[GW] boom island - second week

[Dan Wheeler]

Sunday morning cyclocross practice at 46th and 
Godfrey Minnehaha Falls Park at 8:30AM.  If we 
are not there, travel south along 46th, towards 
the vet's home, and we will be on your right.  We 
will work through techniques, practice, discuss 
CX philosophy, drink coffee, etc.  2.5 hours or 
so.  There may be a rough-rider rodent's river 
ramble (off-road river bottoms ride) departing from Minnehaha Falls at 11AM.

See you there!

dw

At 04:12 PM 9/13/2007, Lee Penn wrote:
>well, last night was not nearly as fun as the 
>boom island training night of last week.
>
>the skills session was good - we rode back and 
>forth working on dismount / remount....   that 
>was good.  i'm thinking about getting those top mount brakes - any comments?
>
>the race was not fun for me.
>overall, i felt bad about being on the course 
>when others with greater skill and speed were 
>racing around. i simply felt in the way. this 
>leaves a poor taste in my mouth cuz i didn't 
>really feel comfortable practicing in the 
>TRAINING race.  i botched a couple of remounts 
>and got yelled at.  i mean, what can i say? i'm 
>a beginner, and i'm not great nor fast at it 
>yet!  i think part of my problem was that i'm 
>trying to get my speed up, and i'm not quite as 
>accurate at getting my foot into my pedal at 
>higher speed.  anyway, after going around the 
>course twice and getting yelled at (some guys 
>were nicer than others), i got off the course 
>and practiced my dismount / remount for about 20 
>minutes with brian and michael (our eleven year 
>old gophers)....  one of my friends said i 
>should have been more comfortable getting in the 
>way - it was a training race afterall.  but, 
>well, i just didn't. on one botched remount, i 
>think the ten guys coming across the barrier at 
>the same time as me had something to do with my 
>foot missing the pedal.  anyway, the number of 
>beginners on the course was not very large....
>
>brian and michael both did great!  i was proud of them both!
>
>so, there's that.  i'm looking forward to 
>sunday!  i really hope our gopher clinic is a 
>go!  dan - is it?  please?  i really really hope 
>so!  and 8:30a is a great time...and can we go for a ride after?
>
>lee
>
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Daniel B. Wheeler
Research Fellow - Pedology
Dept. of Soil, Water, & Climate - Univ. MN
1991 Upper Buford Circle, 439 Borlaug Hall
St. Paul, MN  55108

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