Rider Updates: Antonneau, Schouten, Masters Track Worlds, King Kelly
In my opinion, the courses were way better than last year! The
conditions were better, the technical sections were better, and the
features were better. They added a flyover and the beach with a good
flight of stairs.
On Saturday I had a decent start and found myself in a group of three with Gabby Day and Laura Van Gilder. I knew I had to get out of that group so I kept the pressure on and managed to get away with a little less than two to go. I ended up finishing a solid 4th. I was happy with this result because I had raced smart."
Tristan Schouten: Cyclocross Magazine recently did an interview with him that is very inspiring on many levels. It's called In the Saddle with Tristan Schouten, Working Man Pro and is a MUST read.
"I only have enough vacation days to take a Friday off to get to the race, so Mondays I am usually screaming out of Mitchel International Airport in Milwaukee at 1:30 p.m. trying to get to work by 3 p.m. so I don’t get fired, and that makes for extremely long days.But, for some reason, I am able to compete even though I run the needle to “E” all the time. I think most of it is just being mentally strong enough to shut out all the things I did wrong during the week that you shouldn’t be doing as a “pro” and just lining up and pinning it and seeing what happens.
CXM: Best advice for other working pros/wannabe pros?
TS: When you read that you should be getting ten hours of sleep, putting out this many watts per kilo, resting a lot with your feet up and all those other things, pretty much ignore them because it will drive you nuts trying to prepare the “right” way. Find a good coach, find a good wife who makes sure you are fed and your dinner is packed for work, buy a Burley if you have a kid and incorporate easy days into Burley rides so you can spend that extra time with them, and toughen up mentally. If you have to work until midnight and leave for the race at 4 a.m., then that’s what you do. You just do it and ignore the fact that all of your friends drove the day before and slept at the race. It doesn’t matter and you can laugh when you beat them because you have twice the mental focus and toughness that they do."
Great Britain: Manchester - Master's World Track Championships - From USA Cycling, congratulations to these Midwest riders who are now World Champions in their age groups for these races:
Daniel Casper (Northfield, Minn./GrandStay Hotels) beat out Irishman Stephen McNalley in the gold medal final of the men’s 45-49 individual pursuit. Todd Hayes (Ann Arbor, Mich./Chester Country Cycling Foundation-Team Alliance) clocked a 51.016 to win gold in the men’s 45-49 750-meter time trial. James Host (Plainfield, Ill./Pact-DISH Network Cycling) travelled at a speed of 50.042 kilometers per hour to best British rider Christopher Davis in the men’s 55-59 individual pursuit.
On Saturday I had a decent start and found myself in a group of three with Gabby Day and Laura Van Gilder. I knew I had to get out of that group so I kept the pressure on and managed to get away with a little less than two to go. I ended up finishing a solid 4th. I was happy with this result because I had raced smart."
"I only have enough vacation days to take a Friday off to get to the race, so Mondays I am usually screaming out of Mitchel International Airport in Milwaukee at 1:30 p.m. trying to get to work by 3 p.m. so I don’t get fired, and that makes for extremely long days.But, for some reason, I am able to compete even though I run the needle to “E” all the time. I think most of it is just being mentally strong enough to shut out all the things I did wrong during the week that you shouldn’t be doing as a “pro” and just lining up and pinning it and seeing what happens.
CXM: Best advice for other working pros/wannabe pros?
TS: When you read that you should be getting ten hours of sleep, putting out this many watts per kilo, resting a lot with your feet up and all those other things, pretty much ignore them because it will drive you nuts trying to prepare the “right” way. Find a good coach, find a good wife who makes sure you are fed and your dinner is packed for work, buy a Burley if you have a kid and incorporate easy days into Burley rides so you can spend that extra time with them, and toughen up mentally. If you have to work until midnight and leave for the race at 4 a.m., then that’s what you do. You just do it and ignore the fact that all of your friends drove the day before and slept at the race. It doesn’t matter and you can laugh when you beat them because you have twice the mental focus and toughness that they do."
Great Britain: Manchester - Master's World Track Championships - From USA Cycling, congratulations to these Midwest riders who are now World Champions in their age groups for these races:
Daniel Casper (Northfield, Minn./GrandStay Hotels) beat out Irishman Stephen McNalley in the gold medal final of the men’s 45-49 individual pursuit. Todd Hayes (Ann Arbor, Mich./Chester Country Cycling Foundation-Team Alliance) clocked a 51.016 to win gold in the men’s 45-49 750-meter time trial. James Host (Plainfield, Ill./Pact-DISH Network Cycling) travelled at a speed of 50.042 kilometers per hour to best British rider Christopher Davis in the men’s 55-59 individual pursuit.
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