2.5-3 hours South of Atlanta. 4:40 am wake-up. Went down with Matt Hurst who was racing his first ever bike race at 9am. Our race was at 11. Met my teammate Steve H. down there. The rest of the team was in River Falls racing on Sat. and Tim pulled out a win with a lot of help from the team.

From the start one or two guys were going off the front every 5 minutes for the entire race. Sometimes we would chase them down, other times the peleton would let them go for a while first. Steve and I made a half a dozen attempts to go but the peleton always chased. At some point 4 guys were away from somewhere before the half way mark (of the 61 mile race) one at a time . Tried to organize a chase a few times as they were only 40 seconds up the road and had pulled back 20 seconds on them when the peleton had a good pace but could never get more than 2 or 3 people to work together to and reel them in. Guys were happy to wait and attach us but not help reel in the breakaway. We picked up one rider but 3 stayed away. In the final stretch, I was 2nd wheel with the guy I wanted to follow out for the sprint. Steve was on the other side of the road so as no one else could come by. The pace slowed as no one wants to lead a sprint out. The rider I expected to jump early didn’t leave as the pace picked up so I jumped on Steve’s wheel as we passed the 1k to go. Yellow line rule in effect until 200 meters… nope. Everyone jumped at about 500 meters (entire road). I went from right behind the first line of 3 guys to 6 or 7 guys back instantly, ran some of them down and finished 4th in the group sprint. 7th on the day. Pay out through 10th so I got my registration money back. Ya! 1 crash out on course and one at the finish.

Good day on the bike. Legs didn’t have much spring in them until the last 20 miles for some reason. Flat course at a good pace, 24.1 mph avg speed for the day. Some wind but not decisive. I was able to do a lot of work at the end, stay in the front and still sprint at the end. Fitness is looking good going into the season. I’m down to 161 lbs which helps and putting out more power than last year. Hoping I can continue with the top 10 results or better this season. Not racing Perry next weekend but Union City Omni in 2 weeks. One of my favorite races as I won the State Road Race Championship there 2 years ago as a Cat4.

The Copenhagen Wheel Project - http://senseable.mit.edu/copenhagenwheel/

I haven’t been posting training updates but I have been riding. Still have the power class 2 days a week through March. Took 4th in the Tundra Time Trial, masters 35+ a week ago. Still need some work but good day on the bike. Just finished a 16 hour training week. Trying to get ready for the start of the race season. Looking forward to seeing everyone out riding again… other than my “friends” on the Airport ride.

They took our neighbor off in handcuffs yesterday. CSI raided the house for about 6 hours.

Definitely global warming…

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/skinput-because-touchscreens-never-felt-right-anyway-video/ - I can’t wait for the next version of the iPod… wait, this a microsoft development.

http://www.lithonia.com/ALX-LED/FlashInteractive/ - Lighting giant Lithonia Lighting, an Acuity Brands Company, has developed an outdoor LED product ALX. Frequency 650 put together this microsite with content and design provided by Lithonia Lighting. The site features, interactive 2d and 3d content, mulitple videos, sliding menues as well  as the standard educational information on this new product.

I will be participating in 24 Hours of Booty, a fundraising event for national and local cancer initiatives. 24 Hours of Booty is The Official 24 Hour Cycling Event of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. 24 Hours of Booty is proud to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation as its national recipient. I hope to put in 200+ miles over the 24 hour event. Join me if you can. The more the better. Even if riding a bike really “isn’t your thing”, it’s for a good cause and will be a lot of fun. Or, if you can, please help support me. I know times are hard for everyone right now but even a little bit helps bring us closer to a cure.

My donation page is here:
http://www.24hoursofbooty.org/site/TR/Bike/General?px=1229221&pg=personal&fr_id=1111

With some assistence by Cervelo, some pretty amazing wheelchair development - a fully adjustable, modular wheelchair with fully customizable suspension – the only one of its kind in the world.

http://www.marvelwheelchairs.com/category/news

http://www.lumensourceinc.com/ - Atlanta based lighting application resource from custom lighting, to project management, to lighting calculations. Frequency 650 designed their original site in 2004 along with some branding materials. The site now has a larger format, CMS, installations gallery and luminaire search with a focus on green practices. Check out their top sales assistant Eddie who’s ready to visit your office and answer any lighting questions.

http://www.annelieseschools.com - A southern California based private, three campus, nursery through 6th grade elementary school. The project was designed and managed by The Voyager Group. A coldfusion site with a content management system for the client. There are a few XML driven flash galleries which can be updated through the CMS. Take a look!

2009 Zipp 808 clincher w/ powertap wireless hub ANT+ - the wheel is in perfect condition and works great. Very fast. Selling it because I need a better crit wheel and power in a training wheel.

http://www.epibreads.com - Atlanta based bread company. Simple HTML site.

http://mbrace.mbusa.com/login.htm - Developed for Blue Marble Media / Hughes Telematics / Mercedes Benz. Frequency 650 provided flash files and flash video templates to support the mbrace safety & security, navigation and convienience services website.

First race of next year. Registration is now open. New course. Get to it!

My parents made it into town twice over the past few weeks. Has some food and caught up. Got to see my Aunt for the first time in 10 years. That was nice. Hope you guys made the trip back home in the rain safe!

http://www.beazer.com/eSMART/ - Flash interactive tour of an eco-friendly home. Renderings and product content provided by Beazer Homes. Frequency 650 matched the existing website look and feel to create an application that highlights 3 potential purchase levels for the eco conscious consumer.

Now that’s a fast (motor)bike - http://seven-streamliner.com/

The winter power class at The Training Zone started tonight. 8 of us suffering. Test time. Different than last year. We ramped power up at 2 min. intervals starting with 150 watts and increased 25 watts each time until you explode. Similar to a VO2 Max test. I quit about 1 min into 350 watts.

http://www.structorgroup.com/ - Atlanta based Construction Company that focuses on education, healthcare, office and specialty commercial construction projects. ColdFusion based site with a full content managment system.