Kissena Forum Archive

Jun 25, 2014 at 01:10 AM

Of all the bitch mistresses in my life, Floyd is the cruelest.

That's all.

PatrickGrehan

Jun 25, 2014 at 01:15 AM

@ian ellis‌
Would love to hear about your other bitch mistresses over a beer one day. I am sure it would be fascinating

Jeff Owens

Jun 25, 2014 at 02:28 AM

Uh. That sucked. Bad asthma. Random dude created a gap and couldn't catch back on. Dropped with 1 to go. 3rd time at FBF in 3 years. Need to go back bc if nothing else I dig deeper there than I ever will in training. I was either on the front or back. Need to work on pack skills after barely racing for 3 years. I suck.

I helped initiate the winning move though! And got dropped...

Jeff Owens

Jun 25, 2014 at 01:00 PM

I'd like to acknowledge that this was Vlad's 50th race this year. It was my 13th last three years combined. And I've never shattered my elbow into 17 pieces. I only get hit by cars and break my shoulder blade and sever ligaments in my ankle. WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE AMERICA?

Jul 15, 2014 at 08:14 PM

Tonight's race is cancelled.

Jul 21, 2014 at 11:46 AM

Woah. New start/finish.

Jul 23, 2014 at 03:55 AM

Beautiful day. JP came out and raced. It was nice to have a teammate in the race.

Race was hard.

Rode back and into the park. Caught the end of the Neutral Milk Hotel show.

Stearns rolled up as I was sitting on the grass and we caught up.

Perfect night.

This is what summer is all about.

Just thought I'd share.

mugwump

Jul 23, 2014 at 04:42 AM

It was hard. Brutal attacks from the gun. I just missed going with them--I rolled off at the start. Think I spent the first 20 minutes at or above my threshold. Then I got tired. go figure.

I felt a little bit better that both Jermaine and Juan Carlos Polanco also thought it was a hard evening.

Chase Goldstein won solo.

Vlad, in the chase group, put in a pretty good sprint. He made some hard efforts, and had something left at the end. All the better, considering his heavy race schedule of late. Out of the money, but it seemed like less than half the field finished. I got dropped with three to go. I want to go back and avenge.

Jul 30, 2014 at 01:36 AM

Vlad would back me up here but what a great night to race at Floyd! Pleasant temperature, hardly any wind, and for the 3/4, a good sized field that raced had and fast, and minus a three man crash that happened in front of me and I narrowly avoided, it was fun.

As usual lots of attack from the get go. One guy soloed away for the win with 6 laps to go. The field was only interested in attacking each other. I rolled off the front a couple of times and set the pace. At one point with about 3 to go, I rolled off the front and bridged to two guys that were just dangling ahead. I look back and we had a gap. I was excited but it didn't last. Soon the field was upon us. I came in with everyone else at the finish.

Anyway it was a harder race overall than Sunday's. A higher caliber of racers = non stop high pace. Sweet!

Jul 30, 2014 at 02:00 AM

I back Phil up. If you've got anything to say to the contrary, you're getting smacked in the mouth. Capice?

p.s. bonus points night and I picked up some on the second sprint. Jealous?

p.p.s. coming out of the corner, the new finish is faaaaaaar. Great drag.

Jules

Jul 30, 2014 at 02:34 AM

Who won?

Jul 30, 2014 at 03:32 AM

Who won? Some fast dudes. I don't know.

Broke away with Rob Brown for a few laps and snagged the second sprint points (gave Rob the honor because he's the man). Had a nice gap but they pulled us back around 3 to go. l was active at the front all night. Wound up in a group of about 10ish that had snapped off the front. Second wheel into the last corner, but alas the fast guys caught us and whoosh, they swarmed and flew by. I stayed out of the way and surfed the vapor trails for a top 20 spot... I think.

Jeff Condon

Aug 05, 2014 at 12:25 AM

Anyone doing this tomorrow? I'm thinking about it.

jim_nelson

Aug 05, 2014 at 12:52 AM

I have an afternoon meeting that may end early enough for me to make it. I'll know last minute. Is there a usual meeting time/place?

Jeff Condon

Aug 05, 2014 at 01:57 AM

Meet at GAP, i think around 5:45. I haven't been out there yet this year so I'll defer to Floyd veterans to confirm the time.

Aug 05, 2014 at 05:27 PM

I'm rolling out there tonight, which is why I didn't have a morning training session. See you guys there.

