What to do now Friday night racing is over

[Robbo]

It appears that the first Friday night training session will now be the 16th.

We have to fit the schedule in with those that will attend as coaches and there has been a slight change in their preferred start date.

[giantcfr1]

Im pretty keen to back into pure track sprinting eventually. My old man thinks i'm crazy because I used to be a road sprinter mainly. The problem is i am still 93kg with very little fat to lose, so weight wise its difficult to climb hills. I did alright on the track in my past, but I was racing some top of the line sprinters so it was hard to make a name for myself as an elite track sprinter. While i'll race criteriums locally, I would like to get back up to state level on the track - perhaps im just trying to claw back my youth as i hit the age of 30, guess we'll see what happens when i hit the track again. I look forward to training with some good sprinters on the track - I hope i can keep up.

[Aidro]

GiantCFR1,
You seem to have a better memory than me... I dont remember a certain person from Tamworth being able to sprint at all?? I am getting old however and my memory is fading..... Come to black hill and have a race. If your lucky it will be a sprint finish.

Aidro

[giantcfr1]

really Adrian?  do you mean road or track?. I won my state road titles by a sprint. Doug was the time trial and pursuit rider and i was the sprinter (when you guys moved up to the next grade). I couldn't really do anything else apart from sprint. As for track - in my last year i finished second to Benny Kersten in the sprint at the state titles, then never rode again.

I don't know how i'd go in a road race now - I raced a couple of crits and found that i was too puffed at the end to even contest a sprint - that's why i need to get some fitness first - but that's unfortunately a slow process when you work too many hours to train.

[Haddo]

Was that in 97 giantcfr1? I might have witnessed your last race.

[2ndwheel]

Is this the Airdo/haddo tag team wrestlemania.

[Metro Commuter]

I can just see them in the nursing home in  50 years time, racing their electric wheelchairs to get first dibs on the dessert.  Mmmm - dessert...sorry, distracted for uno momento.

Remember  - the older we get the faster we were!  Well, not in my case because I was never fast, but you get the idea.  Cue The Boss "Glory Days"....

[giantcfr1]

he he - nice comment metro (the older we are the faster we were) its so true -  I try to live in the glory days too much, thinking i am still an elite cyclist when i can't win a C grade club race, always thinking that one day i will regain my former glory. Thanks for the reality check. Love it.

........But it won't stop me from trying. even when im in the nursing home.

Haddo - I think it was 98 - at tempe velodrome. I finished a hundreth of a second behind Kersten in the flying 200m but he nailed me in the sprint. He was far too good on the track for me to beat.

[Metro Commuter]

I think I am an elite cyclist when I can win a C grade invitational at Vets!Shite, if people hear me bragging about how I "used to race B grade" or "had more points in the A grade pointscore than most A graders" (turn up to enough wet races and you can place 3rd!).  My past is last year!

[Haddo]

I think I am an elite cyclist when I can win a C grade invitational at Vets!Shite, if people hear me bragging about how I "used to race B grade" or "had more points in the A grade pointscore than most A graders" (turn up to enough wet races and you can place 3rd!).  My past is last year!

Huh??

[Panda]

Yay how exciting one week at Newcastle one week at RAW, thats if people will stop making me crash!

[Metro Commuter]

I think I am an elite cyclist when I can win a C grade invitational at Vets!Shite, if people hear me bragging about how I "used to race B grade" or "had more points in the A grade pointscore than most A graders" (turn up to enough wet races and you can place 3rd!).  My past is last year!

Huh??

Haddo - english version - I am a old fat slow wannabe who lives on very modest successes.  Sad. 

[Metro Commuter]

It appears that the first Friday night training session will now be the 16th.

We have to fit the schedule in with those that will attend as coaches and there has been a slight change in their preferred start date.

I missed this post, and turned up to find it all dark and uninviting...

[Robbo]

rather unfortunate that.

turn up this week. hopefully the weather will stay how it is and it will be a good night's training

[Metro Commuter]

I was mildly relieved to be getting home a bit earlier.  Will try to turn up again this week.