Dolan out the Suffering

There's nothing heavenly about rains of biblical proportion, but that's what we had at Carl Dolan on Sunday. Still, we showed up, kitted up, warmed up, and sucked it up. Who among us would have missed such a perfect chance to be a hard wo/man of spring?

• Not Battoowoo Greekgreek, who did the 30+/40+ bike race / swim duathlon. According to his Power Tap, they averaged 26mph for that one - with standing water above their rims in some places. (Yes, that means he has power data.)
• Fatguy Racer gutted out (sorry, dude - couldn't help myself) the 3/4 race. First I've seen of his blog, which is so far a comprehensive and candid training log that you (er, us) data geeks will love. Have a look.
• Some excellent pictures of Carl Dolan from The Long Ride. More please. His whole blog is eye candy, in fact.
• Mr Cranky Pants brings some sweetness and light to RayMan's Carl Dolan update.
• Teammate Don't Train Like Me sloshed through the Master's Race: "During the whole race it rained, sometimes harder than others. On a few laps, the rain felt like hail. Ouch!! Sometimes I could barely see a few bike lengths in front of me. I knew many times we rode through 5-6 inches of rain on the ground, as my whole wheel was completely underneath the water. I use the 50mm deep aero wheels. The splash sound it makes is pretty cool. WHOOSH with the carbon sound." Not having had enough, he then started the meteorologically doomed 1/2/3 event as well.
• The women's race got a break from the rain, but not from the savage tornado that is the CycleLife Women's Elite Team. 1,2, buckle my shoe. Great showing, ladies.
• Just ask DCVeloBella if the pace in the Women's race was hot.
• GBR pounces on his break companions to win a prime in the 3/4 race. Acceptable, or uncool?
• GBR's NCVC teammate Flamenco Chuckwagon, again, says "we had a good race" before uttering a single "I" or "me." Maybe that means he's taking credit for GBR's twin primes, but it might also mean there's a genuine team commitment there. I'm pretty sure I heard one red and white say to another at the start, "Just let me know if there's anything you need me to do for you." Now that's not indicative of a gelled team strategy, but it's at least intent. And intent is the greater battle in the under categories.

Update:

• Seems I missed one, from the new C3-Sollay.com Chicks in Black Blog. Thanks Beth.

Comments

[Beth]

Check out the very entertaining race report from Hotty Vonteity!

[This is the Link to that report!]

Click below!

[The Fatguy Racer]

Thanks for including me in this blog post. I dont know if im sad or happy that there arent more pictures posted. Looking at the one Kyle wife took, I'll go with happy. Good to read on the other blogs that the crash was looked worse than it really was. I know of one guy who had some teeth knocked out. Ouch.

[Mike May]

My pleasure Fatguy. Glad to have you among us. Good work on the weekly metrics, too. Keep going the way you're going.