All in one. The game winning save in overtime penalty kicks. I am a happy photographer.
Oct 28, 2010
All in one. The game winning save in overtime penalty kicks. I am a happy photographer.
Oct. 26, 2010
Week 8 of teaching, working FT, racing every week-end, training, cleaning house for a party and... OK I give up this week's PODs will be work pictures. This tall young lady is graduating early to get to Coastal Carolina for a volleyball career.
Oct. 25, 2010
Need a day off work? Out of sick days? Wish you avoid going to the office for a while? Threaten the former president and VP and you will have your wish granted!
Oct. 24, 2010
Samantha decided rather than a birthday party she wanted a Halloween party. Nothing entertains 13 kids like a doughnut eating contest.
It was bound to happen. What an awful race today. I started great and entered the first tech section in 6th place. But the rider in front of me STOPPED to walk it (blocking again?) I was forced off the bike on the wrong side and the walk/run up and my remount dropped me several spots. I never found my rhythm and suffered through a long 45 minutes. I think I was even lapped.... Next week, NYS cyclocross championships.
Oct. 19, 2010
I have always thought it good to have equipment that has the capacity to exceed the required job, but this was overkill.
Oct. 17, 2010
An early morning start for a solo trip to the 2010 Syracuse Grand Prix Cyclocross in Memory of James Konski. The race was different since it was longer and had fewer classes, for men it was open, 40+ and 55+, so I would be racing against much faster guys than the past few weeks. My start was great and I entered the first technical parts in the top half of my race (40 and 55+ men) and felt good till the barricades. I knew from pre-riding the course they were much taller than normal and sure enough, the guy RIGHT in front of me hits it with his foot and falls. I was already in midair so I double clutched hopped around him, the next barricade, and on with the lap, but several spots down. The next time around it was my turn, as I leaped to remount my bike something went wrong and I missed the saddle landing on my rear tire with my hamstring. (I have a large bruise to show for it) After that my race felt like it was falling apart, so I rode a couple of laps till I felt better and started catching riders. I have three that I really wanted and caught them all with 2 laps to go. I always try when I make a pass, to put enough distance on the rider so psychologically he knows it was a final pass and demoralize him. I did it and was alone, somewhere in the field. I got bored and decided I wanted to have a sprint finish (just to amuse me, I wasn't catching anyone else) so I slowed up and waited, as they got closer, I worried that I gave them some hope (the psychological advantage) so I picked up the pace to try and make them hurt to catch me... it didn't work, I just rode away from that pack and finished the race soft pedaling. I finished 19th of 29 finishers, I thought several more started, but who knows. Only 4 or 5 more cross races this season!
Oct. 16, 2010
What a great fall day.
The weather is chilly, shorts and sweatshirt kind of chill. I started with a mountain bike ride with Ken and Emily. Then apple picking with Steph and Sam. Apple crisp and pies to come!
Oct. 15, 2010
Waiting for the debate.... Wow! A whole week of work pictures. That sucks, I really need to try harder on these....
Oct. 11, 2010
Sometimes we spend a lot of time waiting. The Penfield Fire Company visited the Penfield Library as part fire prevention month, and I saw Kyle Miller, in his full firefighter kit, sitting on his grandmother’s lap. Kyle seemed shy, and didn’t go up when called during the presentation. So I waited. After the presentation, kids had a chance to climb into a fire truck, spray a hose or watch a robotic Sparky. Still Kyle and his full firefighter kit stayed on the side, so I waited. Finally after every child had sprayed the hose firefighter Duane Green helped Kyle have a turn.
Oct. 10, 2010
Cobbs Hill Cyclocross. I had a great race. It started with being told I was going to get a call up. I wasn't sure what that meant, but was told, based on my season (really the race 2 weeks ago) I was called to start on the front row. Sadly I was in the port-a-john and missed my big moment, so I started in the second row in a spot saved for me (thanks Andy) The course was fast and fun, it featured the first real "run-up"... see the picture. I raced myself up to 7th for a while but faded on the hills, dropping to 13th at the finish. I am still thrilled by the result and it's fun knowing I am racing towards the top 10!
Oct. 9, 2010
My dinner. I called it, Deb's Garbage Plate. This is really a compliment. For those not living in Rochester, the Garbage Plate is a famous dish here with hamburger or hot dogs, mac salad, home fries and mixed like this (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Tahou_Hots ). Deb's version had a hamburger, steak tips, potatoes, vegetables and gravy.
Oct. 4, 2010
It seemed like a simple assignment, get a picture of the three dogs. One dog too many in Gates, NY. I think the family went through a whole bag of treats to do it!
Oct 3, 2010
The race was at Brewery Ommegang, a Belgium beer microbrewery, I choose this race because it was a big field, part of the NYS series and at it was held at a brewery. Brewery = beer.
I was a little psyched out at the start since all but a couple of the 40 or so racers in my field, race for a shop, so I positioned myself in back and bang we started. After a 200 yard uphill, U turn and heading down, I was up to the middle of the pack. From here the course was tight and we bottled necked pretty bad as wheels overlapped and folks fell on the wet grass. As I broke free from the masses, I started passing folks and found a good rhythm. Deb yelled I was top 25 or 15th with 2 laps to go, so I started to try to pick it up... bam I go down hard on a turn, twisted the handlebars 15 degrees, but I rode the rest like that. On the last lap, 3 racers were gaining on me, closing to within a bike length up the last hill, so I hammered the fast and bumpy downhill and gapped them to finish 11th. A great day for me!
Oct. 2, 2010
A last camping trip of the year? It did get down to the lows 30s overnight, so it might be tough to talk the family into going again. It was overnight trip to Cooperstown for a cyclocross race and wandering around. Walked downtown, visited Doubleday Field, the nation's oldest remaining covered bridge (1825) and a couple of short hikes.
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