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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Sunday 11 May 2008

Squires & Spires Sportive


OK guys, a bit of "good day, bad day" here.


I'll start with the bad. Sags had a nasty spill; I've no doubt he will go into more detail on his own blog but it was a nasty one and severe enough to break his helmet. I hope your injuries heal quick buddy, and perhaps it isn't wise to say in a loud voice "My ar$e is really sore!". His bike is in a pretty bad state as well. Commiserations mate.


On to the good. With the excellent weather it really was a wonderful ride. Up to Sags' crash (at 76km) we were averaging about 22mph. However, there is a sting in the tail of this course with some serious hills in the last 25 or so miles. Even so, I crossed the finish line after 4:01:27 of riding time. The organisers claimed 82 miles but I reckon it wasn't quite that long - I clocked 79 miles. Mike Masters was there as well and after Sags crash Mike and I rode the last 50 or so km together.


I took a camera to take some pictures but didn't take any batteries for the camera - eedyit! We got a couple taken with Sags camera beforehand but, strangely enough, he wasn't in the mood for posing post-race.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good stuff there bud, gutted about Sags though... looking forward to racing against you at somepoint this year, should be a close bike :) Nice Dolan2!

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