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\n\tIt’s been an awesome, fun couple weeks of biking that I want to catch \n\t \n\t
\n\teveryone up on. I’ll go in reverse order with today’s
\n\tCheaha Challenge<\/a>,
\n\tbilled as the toughest ride in the South. And it was tough. The course is
\n\tan out and back course which means that you ride out 50.65 miles and then
\n\tturn around and ride back the exact same way for a total of 101.3 miles. It
\n\ttook just a little over 5 hours for an average speed of 20.1 mph. I topped
\n\tout at 52.1 mph coming down one of the hills near rest stop #3 on the map
\n\tabove. I was able to stay with the lead group all the way until the climb
\n\tcoming back up Cheaha Mountain on the way back. I got dropped as the lead
\n\tthree riders just slowly pulled away from me. That would have meant a
\n\tlonely 45 miles back to the start, but my dad and Kristine met me at
\n\tseveral points to cheer me on and give me food and water. They are awesome!
\n\tHere’s a picture of Kristine waiting at the finish, and here’s one of
\n\tAnalise looking more tired than daddy!\n<\/p>\n![](\"\/family\/waiting.jpg\")
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\n\tSunny King Criterium<\/b>
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\n\tSaturday afternoon we all loaded into my parents car and drove to Anniston, AL
\n\tfor the Sunny King Criterium. This was the first criterium my parents had seen
\n\tme race since before I left for grad school in California! It was also the largest
\n\tcriterium I’ve done since 1998. There were 77 people in my race, and I ended
\n\tup placing 14th. I was in fairly good position going into the last corner, but
\n\ta rider was going very slow in front of me going into the last corner, and I lost
\n\tseveral positions trying to get around him. There was an exciting professional
\n\trace after my race. There were 100 professional and Category 1 riders in the race,
\n\tand it was exciting. There were four cameras set up around the course, and three
\n\tlarge wide screen TV’s set up in the start\/finish area to watch all the action.
\n\tThe two videos below are of the Pro-1 race. It was fast! I’ll let the pictures
\n\tspeak for themselves. Click on each one to see a larger image.<\/p>\n
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