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Calvin Smythe on Aug 30, 2008

Race name: Green Mountain Stage Race (Prologue) Race date: Saturday, Aug 30, 2008

So why the "whah whah"? because I'm near 2.5 minutes back after the opening time trial today. Didn't go as I wanted at all.

So what went wrong? Not much, I didn't clip in fully and my foot pulled out of my pedal at the start and probably lost a few seconds there. The big part was I just wasn't fast enough.

Okay, enough griping. Mr. Peter Allen, this is a time trial/prologue that would give you a run for your figgin money. Right from the word go you climb 2 miles gaining 7 hundred-who cares-it's really steep-feet. After turning your legs inside out to get up the hill there's 2.5 miles of rolling downhill (Fast!), then the Dip. The dip is a 50 foot descent at about 10 percent with an equal ascent right after. Once the dip passes beneath your wheels, the last 300 meters is a painful 2-3% grade to the finish.

Awesome. Painful. I finished in 17 minutes 03 seconds. Winner finished in 14 minutes 50 seconds. That's that. Hope he's tired for the start tomorrow's race.