn't a lot to report about the race, other than that it was windy with a headwind through the start/finish stretch and a tailwind on the backside of the course. There were lots of attacks, but there were also lots of strong riders able to bring back each one. My teammate, Justin Bynum, made it into a great move with Ben Gabardi (Herring Gas) on the third lap. The two of them got a good gap on the field forcing other teams to set tempo at the front to real them back in. The two of them were away for quite a while. By the start of the final lap, we had caught the break, and I realized that there was pretty much no way that both Pat and I were going to be able to make it into a break together. When I saw Matt attack again with Bain right on him, I yelled up to Pat who was in much better position than me to go with it. He did, and I stayed back which meant that both Team La'Sport and Herring Gas were happy to let the break get away from the field. Travis Sherman from Marx and Bensdorf was already up the road and latched onto the break when it came by, so they too, weren't going to chase. The other teams in the race (S3, Sigma, and TCF) chased and kept the break very close for a while, but eventually the elastic broke and nobody was left to chase. I realized that Travis would be passing me in the overall if the break got too far up the road, so I went to the front and tried to set tempo. Eventually, I realized it was hopeless and that it would be better to go for the field sprint than to try to conserve one spot on GC. So I stopped working and just sat near the front waiting for the field sprint. The field sprint came, and I rode wheels navigating through a tight bunch sprint. The uphill drag though really favored me, and I won it by a lot. Meanwhile, in the break up front, Matt eventually took the sprint win followed closely by Bain, Pat, and Travis in that order.
2011 MSGP Saturday road race hr summary
2011 MSGP Saturday road race heartrate data
Saturday evening time trial
The time trial was the start of the race within a race. Three guys battled for the podium spots (Matt, Pat, and Bain), while Frank, Tim, and I battled for fifth place. Travis had fourth place locked up after the road race. The time trial course was the new three mile course from last year. Since I missed last year, this was my first year to race it, and it was awesome. The course was rolling, fast, and into a headwind. I pushed the pace as hard as I could riding Eddy Mercx style, but ended up sliding behind Frank and Tim in the overall. Pat raced a strong time trial, but slid back to third pace overall after Bain won the time trial with a blistering 6'01" (nearly 30mph). A couple things to note in my heartrate data – I averaged 168bpm for 6'40", whereas at the Sunny King race, I averaged 181bpm for nearly 90 minutes. Obviously, the fact that we had raced a long road race in the morning would impact my TT heartrate, but there has to be something else too – any suggestions out there??
2011 MSGP Saturday time trial hr summary
2011 MSGP Saturday time trial heartrate data
The best part of the time trial, though, was trying out our new "bib skinsuits". All three of us in the picture raced this way, whereas Mike was the only one of us who had a real skinsuit and raced that instead.
Sunday morning circuit race
Due to a scheduling conflict at the technical college where the circuit race is normally held, the circuit race was held on a 6.5 mile loop around Lake Lincoln State Park. The course was a great course pretty much constantly rolling with sections of rough pavement and sections of good pavement. The finish was a long gradual drag leading to a steep final 200m uphill kick to the line. At the start of the race, Matt Davis was in lead over Bain Foote by 7 seconds. Pat trailed Bain by 32 seconds. Meanwhile, Frank held the fifth spot 7 seconds ahead of his teammate Tim who himself was 3 seconds ahead of me. With a maximum of 16 seconds of time bonuses available, the time bonuses could help me move up in the GC. It wasn't to be, though, and with a good uphill finish, Pat and I were able to take 3rd and 4th in the final sprint just behind Ben Gabardi and Matt Davis.
2011 MSGP Sunday circuit race summary
2011 MSGP Sunday circuit race heartrate data
The weekend was a great weekend of racing. Pat Allison had his best result ever in a stage race, and we all worked really well together in the team. Check out his excellent recap of the weekend. I'm SO excited for the rest of the season and know that we are going to take home many more wins before the season is done! Happy cycling everyone!
Strava data
Check out my Strava data for all four races, including my lap split times for the crit. Also, the MSGP capped off another 400+ mile week for me this season. I'd like to give a shout-out to Sport Legs and compression socks (aka leg warmers) for helping me with amazing recovery this season. Now it's time to taper a bit before Athens Twilight – maybe 350 miles this week and then 300 for the week ending with Roswell.
