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2010 National Track Championships, Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 14 & 15, 2010

Race #58 Team Sprint, 1:19:265, 5th Place
Race #59 60 Lap Points Race, No Place, but got Omni Points for lapping the person in my cat twice.

Photo by C.S. Werner

2010 National Track Championships, Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 14 & 15, 2010

Race #55 200m Sprint, 13.765
Race #56 Match Sprint, Lost
Race #57 Match Sprint, Lost, Got 4th place for Nationals

More to come….

I can honestly say I am kind of at a loss right now.

It’s kind of weird. I don’t know what I am doing.

Huh, go figure.

To my favorite dog, my God dog if you will, happy 6th birthday Shaun!!

The healing ribs racing series…

Northbrook Velodrome, August 12, 2010

Race 52, CAT3, Miss N Out, 6th Place
Race 53, CAT1,2,3, Points Race, No Place
Race 54, CAT1,2,3, 30 Lap Scratch Race, 19th

By Brian Ellison

get over it
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FUCK!!!

The healing ribs racing series…

Kenosha Velodrome, August 10. 2010

Race 48, CAT 4, Danish, 4th Place
Race 49, CAT 4, Danish, 3rd Place
Race 50, CAT 4, Tempo, 5th Place
Race 51, CAT 4, Points, 7th Place

By Tim Harrison

Aries Mar 19 – Apr 21

You will soon embark on a long journey over water by night, which will be extremely romantic until you figure out how low the pilot is flying.

It’s about freaking time this terrible team was ranked properly.

I can live with that.

I can’t live with Nebraska being in the Big Ten. That is just freaking ridiculous and terrible decisions.

Idiots.

No, sorry, you aren’t.

I had this Bonni and Clyde relationship with this person and we would txt each other when we saw serious wrongs on someone’s bike. In fact we used to argue that we should be running around with random u locks to restrict the movement of said bikes until adjustments to that build were made.

Like a rider with bullhorns sticking up at a high angle instead of level with the cross bar. Someone riding ghetto drops. Someone who bought a front zip and not a rear zip. The three brand new fixed gears (a TRACK Cinelli, Colnago and an Affinity) outside Yojimbos an hour ago with these fresh suburban idiots riding them.

Or my favorite, the guy with Nitto RB021 bullhorns who has them UPSIDE down and BACKWARD to make mustache bars. Really?

Ugh, who to vent to? At this rate this blog will turn into hipster rage. Well, it isn’t even hipster at this point. I think it is more like trendy idiocy.

And even more interesting is these newbies giving you the eye while you do shark circles and even lecture you on helmets while they have their iPod stuffed in their ears.

I mean don’t get me wrong, I am glad theses people are on bikes. It’s better than them being in cars but these are the ones who I am avoiding more on the hipster highway than taxis.

I digress. So, I guess I will have to let it all out here. Damnit.

The ribs are healing up nicely. Training hell starts up again tomorrow.

I really could go for some chocolate.

Eight more weeks of racing!! WOOOOooooo!!!

Ok, more laters.

With two cracked ribs, I couldn’t sprint from standing, only sitting.

Sat in and had a good time and DID not wreck.

Anyway, Kenosha Velodrome, August 3rd, 2010.

Race 44, CAT4, 10 Lap Scratch Race, 7th place
Race 45, CAT4, Miss n Out, 4th Place
Race 46, CAT4, Miss n Out, 7th place
Race 47, CAT4, Point a lap, Dead Freaking Last