7/31/2012 Lyndale Road Race

"I've never seen so many tired big names in the Tour de France.  These fellows have all tried and have been destroyed"  Phil Liggett, July 30, 2000  (Insert Lyndale road race for TdF)

"Another perfect day of racing in Lyndale if your name is Barten.  The wind and temperature made these men challenge the course that broke lesser men, and of these there are some lesser men."  Ed Matthiesen, July 31, 2012

"Riding like the wind, Hinault is producing an attack never seen since the Halycon days of Eddie Merckx, the legendary Belgian who make a habit of achieving the impossible.  LeMond knows now that his friend at the dinner table is his rival on the road."  Phil Liggett, 1986 TdF  (Insert any name below with Hinault and any other name below with LeMond.)

"He looked at the gages on the power plant and saw that the engine could deliver no more.”   Mental thought when that devil-man of a rider Barten had crept into Matthiesen’s slip stream." Matthiesen 200m from the finish, July 31, 2012, Lyndale road race.

Sprint 1^st           2^nd        3rd

1 JC                  JS         CG

2 JB                  JC         EM

3 JC                  JS         JB

4 CG                 JB         JC

5 JB                  JS         JC

Total Sprint Points

JC 10

JS 6

JB 9

CG 4

EM 1

Finish Points

John Barten 10

Ed Matthiesen 9

Craig Gustafson  8

John Carline 7

Jim Smith 6

Bob 5

"Look at them!  They're like goldfish out there!"  Phil Liggett referring to heavy breathing riders in the 2000TdF.

"One by one these tired old rags from the midwest fell into the hell of exhaustion and collapsed on the tarmac of Highway 6."  E. Matthiesen, July 31, 2012

"The history of the Tour De France was chiseled into these walls of rock by men willing to ask more of themselves knowing that this time for some, the answers from their bodies would be ...no more." Phil Liggett, 1987 TdF

“This was harder than it looked.”  E. Matthiesen, 2012 Rottweeler races, said numerous times

Points have been updated

I updated the point totals for all races through last week.

Jim

Luce Line for fun and points

With all the mountain bike trails closed for the day because of the rains the Single Speed Championships were postponed and a pseudo gravel tune up ride was arranged.

Jim, John B., and Ed showed up and rode varying distances since Jim rode from home, Ed rode from work, and John drove.

Not wanting to do any math it was decided that 10 points each would be appropriate.

Lyndale Lolly Pallooza

Lyndale Lolly-pallooza

Temp: 92

Wind:  Strong Headwind

Distance: 30 miles (unless you are Ed)
Heat Index: 99 .

Three by car and one by bike, four rotts showed up in 99 degree heat index for the inaugural longest ride of the rotts history - Lyndale Lolly.  Sure there was talk about reducing the distance, but it was brief and we would have none of that.

Ed started it off followed by Jim, John C and John Barton as clean-up.  Course layout allowed multiple opportunities to gage the distance at turnaround - not always a good thing when someone is tracking you down.

At the first turnaround in Delano, Ed was riding hard and had added separation from Jim as John C closed in with John B not far behind.

At the second turnaround in Watertown, Ed was still going strong maintaining the separation followed by John C and John B right behind.  Jim having biked in for the ride was starting to feel it at this point.

Heading back toward Lyndale, similar to the economy, the riders had strong headwind with multiple hills to climb.  All struggled as John B passed John C and was making ground on Ed.

As the group passed the Lyndale church for the last loop, John B had Ed within his sights and was salivating to finish off the last pass.  Ed on the other hand had other plans.  On the first turn, Ed went straight thus avoiding being passed and leaving John B confused and muttering 'what kind of trickery is this'.  In the end, the extra 30min ride was worth it for Ed.

Rider        Time        Points

John B    1:28:49        10

John C    1:31:03        9

Ed           1:31:04*     8     *Valiant effort, but still likely 1 second short.

Jimbo      1:39:00       7

Uno Dos Tres Quatros Killer

A perfect evening for the dogs to attack the legendary slopes of Baker. 

Tension mounted as the pack members evaluated the optimal number of rounds to provide a tactical advantage.  This was complicated by the consideration that no one really knew how the scoring works.

Finally, John C. broke and started with others in the pack following.

Welcome to new person, Karl, (And Tom, who we missed in the original post)

Temperature 84 degrees F. Winds 6 mph constant tailwind from all directions for all riders.  ( a miracle of the Baker topography and Rottweeler race directors).