Friday night criterium – http://app.strava.com/rides/433284
Saturday AM road race – http://app.strava.com/rides/438401
Saturday PM time trial – http://app.strava.com/rides/438403
Sunday circuit race – http://app.strava.com/rides/443934
Tour de Tuscaloosa Race Report
As you might be able to see in the video (no audio – Kristine was screaming so loud she broke the microphone), I couldn't quite come around Dan Holt (Team Type I) in the sprint after he had such a fast jump when he started the sprint, but it was close, and 2nd was good enough for me to take home the state championship! Jacob Brewer (Herring Gas) rode an awesome race, but came off of our three-man break on the final climb with 5k to go in the race. Jacob, who is racing really strong with a great showing at Rouge Roubaix a couple weeks ago, took home the silver medal, and then my teammate Pat Allison got 2nd in the field sprint to win the bronze Alabama medal (5th in the race).
So how did it get to that point? Well, there actually isn't a lot to report about this race other than at the beginning and at the end. At the beginning, I went with Scott Kuppersmith when he attacked as soon as we made it out of the neutral zone. Our short-lived attack only made it a few hundred meters before the group caught back up to us. Still pretty early in the race, we had a fairly mellow pace up the start/finish line hill. Then as we neared the top of the hill, I saw that Jacob Brewer was about to attack so I jumped on his wheel as he attacked. Then a few seconds later, Dan Holt (Team Type I) had bridged across to us. This meant that three of the major teams in the race where represented in the break. That was the first good sign. The second one was when I turned around and saw the field spread out across the road (meaning that the pace was still slow). This gave me super motivation, and I poured everything into my next pull. I wasn't the only one, though, because Jacob and Dan both pulled very hard. We had a minute and a half gap by the time we made it to the feedzone on the first lap. By the second lap, our time gap was up to 3 minutes. By the third lap, we had drawn it out to 4 minutes. By this point, our pace had slowed as we were all trying to save energy for the finish. Even so, we held the gap at about 4 minutes for the fourth lap. By the fifth lap, however, the gap had come down to 3 minutes. By the sixth lap, it was 2 minutes. And by the end of the race, our gap had dropped below 2 minutes.
Here is how the end of the race played out. We had picked up the pace on the last lap since the gap had been coming down quickly. Still, all of us were taking shorter pulls because we all wanted to have energy left for the finish. As we approached the start of the feedzone hill, which is split up into two steps, I decided to attack on the first step to see how everyone was feeling. If everybody stayed together, then I was going to attack again on the second step. But when I attacked on the first step, Jacob came off so I laid it down with Dan latching on. Then as we went across the false flat between the steps, Dan pulled through before I took over again on the second step. Coming across the top and the downhill, we worked together and had extended our lead over Jacob enough to cat/mouse our two-man sprint. Neither of us attacked and our pace slowed until Dan led out the sprint with 200 meters to go. His jump was incredible and he gapped me by a few meters immediately. It took about 100 meters to catch his draft, and then with 50 meters to go I pulled out to try to come around, but at 40mph it was hard to accelerate any faster and I ended up only making it about halfway around him by the line.
So Team Type I capped off a great weekend with back-to-back wins. Going to be a great season for them!
Our team had a great weekend, too, taking 5th and 8th yesterday and then 2nd and 5th today in the Pro/1/2. In the Cat 3 criterium yesterday, my teammate Justin Bynum make the winning break to finish a strong 6th. In today's Cat 3 road race, Philip Thompson made the winning break finishing 5th, which was good enough for the silver medal as the 2nd placed Alabama rider. The state championship win went to Ed Whitehorn of Velocity Pro Cycle who has worked very hard this off season and is showing off great form this season.
The heartrate and Strava data tell the story, too, as you can see the numbers drop from the beginning of the race towards the end before picking up again on the last lap:
2011 Tour de Tuscaloosa P/1/2 Road Race heartrate data
Here are the Strava segments including my lap split times, power, and heartrate average along with my times on the two hills on the course. View the entire ride interactively here – http://app.strava.com/rides/369573
Saturday night P/1/2 Criterium
Cat 3 Criterium
My teammate Justin Bynum made it into the break of the day, finishing a strong 6th. My other teammates raced well with Philip Thompson snagging a prime, and Timo Stark taking third in the field sprint for 9th in the race. Here is a video of the Cat 3 break finish:
And here is a video of the Cat 3 field finish:
And then here are the photos from both last night's criterium and today's road race:
More racing and climbing
Climbing – Cheaha Mini-Challenge
On Wednesday, I had an Alabama Academy of Science meeting at Jacksonville State University, which is not too far from the highest point in the state – Mount Cheaha. So, after my morning classes, I drove on over to the foothills just off the interstate and then went for a mini-Cheaha Challenge ride. Here is my route and climbing data from Strava -
Mini Cheaha Challenge Strava climbing data. http://app.strava.com/rides/328373
Got lots of on-the-bike pictures for the ride. See the gallery after the training race recap below.
