Peanut Butter & Jelly
By Dan • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Dan's Training Log
The Track Club and Tuesday Night Training Race go together like peanut butter and jelly.
The noon meeting of the shirtless track club started out with Billy Owens giving us the low down. We were to complete 1 mile doing a two man/woman relay on 200’s. I was teamed up with non-other than my Nemesis Andy Peterson. Each team had a person on the opposite side of the track. The clock started and I did 200 at top speed, tagging Andy on the other side. I then had to cut across the track to meet Andy back on the other side, so I could do another 200.
This was a great workout. It really didn’t provide much recovery between 200s. So after the first Mile. We lined up for another. This time the teams went out staggered, to try to even them up.
This was so tough Billy took it easy on us and cut the last set down to an 800. THANK YOU!
This was not the end of my day, The Training races started at 6:00 from BikeTek. I did my usual warm up loop out west, in memory of Hardy Breed Rabbit Jason, God rest his soul.
It was Sprint Night and a good crowd of about 25 riders showed up.
From the gun, Andy Lister attacked. I think he took Bob Santarelli’s 3 most effective racing tactics seriously. (Attack, Attack, Attack!)
A few of us tried to close the gap but that Andy is tough. I think he held everyone off in the first sprint. So correct me if I am wrong.
I was pretty tired after that effort and I think everyone felt the same for the second sprint. But that would not be the story for number 3 at the keyhole. Jeff NIL8 Williams and Robo took off. They had a huge gap and no seemed to know what to do. We could not get organized until it was too late. My legs were toast so I was absolutely no help.
The held us off.
Number 4 was more of the same. Andy attacked and well, you know the ending…
Then around the corner to finish up number 5, not one but two Listers attacked and that is the end of my story, well, because, I threw in the towel.
I ended up riding in with Gary, Dan and Katie.
This was a good old fashion training race. If you know how it ended… comment below.
Are you running Premier Bank on Friday? If you are I think you’re going to be tired! It sounds like you’ve had a nice week of training.
No, I am headed to the Hillsboro Biathlon. I don’t try to taper that much in advance, I took today off and my go for a short easy run on Thursday. Good luck in Jacksonville.
well…… i am not sure who took the last sprint… either andy or chad, my head was still spinning …. [due to that third sprint breakaway with robo... i could in no way shape or form properly contest that last sprint, i feel robo was taking pride in ripping my legs to ribbons as i held on to his wheel, trying to give him a pep talk as i took measly pulls from time to time... i knew all of you son-of-a-buck-henrys were closing in on us .... like grim death]
i DO know this……
DORKS DOWN… as trevor lister and i got tangled up in that waRshington park, on the brand new pavement, at 6 mph, i ran clean over trevor and his bike …. [trevor claims he slid on a patch of ice] …. NOW as i began riding over trevor i realized it was a do or die situation….. so i unclipped my left pedal and lickty split, [fearing that i would soon hear the sound of crushed carbon fiber and bone] … i used my very own balls upon my saddle to spring to the left and land in the prone position [standing upright..that is...] …. i was hoping to take all pressure off of the thin frame of that dog gone trevor!
andy then started griping at trevor
my head may still be a little fuzzy… but i think that the conversation went something like this….
andy> ‘GOD TREVOR!!! ARE YOU OKAY!? GREAT!!!…… RIGHT BEFORE YOU MOVE TO COLORADO’
trevor> ‘SHUT UP ANDY! OHHHH I’M A HERO.. LOOK AT HOW FAST I CAN RIDE MY BIKE!’
andy> ‘WHAT? UNGH! YOU ARE NOT EATING ANY FOOD AT MY HOUSE NOW!!!’
trevor> ‘OH YEAH….. LIKE YOU HAVE ANY FOOD IN YOUR HOUSE’
andy> ‘SO WHAT? I’M GOING TO PEASES TO GET SOME BACON COVERED IN CHOCOLATE… THAT IS AWESOME!’
trevor> ‘um………….. CAN I COME TOO???!!!’
