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Post by petehsiung on Mar 1, 2011 17:40:13 GMT -5
Or lets say I was in a foreign territory. Passing by Kentucky seeing its beautiful, I had thought as though it contained a southern feel. Whew! looking at that gave me a homely feeling as though it has some sense of place. Especially in the rural backwater of Kentucky, it felt pretty different as though I had some odd sense of feeling like time passes by slowly. At the same time, I was fortunate enough to resist the feel as though Im use to where I am adapted to. Not to mention while it is beautiful then perhaps Indiana ( or Indianopolis or Indian no place my mom would call it), I have began to think as though there would be southern hospitality. In fact even during the road race and in the motel, been thinking it would be nice if that could save us money from the motel lolol  ;D So anyway last weekend, I had plenty of fun, if not a challenging race of 2 days of cycling; 1st day was the 25 mile road race and 2nd day was the criterium or crit for short involving cycling laps. I was with a cycling team from my school which consisted of a good group of people, including two grad student working on some masters in some hard sciences as well as notably two guys from SigEp ( sigma phi epsilon) who by no surprise are they the most athletic however also very smart ( having the highest GPA on campus around 3.47 on the record) and highly involved, esp one who is a good representative for the team, even though I personally wish he was a bit more fun as he doesn't sound like much fun. I had plenty of fun while trying to enjoy the ride across rural part of KY. At the same time, I thought the race course was pretty challenging yet brutal!!!!  with steep hills turning at 90 degree angles THe scariest part while my legs and knees were cramped as I was walking my bike was when I had two dogs come out and chase me, I hopped onto my bike, screamed "help help!" to no avail until I outran them. Boy, that was pretty scary as though its not funny  as I told this to other people, I could have been bitten and gotten the rabies But anyhow fun yet challenging weekend with a fun yet scenic road trip I was on. Until then, as for next weekend when there will be another road race which is the same thing yet different adventure to somewhere near Bellfonte, Ohio, Im wondering hmmmm whether or not to go  |
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Post by greeky on Mar 1, 2011 19:29:02 GMT -5
I drove thru KY Mon. on I-65. Amazing amount of water everywhere - I predict a bunch of flooding soon. Tonight's natl. news has a story on flooding in Findlay, OH. I blame global warming, or Charlie Sheen.
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Post by petehsiung on Mar 1, 2011 19:57:31 GMT -5
I remember on our road trip with my cycling team or group I was travelling with, there were parts we travelled that seemed nice while others seemed left to be desired.
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Post by T J Gordon on Mar 2, 2011 8:15:05 GMT -5
If it's "Bellefontaine" Ohio. That is the "city" where my Great-grandmother was born and lived until she married. It's nice area with rolling hills - certainly not like area of KY you rode through. Should be a lot easier for you... If you run into any Ellises (family of Ellis Island naming), tell them hello for me  |
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Post by petehsiung on Mar 2, 2011 10:01:01 GMT -5
Yep thats what I meant. We will be racing there next week which still thinking whether or not to go. Otherwise if Im not racing I am going to be volunteering on the race course. If I do run into any of the Ellises, Ill be sure to do so. Even though, most of my time will be spent on the race course. So I may not have the time to see them.
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Post by Tom Earp on Mar 2, 2011 13:24:18 GMT -5
Peter, as we chatted on the phone yesterday, I am proud of you for doing this bicycle road race. It is a very tough sport and if one can enjoy the scenery while doing it, so much the better.  While riding, you would not have time to enter act with the people of the area/course but able to see a part of the country that you may not have seen. The mind set should be racing, not wondering about who is living there, LOL! Good luck on your sporting career, pedal on my friend! ;D |
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Post by Tom Earp on Mar 2, 2011 13:28:55 GMT -5
I drove thru KY Mon. on I-65. Amazing amount of water everywhere - I predict a bunch of flooding soon. Tonight's natl. news has a story on flooding in Findlay, OH. I blame global warming, or Charlie Sheen. Now now, is it Sheen or Gore?  We have had plenty of Global warming on the ground as so many of us had the last two winters and now I figure we will have a dramatic hot summer!  Cannot remember where I-65 runs? Is that from Covinton-Lexington-Louisville across from Ohio? |
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Post by petehsiung on Mar 2, 2011 14:06:32 GMT -5
Tom,
Good point. Im thinking just like grades instead of focusing on the result ( or the grade), not that I should not care about it, a better way is to enjoy the scenery and don't worry too much about reaching the finish line. That way I would be able to eventually get to the finish line with not much pain. AFter all like grades and results ( which I know friends and classmates who focus on the grades and not the learning), if they focus mainly on the grades, they do miss out on what they are learning. For me I try not to focus on the result, not to mention I'm not doing it to be Lance Armstrong nor is that the point.
