Solo did not race much in June, but here he is making his New Britain debut at the head of the 45+ field.
Not much racing = not much blogging. Not a lot of news on the training front either. This has mostly been a rest and rebuild month, otherwise known as January in the summer. Ended the month with 42 hours on the bike, bringing me to 232 YTD, which eclipses last year's record (for the first six months) by an hour and a half. Unless I'm forgetting something, the only races were New Britain and once at Wompatuck, plus the Rehoboth TT started up. I went last week and set fast time, thanks to a ripping tailwind. A slight course change diverted us down Agricultural Ave in order to circumnavigate a road construction trench, which added about 500m to the course. So my 18:51 came to just under 43 kph (27 mph), which is a rare achievement for me the past few years. I don't think tonight will be as fast.
June was a good month to be in the solobreak sidebar though. Let's do the rundown. I'll stick to alphabetical order to make this easy on myself.
- Mark Cuban is still filthy rich.
- Brentani got to ride with Jerry
- Ryan Kelly had a good race at Hoosatonic Hills.
- Paul enjoyed the World Cup.
- Gewilli raced his bike way more than last year.
- Jerry gave his kids haircuts and lived the life of the bike pro/house husband and didn't even know it.
- Hilljunkie set a PR for climbing Mt Kearsage on crutches.
- Ted King, well, he was Ted King. And he won at Hoosatonic.
- Il Brucie also enjoyed the World Cup.
- Mary raced Ironman CDA in a sick time of 11:15 or something like that.
- Jay went 26+ mph at the CBTT
- Joe Friel ate some grapes.
- Jonny Bold went for a nature walk with his camera and still probably kicked a bunch of asses.
- Kevin hosted a week of free workouts at his gym.
- Meg got to hang out with JD.
- Michelle raced the Big Ring Rumpus
- Murat bought a new house, had a better month than he did in May, and started riding his bike again.
- Karin was cheerful as usual, and probably went to the Sox.
- Pave had lots to write about.
- The pink hats got all giddy about disc brakes being legalized for cx.
- Sage remained flexible.
- Mark probably rode his IFs in his gorgeous locale.
- Sonya kept posting so many photos that the page won't load.
- Paul announced at New Britain, heckled me mercilessly, and never blogged about it.
- Strangelife went retro.
- Joe told a Marines story.
- Todd was still in Texas (it can't be all good), but I'm sure he enjoyed some beer.
- Rich had fun.
- Colin raced his bike a lot, and still has a gigantic brain and a cool girlfriend.
- Thom did not drink any Chelada.
- Zen got to ride with me at the Tuesday night worlds. How much better does it get than that?
Thanks for reading.
This might end up being one of our last group photos before a new kit. Photo by Wolfie!
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