Racing – GSMR Camp Sumatanga Training Race #3 – 2nd place!
The training race yesterday (Sunday) at Camp Sumatanga turned out really well for Tria Cycling, with our team taking 1st through 5th place! Of course, we did have half the field on our team (literally) as only 14 people showed up for the race with 7 from my team. A quick race summary is that we tried to animate the race early to get several riders in a break. Eventually, my teammates Sammy and Wes made it into a break with me and Joe from Madison. We worked together, but we didn't crush it because we wanted to see if more of our team could bridge up to us. About a lap into our break, my teammate Justin Bynum bridged up to us by himself. Another half lap later, my teammates Chris and Pat Allison bridged up to us by themselves. So this led to the day's break with 6 of the 7 riders in the break from my team.
At this point, we were trying to figure out how to get a podium sweep because Joe was riding very strong and looked like he could certainly spoil the party on the climb. We had a good rotation going, and everybody (including Joe) worked well together. The temperature was plummeting, and by the time we finished the race it was below freezing (31.7 degrees Fahrenheit on my Garmin). Here's how the last lap played out. We wanted to try to get both of our sprinters up the road well ahead of the climb, but Chris was cramping up so we decided to send Sammy first and then a few miles later send Wes to bridge across. So Wes and Sammy reached the bottom of the climb about the same time, while back in our group Joe was having to set the entire pace. I let him lead us to the first switchback in the climb, but when he started to slow down, I accelerated and took Pat and Justin with me. Joe was dropped after all his earlier work chasing, so Pat, Justin, and I were free to set a hard pace without fear of pulling him back up to Sammy or Wes. We caught Sammy just before the Eagle Eyes Cycles bar/shop about 500 meters from the finish. Pat and I decided no matter what that we were going to give Wes the win if we caught him, but we couldn't catch him because he was crushing the climb. I ended up pulling away just slightly from Pat at the end to finish 2nd (I think because Pat sat up a little early) with Wes crossing the line about 25-50 meters in front of us. Sammy held on for fourth with Justin coming in for 5th in front of Joe giving us a sweep of 1st through 5th place! We started to head back down the climb and turned around when we saw Chris who was still plugging away on the climb despite cramping really bad. We escorted him up the climb for moral support, and then turned around to head back to the start before we froze to death.
Note the temperature in the Garmin Connect data below! Also, the US-231 climb was so beautiful with all the waterfalls from the previous day's heavy rain.
Garmin Connect data for the race. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/71733963
Chandler Mountain finishing climb heartrate data.
Pictures from my mini 50 mile version of the Cheaha Challenge


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We're so sorry Lily... Sad news of a miscarriage
The lovely Lily Allen has lost her baby. The singer who was pregnant with Ed Simons, lost it while holidaying in the Maldives. The Sun reported on this tragedy, saying that the singer was in state of shock. Her publicist has issued the following statement-
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The requirements (courses and Master's essay) for the free-standing M.A. degree are outlined below. Students may attend full-time or part-time. Part-time students must complete all requirements for the free-standing M.A. degree within four years. Students in the free-standing M.A. program may apply for admissions to the Ph.D. program, but their applications are reviewed together with all other current applications to the Ph.D. program.
Please examine carefully the Free-Standing M.A. Student Checklist for a detailed breakdown of course requirements. All incoming students are required to take the Proseminar, which is a theoretical and practical introduction to research in French and Francophone Studies.
There are two basic categories of graduate courses offered by the Department, roughly distinguished as lectures (4000-level courses) and seminars (6000- and 8000-level courses). These distinctions correspond to the course number designations in the bulletin and registration listings. The 4000-level lecture courses, which typically allow for discussion, cover broad aspects of a given period. The 6000- and 8000-level seminars are specialized courses. These courses focus on particular writers, themes, genres, movements or theories.
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Developing a good and productive relationship with your advisor is the key to your success as a graduate student. First-year students are assigned an individual advisor who will guide them with their choice of courses and will help them with the first steps towards the choice of a research field. Please bear in mind that first and second-year students should have their program of study approved by the Director of Graduate Studies at the beginning of each semester.
Once you have settled on an MA topic, your main advisor is your MA advisor. Pick a faculty member with whom you feel you will have a good rapport, intellectually and personally.
Students must take 8 courses that fulfill Department requirements, and must write and defend an MA essay.