Jeff Condon

Aug 05, 2014 at 07:15 PM

@Bruce let me know when you're leaving and we can meet up.

http://app.strava.com/activities/138456779

Aug 05, 2014 at 09:19 PM

Hey Jeff. I just got home. I'm south of Prospect, so usually ride along 46th and then head south, staying off Flatbush, and ride along Bedford, which has a bike path.

Let me know if you want to meet up. If you come down 5th Ave to 46th, I can meet you on the corner, else I'll see you there. Probably leaving around 5:50 or so.

718-864-2699

odysseusontheocean@yahoo.com

Aug 06, 2014 at 02:07 AM

Tough race for me tonight. After the first lap I knew I didn't have the legs to play around up front like last week so I just stayed ensconced within the peloton. I figured out where the wind was and positioned myself on the far side right before each turn. I think maybe I actually finished better than last week since I was less tired. Go figure.

Great to see Jeff C, Mark I, Bruce van S, Patrick G and trackie Chris. Vlad I see all the time (always good to see him).

Jeff Apruzzese

Aug 19, 2014 at 06:07 PM

anyone heading out tonight?

Aug 19, 2014 at 06:24 PM

6:40 start time today

mperlberg

Aug 19, 2014 at 08:53 PM

I'm heading down. Look for you on Flatbush!

mperlberg

Aug 20, 2014 at 03:59 AM

Vlad and I went out and raced. It was a lot of fun. There was attacking, breakaways, chases, and a big bunch sprint to top it all off.

My big takeaway on all this joint is that Vlad's racing smarts are top notch. At the points when the moves went, he was there.

At the end, I contested the sprint and rolled in just out of the top 10. I think. This tail wind sprint thing is kinda weird and hard to time well.

All in all, it was a great day and served the purpose of getting me some intensity before cross season.

Edit: 11th - sucks missing out on the top 10 but happy with the company I'm keeping up there:

Place Bib Time First Name Last Name Team City State Cat 2 Cat 3

1 185 1:00:36 Jermaine Burrowes We Stand United (W.S.) Brooklyn NY 12

2 190 1:00:37 Josh Alexander 10

3 115 1:00:37 Juan Carlos Polanco GS Mengoni U.S.A. Tenafly NJ 8

4 51 1:00:37 Wilson Vasquez CRCA/Lupus Racing Team Piermont NY 7

5 191 1:00:38 Alessandro Matteucci Brooklyn NY 6

6 107 1:00:38 Samuel Frias Triangle Cyclists/South Shore Bicycle Brooklyn NY 5 1

7 5 1:00:38 Robert Lombardi M. Taylor Racing Team N.Y. Brooklyn NY 4 1

8 121 1:00:38 stefan singer CRCA/FGX Racing Jersey City NJ 3 2

9 99 1:00:38 Eugene Boronow G.S. Mengoni U.S.A. Tuscon AZ 2

10 187 1:00:38 jesus martinez Triangle Cyclists/South Shore Bicycle Brooklyn NY 1 2

11 15 1:00:38 Michael Perlberg Kissena Cycling Club Brooklyn NY 3

Aug 20, 2014 at 03:04 PM

A good time last night with Patrick and Phil. The Triangle guys were out in force - there were maybe 8 guys in the 3/4 race yelling at each other on every lap, working as a team, getting out of their saddles onto the front, giving each other leads and wheels. It was impressive. It was also in Spanish, so I don't know what they were saying.

We didn't let any breaks get away and no one seemed too serious about making one or working with each other when one seemed to be forming.

The highlight, for me, was after the race, I was following Mike and Vlad out of the parking lot. There's a sidewalk you have to hop up. I misjudged and fell.

It was good cross practice.

People behind me heckled, I hit someone going past (I think it was Renee, who stayed up). I unclipped, righted myself, pulled to the side as others passed, patiently clipped back in, pushed off.

I didn't own the bunnyhop, so it beat me. I stayed calm in the fall, calm getting back up, laughed at the heckles. Yep, good cross practice.

Nice seeing you guys last night.

I slept in this morning and made the Manhattan Bridge my morning's hard effort on the ride in.

Aug 20, 2014 at 03:22 PM

I wish I saw that Bruce... I would've heckled too. Dang!

Aug 22, 2014 at 03:51 PM

Looking good, Bruce..

Courtesy of Wouter Hoobenboom FB page.

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