Capital City Biathlon Results and Photos

ccbi2010

The Third Annual Capital City Biathlon was  held on May 29, 2010.  The course included a 3 mile run followed by a 15 mile bike ride.  The race was held to help promote Habitat for Humanity. I want to thanks everyone for coming to the website to check out the photos and results.  The main race photos will be posted over Sunday night and Monday.  A big thanks again this year to … [Read more...]

Capital City Biathlon

jasonccb1

My day started at 05:00.  I woke up early to get in a solid breakfast.  Around 06:00 I left the house heading toward the race with my gear in a backpack.  The ride to the race ended up being just over 17 miles.  A good warm-up.  It was pleasant and traffic-free with little wind.  Just what I needed.  I arrived at the Beach House just before 07:00. Having been pre-registered and already … [Read more...]

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Sprint Night with No Sprints

gary-doering

After missing out on Lunch with Eric, I thought I might have some pretty decent legs for the training race.  I was wrong!   I got out for a short run before the training race, taking in 4 miles.  It was humid as hell. After that I changed out my soaking wet running clothes for my cycling kit. I met up with Romanotto, for a brief warm up on the bike.  I think I talked him into doing the … [Read more...]

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“:20!” times 10

Last week was one of our staple workouts of the track season.  We had only done 10 quarters on the 2:00 one time before (last Summer) so most of us had forgotten how much it hurts during the last two or three .  We would no sooner cross the finish line, check our watches, rest our hands on our knees while gasping for breath, when someone would shout "Twenty Seconds!".  On paper it seems that we … [Read more...]

Road To Nowhere

caseys

This was an early one.  I woke at 04:30 to get plenty of fuel in the engine before today's ride.  I met Dan at his house around 05:15 and we headed to Lunch With Eric's house.  The protagonists of the day were Lawyer, Clarence, Dan E., Lunch With Eric, me, Danoh, and Buzz.  It was foggy and quite dark starting out but by the time we left Eric's it wasn't that bad. The problem with today's … [Read more...]

Floyd Landis Admits to Doping

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