Comments on: 2015 Rockwell Relay Race Report Part 6: Stop Shouting at Me

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:10:23 +0000

Who is this Mr. Inane Asylum posting with my name?!

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:13:13 +0000

Oh and I too LOVED those fresh breakfast burritos!

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:12:06 +0000

Alas, the slowed down transition does haunt me. Several of us were in the RV warming up and talking when one of the sag drivers knocked on the door and said the riders would arrive in about ten minutes. It couldn’t have been more than two minutes later that an urgent knock came on the RV door. I rushed out and got my bike ready to go, but had no partner. So we lost several minutes as team members tracked him down.

My ride up this leg had a single focus. I wanted to find the fastest pace that Mark could hold my wheel on, and try to push him just a notch harder. To Mark’s credit, he really killed himself off to hold my wheel, though I still found myself letting up frequently on the climb. My ride time was 2:14, so yeah we lost about six minutes there.

So that bad transition was a frustration, and we lost some time, but the good news was that I was still (relatively) fresh. As fresh as you can be with little sleep, and 70 miles under your legs. Mark was blown up, but I was chompin at the bit to finally try to kill myself off and hopefully make a difference in this race.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:51:57 +0000

I fully expected the link to take me to the next installment. Imagine my delight when instead it took me to the beginning of a movie I absolutely love.

Made my day!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:37:53 +0000

I believe that as long as the average time between any two installments is 24 hours you may post the next one. (Note: As I recall there were at least two weekend days between a couple of posts, so if you have a couple in the bag .... well you know how averages work, right?) No matter what though, this has been an awesome series of blogs/comments. Thanks to all who have participated.

OK. Posted. - FC

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:11:50 +0000

It depends... do you pay attention to the hit-count on your blog? And if so, does that counter track one hit for each time a single person refreshes a website, or is it just one per unique visitor per day? If the answer to both of those questions is yes, then it's in your best interests to hold it, and I'll continue to single-handedly up your page-views! But if the answer to either is no than YOU SHOULD POST IT IMMEDIATELY. And you should also post it if you just want to be a nice guy who shows that even an award-winning, famous, beloved bicycle blogger can understand the trials of the regular reader. Plus my employer might appreciate it if I actually get some work done today. Just sayin'.

As you wish. - FC

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:57:43 +0000

Refresh….

But no hurry. Honest. No rush at all.

:-P

To be honest, the next installment is finished now (2pm MT) and ready to post. I’m just reluctant to post a story when the current one hasn’t been up for a full day. Should I make an exception? – FC

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:22:53 +0000

I tried to make myself wait until today to read this installment, of course I had to read it last night. The O.C.F.B. wins again, the doctors claim there is no cure.

The Hammer’s music taste is very much like my own, for really hard efforts, I like Disturbed’s Asylum album. Especially “animal”, great climbing/chasing track.

By: Bykjunkie

Bykjunkie — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:11:14 +0000

love the Hoodie! Mine came in the mail today!!
And these reports! Can’t wait for the next one!

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:41:17 +0000

Can we talk about what is really important for a moment? That hoody you're wearing? WANT!

Well, you're in luck. It's in-stock in most sizes and available to order now. - FC