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Post by petehsiung on Mar 2, 2011 14:16:54 GMT -5
To keep it greek, I have on the other hand met two active members of the cycling team who are also in GLOs as well- be it SigEp ( sigma phi epsilon) which I have been told they have the highest GPA - a 3.47 GPA on the record the highest of all on campus as well as the most student leaders, people on USG in some cases, mostly athletic ( which explains "balanced man" prog if you heard), mostly academic esp that member who I found out likes to "do homework" as his interest and definitely club sports athletes in there. They both seem definitely good representatives of the club sport organization. Its not to mention that no surprise GLOs are definitely and notably well known to be well represented more heavily in sports be it varsity, intramurals and club sports like mine |
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Post by T J Gordon on Mar 2, 2011 16:15:25 GMT -5
ok - guys I understand when riding he's not going to be talking to people... I was assuming the race isn't non-stop the entire time and that there would be time to eat breakfast or dinner etc.
P.S. wasn't really expecting Pete to go around asking everyone if they are and Ellis...it was more just the kind of comment one makes when remembering ties to a specific area...sort of like when you walk past someone and say "How's it going?" ;-)
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Post by petehsiung on Mar 2, 2011 20:58:54 GMT -5
Well the cycling results have came in!!!! As I have checked since it is only my first race, I did not expect that I would do so great. Turned out to be that didn't do too bad, only somewhere around the middle in my category D ( basically the intro level) . For the criterium, unfortunately for being a minute behind the other cyclist, got pulled out and put onto the sidelines. Yet all and all pretty fun to race and cheer for. Hopefully as time goes by I will be able to get better |
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Post by petehsiung on Mar 2, 2011 21:03:05 GMT -5
ok - guys I understand when riding he's not going to be talking to people... I was assuming the race isn't non-stop the entire time and that there would be time to eat breakfast or dinner etc. TJ- the race does not start until noon if I decide to go. ANd definitely time for rest and food and stuff like that. Also let me say as I will admit that when it comes to trips to places, if its a college town or a major university near some city ( such as I know at some time we are going to mizzou , purdue, esp michigan) where they will be holding some sports competition, I mostly and am likely to have these three things come up in mind after the game: bars and parties as well as if any, friends I could visit and perhaps stay over. |
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Post by T J Gordon on Mar 3, 2011 7:58:01 GMT -5
You won't find much of any of the in Bellefontaine... it's under 15,000 population I think.
Just a nice small town area. In many ways it's more like a vistit to waht life used to be like. Though they do have every modern convenience... It's just not fast paced like you find in Columbus
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Post by Tom Earp on Mar 3, 2011 14:24:33 GMT -5
Peter, cycle racing is very tough!!! It is you against your inner self. Of course you are racing against others, but, hell, it is very hard. To be good at it, you must practice. Being able to keep up with the pace is very hard if you want to be in the top group. But, you are a part of something that is hard and not many do it as in like racing a marathon. You said you did not consider it a sport and I hope I changed your mind about that. As you go through life, you will meet many people who will have an effect on you and vise versa. That is what life is about. |
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Post by petehsiung on Mar 3, 2011 15:38:04 GMT -5
You said you did not consider it a sport and I hope I changed your mind about that. As you go through life, you will meet many people who will have an effect on you and vise versa. That is what life is about. It is pretty tough no questions. But, I did not say that its not a sport. I did say that my other friend who ironically is a sports and leisure studies major says it is not, though I disagree that it is not a sport. It totally is a sport without much of a doubt. After all I don't believe Lance Armstrong became that great overnight by getting to 1st place his first race. No doubt that any sport whether or not it involves carrying the ball does require lots of training, warm ups and practices. ;D |
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with steep hills turning at 90 degree angles 
as I told this to other people, I could have been bitten and gotten the rabies 