AAAAAAND END SCENE!
well i THINK that is what was said … i DO know that they were going SOMEwhere to eat
GREAT…. EVERYONE HAVE FUN IN COLORADO…. TREVOR… NICK… NATALIE……
note: i did NOT proof read this, so there could be some inconsistencies
peace
jeff
Hey Dan! You’re doing Hillsboro tomorrow? Cool! See ya there! Well, for a minute anyway until the race starts and I catch a glimpse of the back of your shirt and then POOF, no more Dan.
Ah… What language are you speaking Jeff???
Rockstar, My sister Kim and I are doing Hillsboro. Jason is will be taking photos so Smile…
Anyone who can do shirtless track training and then the training race within hours of each other is a stud. My quads are still sore today from that track session two days ago. Since then my cardio has consisted only of pushing my kids on the swings at Rotary Park. My HR hit the red zone when I sprinted to my fallen 5 year old who thought it would be cool to see if he could walk down the edge of the spiral slide no handed. He couldn’t. No broken clavicle, however, unlike his father 33 years ago in a very similar situation. (Jason, the pain does indeed go away, unless poked incessantly.)
See y’all in Hillsboro, (y’all!)!
A. Nemesis
p.s. Word on the street is Carl and Robo are the team to beat tomorrow.
Carl and Robo??? Man, I am glad I am not doing the team event. I will have enough trouble keeping up with my Nemesis…
Dan, I’m already smiling cuz I just had my 19 year old tires replaced! That’s right. Pick your jaw up off the floor now.
the last sprint was not won by andy or chad……The conversation as mentioned by jeff between the lister sisters is dead on….Word for Word….nice work jeff!
T-bone L
In the ensuing excitement following the crash, I believe Andy made the grave mistake of letting the secret to his speed on the bike escape his lips. It’s too late for the rest of you, as I have already been to Peases and bought every last morsel of chocolate-covered bacon. As I write this, I am consuming said deliciousness and thinking about how I am going to dominate this weeks Thursday training ride. Or maybe I’ll just be able to finally finish with the group. Either way, this stuff is the best thing I’ve ever tasted!
you fools, it’s not even from peases…. the secret training tool…. bacon chocolate bars are from that chocolate store out by friar tucks. unfortunately for the mere mortals on this earth andy only visits the chocolate store and not Friar tucks, where he could really find some good stuff to help work on his aerodynamic shape…….. and maybe pick up some good knowledge to share with mark shea……
After that major crash in the park at 6mph, I think we need to make some changes. these laps around the park people make to warm up and cool down can be dangerous. I think we should start by telling all hot chicks in the park, they are a major distraction and need to leave…wait thats not what we want! what am I thinking
I was riding through the park one sunny day midweek one time when a pack of Day care kids ran in front of me on the McArthur path–needless to say I took one poor kid out and had a pringled wheel to show for it–I confess I was looking at the teacher! I did give her my # to call me so I could make sure the kid was ok!! I wouldnt suggest going this route to meet girls however
well this is embarrassing… you see…… no rubbernecking over girls was even involved…. there is no excuse for the ‘pile-on’ that i inadvertently gave trevor….. on the other hand, he gave me no warning that he would have a ’stop-drop-and roll’ moment either ….. you know what?….. i have decided to ban myself from waRshington park until further notice!….. either that… or have ben cole bid on some training wheels for me to attach to my waterford … campy record training wheels circa 1978, that is…..
speaking of stretching the dollar…. maybe i need to look into buying some form of new fangled, european time trial bike because i am sick and tired of getting my BEEEEEP handed to me on josh neff’s old waterford…. i feel like a chump out at new city! DON’T GET ME WRONG… i love that bike josh sold me …. it’s like a trusty old friend… like a salty seadog… or that special sea hag … …………………………….. crap who am i trying to kid…. i just want to buy a bike with some state of the art, aerodynamics and don’t really have a good excuse!
You dont need anything new–Your only 4mins back! Those guys/gals have the fast set-up and your on their tails!
ooohhhh boy i still would like to see / try some of that bacon covered chocolate …..i bet that improves the 20 k time trials by at least 30 sec!!!!!
Ok, I don’t know about this Chocolate Covered (Kevin) Bacon.
Well the Listers do shaver their legs, wear spandex and are thin and neat. But do the Listers like Sprinkles?
http://chocolatecoveredbacon.com/?p=65
dear josh……………………………………………… bless your heart!
what does 4min difference equate to over that distance—NOTHING!