Keeping Tempo: 4-28-08

Some quick updates to report on:

• Matt Cooke, the Mid-Atlantic's connection to the domestic pro peloton, finished the Tour de Georgia in 27th position, 5'06" off the pace and the second highest-placing Health Net / Maxxis rider behind team leader Rory Sutherland. Awesome race, Matt. Congrats. Matt's next race is Mount Hood, and he asks in the comments here if you all want more reports from him. I think I know the answer, but leave a comment and an attaboy for Matt anyway.
• Lots of folks were up in Ephrata for the stage race. Final results aren't posted yet, but this finish line video from the Cat 4/5 race is. Uninteresting? Watch it frame by frame and you'll see a crash unfold about 6' before the line, with the falling racer crossing the line shoulder first. Unfortunately for our over-zealous hero, he was unsuccessful in his bid for 25th place, which went to rider 510, who narrowly escapes the flailing arms and legs to hold on for the coveted placing.

• Some other local folks are revving it up down at Speedweek in GA, SC and NC all week. Athens Twilight was on Saturday, and then they circle counter-clockwises for races again Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So don't complain that you're tired after your Tuesday Night Worlds this week. Nick Mulder reports that some DC Velo folks are making the trip, as are the Jokers from Richmond Pro Cycling. The most comprehensive reports are coming from The Granfalloon and the Haymarket Cycling crew. Jared's got pictures (from the race as well as the computrainer TT for positioning, video, race reports, logistics and everythang. Definitely watch the videos Jared has posted throughout. He captures the computertrainer TT and some interviews with teammates.

BTW, I finally added a "Search" feature to GamJams, in the top left corner of every page. I did this to make it easier for you to find videos of Cat 5s crashing 3 months from now (see above), and to make more money for Google, in the interests of any of you who own the search giant's stock.

You might also notice the little green "share this" icon below every post. That makes it easy for you to email a post to anyone you want, or send a link as a TXT to a cellie, or even IM a link to someone. If'n you ever want to do that.