One Hill Killer (HK)

No riders chose this option (we are not sissies)

Two HK

Jim   33:20
Tom  37:30

Kate  40:41

Three HK

Dan    54:55

Four HK

Pete       1:03:02

Steve S   1:03:27

John C    1:05:07

Craig       1:05:31

George    1:07:22

John H     1:08:15

Karl         1:10:11

"I'm with Stupid" Mountain Bike Time Trial

July 3rd, hot, humid, buggy.

Given the weather conditions (heat index 105 degrees) it was decided that a warm up lap to loosen up was probably a good idea followed by a sprint lap for time.  

The riders were split into two heats based on enthusiasm.    

In the "This is fun" heat it was the old dog Barton battling the young pup Carline.  

In the "I'm with Stupid" heat it was the two middle aged guys trying to find a speed that would require the least amount of effort to keep upright and ahead of the mosquitos.

"This is fun" Heat Final Results

Barton 17:19

Carline 17:38

"I'm with Stupid" Heat Final Results

Matthiesen 21:13

Smith 21:18

All participants then gathered at the Matthiesen Mansion for Brats, burgers, beer, chips, veggies, Rice Krispy bars, and then some more beer.

Next race is the quad killer on Tuesday.

Jim

Age Adjusted Rolling Rambler

Results below for the age adjusted rolling rambler.   Darla Delange provided the timing.     Thanks!

It wouldn't be a time trial without some level of timing controversy involving Mr. Carline.    After some haggling the controversy was solved when someone said "well it's pretty easy to tell which time belonged to which rider if you go by the order they finished in".   Mr. Carline's gambit to overtake Mr. Smith fell 3 seconds short this time.

Once the spreadsheet was mastered and the math settled, Geezer Gary and Geriatric John B dominated the field.  Unfortunately neither could stay for the picnic to celebrate their victory.   Unlike the rest of us they didn't have passes to stay out of the assisted living center past 7PM.    Or, more likely they saw an opportunity to clean up at bingo with the diminished field because of the picnic. 

Kate added a twist to age adjustment by also doing a separate ride calling for a math course adjustment. 

Grill Master Klima rose to the grilling challenge and guided Mr. Smith through the intricacies of how raw food becomes cooked.   It was quite educational for Mr. Smith who seemed to have trouble grasping the concept until he saw it play out.   Hopefully at the next picnic the grill master will continue to close the loop with a demonstration on how live animals become raw food.

Bob seems to be getting faster but claims he is riding less (actually not riding at all).   Seems counterintuitive, but worth a try.

Pete seems to be quickly getting back in shape and had the top raw time.    Had he been 19 years older he would have beat Gary.

Tim noted the drop off in attendance due to the move to Tuesdays.   It was brought to everyone's attention that Tuesday's Children (Ed and Steve) were not at the ride.   A mid season move of the rides back to Wednesday is under consideration.

Oh yeah, Frosted Flakes 54, Cheerios 0, we call that a shutout where I come from.

Let's do this again.  Somehow I brought home more and better beer than I started with even after giving some to Klima.   Thanks Pete.....  I think.

Elm Creek Mountain Bike next Tuesday.  

Thanks!

Jim

6/8/2011 Age Adjusted Rolling Rambler
Adjusted Place	Rider	Age	Raw Place				Time(sec)	Age Handicap	Sex Handicap	Adjusted Time(sec)	Adjusted Time	Change
1	Gary	67	5	16:32	16	32	992	1.323	1	749.81	12:29.8	4
2	John B	61	1	15:52	15	52	952	1.248	1	762.82	12:42.8	-1
3	Bob K	57	3	15:38	15	38	938	1.203	1	779.72	12:59.7	0
4	Kate	58	9	18:46	18	46	1126	1.296	1.1	789.84	13:09.8	5
5	Jim	53	4	16:07	16	7	967	1.16	1	833.62	13:53.6	-1
6	Pete	43	2	15:36	15	36	936	1.067	1	877.23	14:37.2	-4
7	Tim	60	8	18:11	18	11	1091	1.236	1	882.69	14:42.7	1
8	John C	45	5	16:10	16	10	970	1.084	1	894.83	14:54.8	-3
9	Dan	50	7	17:39	17	38	1058	1.131	1	935.46	15:35.5	-2