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| 1642.1 | Why doesn't dec sponsor events like this? | MEMORY::GOODWIN | Just say NO to Day Glo | Tue Jul 17 1990 11:18 | 47 |
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The turnout was a little over 340 people. It was broken up into
about 5 groups. The group that Chip G. and I were in had 102
finishers and there were a few who had crashed.
The pack made me nervous for the first few miles. aA lot of
people overlapping wheels and the pack kept buldging forcing the
outside riders over the yellow. There were a few attacks by riders
outside the yellow line but Mark Reid, who was a marshall, was
doing his best to keep the pack contained.
At one point I thought I was going to die when some maniac on a
red Cannondale with a C-record group (the type of cyclist who
gets a nice bike and then thinks he's Greg Lemond :-) ) almost crashed
into me. Actually, unless I missed something, Chip didn't come that
close to me. Mark Reid, on the other hand, did.
The only hill of any consequence was Rt. 30. I wanted to be with the
lead pack in the climb and in the front on the descent. This was
because at the bottom of the hill the route to a sharp right onto
Johnson Rd. in Southboro and I did not want to be with a pack at
~40 mph making that turn. In addition to marshalling the race
Mark R. was also trying to force the pace. Which he has been known
to do on hills.
The course went then took Cedar Hill Rd. past MOO then down Hayes
Memorial to Nickerson Rd. One of the riders near the front went down
on Nickerson where it starts to level out. At this point the lead pack
was down to about 25 riders. We turned onto Ames and then up forest
and past MRO1. While climbing Ames I broke a couple spokes and since
I only had 22 left and I could see that they were buldging I figured
I would stay out of the middle of the pack.
The last half mile was down hill into a right curve and 100 yds to the
finish. Things were complicated for the 30-39 group by an ambulance
on the right side of the road because of a crash involving 2 riders
from the 20-29 group.
I ended up 22nd and according to my Cateye the course was 25.02 and
we did it in a little over 46 minutes. Not a bad race for Bill Fiske's
first bike race. The finish should have been moved further down Main
street for a longer sprint and give the riders more time to slow down
before forcing them through chutes to record finishing places.
Paul
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| 1642.2 | GREGG REINCARNATED???? | WMOIS::C_GIROUARD | | Tue Jul 17 1990 11:40 | 10 |
| Wait a minute... You mean I'm NOT Gregg LeMond and the guy in
France ISN'T an imposter????? Sheesh, I hate going through changing
your drivers license, changing memo headings, credit cards, etc...
Gee Paul, I didn't think there were that many in our group. They
could have easily split it 30-34 & 35-39. We always seem to have the
largest population. I didn't see the guy go down in our group...
Hmmmm, I thought it was just a bump in the road :-)...
Gregg, errr, I mean Chip
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| 1642.3 | Good race - Bad finish | AKOV13::THOMPSON | | Wed Jul 18 1990 11:09 | 13 |
| The Marlboro Stratus Centennial Race was only my second race, My first
was the TDL. My age group is (40-49). Our group broke up on the first
turn onto RT85. About 20 of us where in the first pack. We worked well
together for the first 10 miles. When we turned on to RT30 (the only
long hill) our AV/MPH was 27 -by my cat. About 5 of us where about 200
yds. of the lead group and we stayed that way till we hit the hill at
Ames ST. (MR0). My group finished about 1 to 2 mins. after the first
group. My avg/speed was 24.2 . There was a bad BUMP just before the
finish and I almost lost it there. All in all it was fun. Is this going
to be a yearly thing? Are there any more local races around?
Wild Bill
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| 1642.4 | CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION... | WMOIS::C_GIROUARD | | Thu Jul 19 1990 09:02 | 13 |
| There's a two man TT in Newport on the 28th/broken by age groups
There's a road race in Manchester on the 4th or 5th (same deal
with ages/citizens)
There will be one in Hollis, N.H. in Sept./Oct. that's pretty good.
It's a 25 mile circuit (2 12.5 mile loops)
Marlboro had one last year (I believe it was a circuit last year).
This one was part of their centennial celebration. It looked like
a college party had taken place downtown.
Chip
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| 1642.5 | TWO OTHER RACES | DELNI::MARCINKUS | | Thu Jul 19 1990 09:29 | 7 |
| Two other races to consider:
8/5 - The Stowe, Vermont road race. A somewhat famous 47 mile road
race which travels over several major climbs such as "the notch".
8/12 - The Nashua, New Hampshire Criterium. This is the 3rd year for
this flat, relatively safe, and fast crit.
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| 1642.6 | Thanks | AKOV13::THOMPSON | | Thu Jul 19 1990 10:28 | 7 |
| THANKS!!
I was thinking of doing Manchester - It's just a long ride from North
Attleboro where I live. The Hollis and Stowe races spark of adventure.
Thanks
Wild Bill
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| 1642.7 | | SANDS::CRITZ | Who'll win the TdF in 1990? | Thu Jul 19 1990 10:53 | 19 |
| I was at the races last year put on by the Nashua Velo
Club. Because it rained on and off, the last turn before
the finish line was pretty tricky. It's a sharp, narrow
right hander than also goes down. Add to this the fact
that the left edge of the road you're turning onto has
a huge tree and a few major boulders on it, and you
have some reason for concern.
On the last turn of the last lap in the women's race, one
rider went down. A couple of others ended up heading for
the tree/boulders/grass. One woman hit the tree head on.
When Ron came up, I suggested that, if they used the same
course next year, they put up a coupla mattresses in front
of the tree. He seemed to think that was better than what
they had then, which was nothing.
The ambulance made a few runs that day.
Scott
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