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Conference noted::bicycle

Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

3201.0. "Jiminy Peak RR" by WMOIS::GIROUARD_C () Tue Apr 29 1997 15:32

    This note is dedicated to the Jiminy Peak race this Saturday, 5/3/97.
    
    I will be there doing the 45+ race (60k = 37.3 mi.).
    
    Who else will be there?
    
    Regards,
    
              Chip
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3201.1TLE::LUCIAhttp://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.htmlTue Apr 29 1997 17:425
ME.  I get to do 3 laps (90K = 54 miles).  My teammate Kevin Johnson ought to be
in the field.  I'll look behind me for you when we're lining up.  We go 3
minutes ahead of you.

Tim
3201.2:-(WMOIS::GIROUARD_CFri May 02 1997 09:431
    It appears the weather might be ugly for us out in western Ma.
3201.3TLE::LUCIAhttp://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.htmlFri May 02 1997 12:027
"Cloudy with the chance of showers and possibly a
                 thunderstorm late in the day. High around 65."

It's possibly a not-so-nice day to race, but we could make out all right.  It
won't start raining until we're done racing!


3201.4Yeah, in Boston!WMOIS::GIROUARD_CFri May 02 1997 15:098
    That forecast is for the Boston area. The storm is moving west-to-east.
    
    Being almost on the New York border means it's going to start a lot
    sooner there than here.
    
    I hope you're right, though.
    
    Chip
3201.5"developing in the afternoon" -- It all depends on when...TLE::LUCIAhttp://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.htmlFri May 02 1997 16:3621
Eastern Franklin-Eastern Hampden-Eastern Hampshire-Northern Worcester-
Western Franklin-Western Hampden-Western Hampshire-
Including the cities of...Shelburne...Greenfield...Fitchburg...
 Gardner...Chesterfield...Blandford...Amherst...Northampton...Holyoke...
 Springfield
 


331 AM EDT FRIDAY MAY 2 1997


...wind advisory today...
 
.Today...partly cloudy and windy.  High 60 to 65.  Northwest
wind 25 to 35 mph and gusty.
.Tonight...mostly clear early...increasing clouds after
midnight.  Low 35 to 40.  Light variable wind.
.Saturday...cloudy. Breezy. Showers developing in the afternoon.
High 60 to 65.  Chance of rain 80 percent.

3201.6Closer to Jiminy Peak ...sndwdg.eng.pko.dec.com::HITZFri May 02 1997 17:5716
BERKSHIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1010 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 1997

.THIS AFTERNOON...MOSTLY SUNNY AND WINDY. HIGH 55 TO 60. WIND
NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE DAY.
.TONIGHT...INCREASING CLOUDS.  A CHANCE OF RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK.  LOW
IN THE LOWER 40S.  LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 MPH
LATE.  CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY...BREEZY AND COOL WITH PERIODS OF RAIN.  AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.  HIGH IN THE MID AND UPPER
50S.  CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.



3201.7WMOIS::GIROUARD_CFri May 02 1997 18:043
    -1 Thanks!
    
       Chip
3201.8I washed out...WMOIS::GIROUARD_CMon May 05 1997 10:3310
    Well, I bagged the race because I didn't feel like driving two hours to
    race through the rain in 45 degrees. The guy I was going to go with
    opted out as well.
    
    Two of our Cat 3s went. One dropped after 3 miles because it was so
    miserable, but the other guy stuck with it. 
    
    I went to the Old Mill with my wife and had lunch. Crap day!
    
    Chip
3201.9TLE::LUCIAhttp://asaab.zko.dec.com/~lucia/biography.htmlMon May 05 1997 14:277
I toughed it out for 26th place in the SR4/5 field.  Quite a few abandons on the
first lap, and the second and third laps had a field and a chase group.  It was
a 54.5 mile ride with a one mile attack up the final hill for the win.  My legs
were like frozen metal rods at this point, so I couldn't really put in the
sprint.  I spun like mad the last few miles to try and warm the legs up too.

Tim