This is SoCal Racing?

by johnw on Feb 9, 2009 12:12 PM EST

Sunday was the 8th Annual Boulevard Road Race. This race is held about 60 miles east of San Diego, and is known for rough conditions, but this year was epic.

Check out the article in Velonews, and the accompanying photos. (New Window)

Here are some words to meet the required 75 word minimum. Cold. Snowy. Wet. Gavia. Ok, that last one was a bit of an exaggeration, but that's what it felt like to folks used to San Diego weather.

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lol, boulevard

Silly times there. For those who don’t know the area, it’s got a bit of altitude, high desert – weather can be really extreme. Windy, dry, freezing, hot, and well, snowies.

by Jen See on Feb 9, 2009 12:21 PM EST reply actions

Fanshot - Harden the @*&# Up

Gives a riders perspective.

Speed on the descent can easily be lost when you slam into a tree.

by flying dog on Feb 11, 2009 5:44 AM EST up reply actions

lol, yep

Read that.

Also, ridden there ;-)

by Jen See on Feb 11, 2009 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

And...

Snow level today is about 2000ft. It’s snowing in the coastal ranges, which doesn’t ezactly happen every day here :-P

by Jen See on Feb 9, 2009 12:36 PM EST reply actions

Out here we call that

May racing ;-)

"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."

Tom Boonen

by Drew Davis on Feb 9, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions

totally

But we’re wussy Californians, you see ;-)

by Jen See on Feb 9, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions

Dear God.....send some of that weather over here please!!!

I don’t think I need to explain why do I?

errrr....am i supposed to sign this??

by Flatbagger on Feb 9, 2009 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

Coastal Ranges looked verrrrrry pretty this weekend...

I hope you enjoyed the swell. Several of the Rescue Diver candidates on the boat were not too grateful… one even had to wash vomit out of her hair at one point.

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Feb 9, 2009 8:50 PM EST up reply actions

a bit sloppy

but we got some :-)

by Jen See on Feb 9, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions

Hey sweetie...

you’s got more mail. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Feb 9, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions

Long Range Forecast

Long range forecast looks crappy for the next two weeks. I hope the weather gets better for the ToC.

by johnw on Feb 9, 2009 1:02 PM EST reply actions

indeed

Looking very rainy for a while here.

by Jen See on Feb 9, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions

here's my 7 day

Park City Utah…. I ‘m still working on the final Sunday for ToC, but if it’s gonna be epic (weather wise) I’ll stay here and ski thank you.

by Christopher See on Feb 9, 2009 1:46 PM EST up reply actions

lol, totally

Can’t imagine you’d want to be roadside if epic powdery stuff fell from the sky ;-)

And if a clean NW comes through, eh…

by Jen See on Feb 9, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

None of the pros showed to the Cherry Pie crit in Napa. I guess they found better ways to spend a cold, rainy Sunday. Right now, they are saying partly cloudy/showers for Sat & Sun. I rode part of the Stage 1 route west of Lake Berryessa. Those are some slick roads when it’s wet, lots of curves too. I hope it stays dry.

by jsallee00 on Feb 9, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions