April 30th, 2011 | by Taylor Jung | Elite Team
Southern New Mexico is known for being windy in the spring. This spring it has been especially strong, at least according to our hosts (Bill and Caroline Baldwin) here in Silver City. We were lucky enough on the first two days to have what most would describe as a medium breeze to contend with as we rolled across the high altitude desert. The wind had its revenge today. On our plate was an individual time trial of 16.5 miles. While the distance is short compared to the road races of the past two days, it has the potential to really
Read MoreApril 29th, 2011 | by Taylor Jung | Elite Team
I finished yesterday’s post with a hopeful plan to contest the finish of the race today. I couldn’t have been proven more wrong. But I am getting ahead of myself. The stage today called for 77.9 miles including 3 categorized climbs, though none of them as difficult or as long as the final climb yesterday. My hope was that yesterday’s stage would deaden the legs of the climbers a bit and the pace uphill today would be more reasonable for a guy like me. As I mentioned earlier, i was wrong. The leader of the race (who spent the whole
Read MoreApril 28th, 2011 | by Taylor Jung | Elite Team
Stage 1 is over. Thank goodness. 94.1 miles with a really big climb at the finish. I am going to be a bit brief tonight as its getting late and we have to be up again tomorrow for stage 2. Adam and I started today with a couple of goals: 1. sit in for the race and make sure Adam is positioned well for the climb to Mogollon. 2. dont get dropped before the climb with the 10-15 mph winds that varied from direct head to cross-head. 3. stay in good position and avoid any craziness that may occur. Things went
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