As you are scheduling your classes, please keep in mind the Department's distributional requirements. Over the course of the MA, students must take classes in at least four of the following fields: "Middle Ages,", "Renaissance," "Classical," " Enlightenment," "Nineteenth Century," "Twentieth and Twenty First Century," and "Francophone."
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Limbach, Ludwig K. and Wick, Peter and Manser, Pius and Grass, Robert N. and Bruinink, Arie and Stark, Wendelin J. (2007) Exposure of engineered nanoparticles to human lung epithelial cells: Influence of chemical composition and catalytic activity on oxidative stress. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 41 (11). pp. 4158-4163.
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The chemical and catalytic activity of nanoparticles has strongly contributed to the current tremendous interest in engineered nanomaterials and often serves as a guiding principle for the design of functional materials. Since it has most recently become evident that such active materials can enter into cells or organisms, the present study investigates the level of intracellular oxidations after exposure to iron-, cobalt-, manganese-, and titania-containing silica nanoparticles and the corresponding pure oxides in vitro. The resulting oxidative stress was quantitatively measured as the release of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The use of thoroughly characterized nanoparticles of the same morphology, comparable size, shape, and degree of agglomeration allowed separation of physical (rate of particle uptake, agglomeration, sedimentation) and chemical effects (oxidations). Three sets of control experiments elucidated the role of nanoparticles as carriers for heavy metal uptake and excluded a potential interference of the biological assay with the nanomaterial. The present results indicate that the particles could efficiently enter the cells by a Trojan-horse type mechanism which provoked an up to eight times higher oxidative stress in the case of cobalt or manganese if compared to reference cultures exposed to aqueous solutions of the same metals. A systematic investigation on iron-containing nanoparticles as used in industrial fine chemical synthesis demonstrated that the presence of catalytic activity could strongly alter the damaging action of a nanomaterial. This indicates that a proactive development of nanomaterials and their risk assessment should consider chemical and catalytic properties of nanomaterials beyond a mere focus on physical properties such as size, shape, and degree of agglomeration.
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He was a pretty solid hitter. 69 RBI, .295 avg , 45 R, .782 OPS in 410 AB. He'll get a job somewhere. There are worse starting catchers out there.
He basically carried the Angels in the Yanks series. I am sure a team can use his great defensive skills and occasional power hitting.


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The Brian Jonestown Massacre (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) has been through ups and downs since 1990. But through it all, singer and primary songwriter Anton Newcombe, has steered the band through releasing more great albums per decade than most bands have across entire career. For the unini ... More >>
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Former Tennessee Walking Horse trainer Jackie McConnell has been indicted by a Fayette County grand jury on 22 counts of animal cruelty related to alleged horse soring actions.
McConnell pleaded guilty last year to similar charges for the same actions in federal court here after Humane Society investigators captured video footage of him abusing horses and federal agents later alleged that he and two co-defendants transported the horses for a show in Shelbyville, Tenn.
McConnell was sentenced to three years probation and a $75,000 fine for the local federal case.
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Prior to the construction of the Arizona Canal Co. project by William J. Murphy, and Arizona builders M.W. Kales, Clark Churchill, and William A. Hancock in 1882, Glendale was merely empty desert land. One of the earliest settlers in Glendale was William H. Bartlett, a fruit farmer who started a 640-acre fruit farm shortly after the canal was built. The Bartlett farm, which later would become known as Sahuaro Ranch, had a main house and 13 other buildings scattered throughout the property.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an alert to consumers about an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in multiple states that may be associated with the consumption of produce. To date, preliminary epidemiological evidence suggests that bagged fresh spinach may be a possible cause of this outbreak.
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E. coli O157:H7 causes diarrhea, often with bloody stools. Although most healthy adults can recover completely within a week, some people can develop a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). HUS is most likely to occur in young children and the elderly. The condition can lead to serious kidney damage and even death. To date, 50 cases of illness have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including 8 cases of HUS and one death.
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The frosted range has a double-sided matt surface. This gives an effect similar to that of sand-blasted or etched glass. Frost is available in subtle shades of clear and opal, to fresh pastel colours, right through to deep, warm reds and rich greens and blues.
There are only 5 colours available in the pearlescent range, all feature below. Pearlescent is a single-sided product that uses light and shade to good effect as the light is reflected from the surface at different angles, due to the orientation of the metallic flakes.
If the colour you require is not listed above, please contact us so that we can match a colour for you.
Sample packs can also be ordered so you can try before you buy.
Below is a selection of customer installations:
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