This is SoCal Racing?
by johnw on Feb 9, 2009 12:12 PM EST
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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 gavia on Feb 9, 2009 12:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
And...
Snow level today is about 2000ft. It’s snowing in the coastal ranges, which doesn’t ezactly happen every day here :-P
by gavia on Feb 9, 2009 12:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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... on Feb 9, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
totally
But we’re wussy Californians, you see ;-)
by gavia on Feb 9, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
indeed
Looking very rainy for a while here.
by gavia on Feb 9, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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 Fred Marx on Feb 9, 2009 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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 gavia on Feb 9, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
up here too
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 0 recs
Palomar
The word is that if it is Snowy on Palomar they will bypass it. :(
by johnw on Feb 9, 2009 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
makes sense, but...
I really hope they can ride it!
Weather changes so fast, it could be dry and sunny by then. The models are looking pretty wetlike right now though.
by gavia on Feb 9, 2009 2:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
last year
There was snow numerous times.
The critical Mt Hamilton stage was run at 33 deg. under steady threat of snow.
by MavicMoto on Feb 9, 2009 2:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like the weather may play a big role in who wins TOC
Can’t wait to see how it goes.
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
by natbla on Feb 9, 2009 3:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Well, let's see...who was it who won Poland this year?
Nasty, cold, rainy Poland? Weather so bad the riders protested? Dang, the name escapes me, but I’m pretty sure he’s riding California…
Google is my domestique.
by majope on Feb 9, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Who won? who won? I really hope you are kidding
Jens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt
by Phil H. on Feb 9, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that his name?
German guy? Gets mad if you mess with his breakfast? ;-)
(Yes, I was kidding.)
Google is my domestique.
by majope on Feb 9, 2009 4:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought you were
but it gave me a chance to write his name, and that’s something I will gladly do every time.
"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt
by Phil H. on Feb 9, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Jens! Jens!
Yes!
He’ll be tuning up for the Criterium Jensernationale, anyways, so I totally see it.
"It's official. For the next four years, it will be pronounced 'nuclear' " --Seth Meyers
by Ruthann on Feb 9, 2009 7:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More Photos from Blvd
From Ironstring Photography (New Window)
by johnw on Feb 9, 2009 4:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
If the weather turns nasty and it snows REALLY hard.....
….then surely Svein Tuft would be favourite :-)
errrr....am i supposed to sign this??
by Flatbagger on Feb 9, 2009 4:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I want to see a face off
Between Tuft and Rollin. Tuft may have more of a GC pedigree, but Rollin is certainly no wimp as he demonstrated last year.
by Hons on Feb 9, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That would be an awesome smackdown between two tough canadian lads
"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... on Feb 9, 2009 9:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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