Julian Brown |
Mark, Here's a picture of
my second-place finish in the small town circuit of
the Seaford Two Day Omnium. It's actually two races, a 20
mile circuit race (20 one mile laps around a small town
circuit) and a 60 mile road race. While I did get second
in the circuit race (pictured), I didn't finish top 20 in
the road race (it was a crazy mass sprint). My circuit
race high finish was a bit of a surprise because I was out
of position going into the last turn, so I started my
sprint far right from the peloton -- when we made the left
turn home, we had 200 yards to go and I almost pulled off
a big coup. (These races are more often won by a rider
sitting about fifth going into a turn). You can tell I am
very tired because I am seated in the sprint and everyone
else is riding from a "standing" sprinting position.
I gave up bike racing to
get back to owning horses again, as Black & Tan Stable! I
also attached a recent winner from Black & Tan Stable,
Lady Outflanker!
Mark responds: Julian is
very competitive and prefers win betting, but if you bet
him to place in his bicycle races in large fields, you'd
have made some money, (Too bad there was no pari-mutuel
betting.)
Mark, I went 380 miles roughly, taking the following path:
Schenectady to Lake
Luzerne, to Warrensburg, to Keene Valley,
to Saranac Inn, to Lewey Lake, to Saratoga Springs.
There were some serious travails, in addition to the
predictable ones like climbing mountains and riding 89 miles
in one day, namely, the Hurricane and its effects. I had to
stay in a motel that day because of heavy, heavy rains and
30mph winds. Then, in the middle of nowhere, as it was getting
dark, I came to a bridge that had collapsed and had to wade
through a shallow river carrying my bike and gear to get
across! That was not a very smart decision, haha.
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