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Paceline Training (Photo Version)

We spent a few minutes just going around the same traffic circle practicing form in the paceline. My form can definitealy use the work.

Sharon and Word-RCB/Cyclisme's nine-year-old Greg bunnyhopping in a parking lot.

The rides are not strictly one team or another. Just a group of teams and or friends of teams. In this pictue, Sharon's visiting with Kayleen, who I believe is not on a team, and hasn't actually raced yet, but got interested in riding from a friend. The ride was great peleton practice, but also a great opportunity to just have fun riding around town, while spending time with friends.

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Paceline Practice in Portland

Well, I'm not much of a roadie. Either in strength or tequnique. Except when it comes to anything technical, in mtb or cross. Then the term "roadie" fits my skills.

But yesterday Sharon, Susannah and I joined the road and track team Word-RCB by Cyclisme on an hour-long paceline practice. We didn't push it, we just rode slow and practiced staying close on a wheel. Just like in track season, I'm still uncomfortable with riding that close behind another person. Oh, well, I'll catch on after a while. My only goal on the road next year is being in the pack till the sprint finish once at PIR.

We had a great time visiting with some friends we've barely seen since track season ended in August. We had fun practicing bunny hopping with nine-year-old Greg in a parking lot when we stopped for tacos (thanks, John, for the tacos).

Also, thank you John for being so supportive, encouraging, and giving us tips on becoming more smooth and comfortable with the peleton. Thanks, Tim for all the help with changing my tire when I got a staple in it near the end of the ride; I know how to do this stuff, I'm just really slow. Thank you Greg for your help with my brakes. You know a lot more about this stuff than me.

Overall we had a great day, and I hope to join you again sometime after cross is over. But for now, Psycho Cross here we come!

posted by Hannah on 11/25/12

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Psycho Cross this Sunday

Psycho Cross this Sunday Well, the Crusades are over, and the last GP race isn't for another week. But the season isn't quite done.There is a race in Eugene Sunday, called Psycho Cross. (Here's the flyer http://www.obra.org/flyers/2012/psycho_cross.html). It's bound to be small, with a good chance of placing well, and it's going to be the same course as the state champs the next weekend, December 1st. Good chance to preview the championship course, and gain an edge for then. It's also a great opportunity to make a lot of team points, especially in the juniors, and try to move Hap-Go! up to 4th in the BAR. No Crusade-sized crouds. No pressure. Just a very fun day, with a fun course, featuring twisty single track, mud, a rocky decent, and fast flat stretches. Hope to see you this weekend. We'll try to keep this updated with team events.