22 riders showed up today at MSP, all fast guys on the A1 and A2 team. It was going to be a 50 miles of flatland as the VeloViets work on its paceline skill for the upcoming Palm Springs Century in February.
The plan was simple, and that was to have 6 strong men rotating on the front: The Animal, Cap't, Tuan, Luke, Sang, and Arnel. We had a quick discussion of paceline techniques before the rollout.
Photo 1 - The Animal Discussing PacelineAfter a few practive on Bushard, we finally managed to get a straight line in. This is some of the straightest lines I have seen in a big VeloViet group.
Photo 2 - Tuan and Sang Working Hard
Photo 3 - While Cap't and Luke Enjoying the Moment
Photo 4 - Ngoc, Billy P, and Toan
Photo 5 - Viet, Toan, and Tan
Photo 6 - The Straightest Line So Far As A Large Group
Photo 7 - Riding Towards the First Rest Stop
Photo 8 - One PackOn PCH though, it was a different story. The narrow road and the noise of the car made it hard for us rotate and to communicate with each other. There was also Radio Shack rider that kept on passing us, then he could not hold the front and keeps dropping back and disrupting the rhythm a bit.
Photo 9 - VeloViet Peloton In Action On PCH
Photo 10 - Stopping At A Light
Photo 11 - Sang, Arnel, and LukeThere were three stops, and all were extremely short... perfect! We just load up on water and jam.
Photo 12 - Last Stop on Seal Beach Blvd before PCHTotal ride time 3 hours and 20 minutes. We were back around 11:40 PM. Some of the A2 guys said they really like the ride as it was an almost constant and uninterrupted workout for over 3 hours.
Here we are at the coffee shop chatting with Andy.
Photo 13 - Hanging with the Boys
Photo 14 - Andy Just Came Back from Viet Nam and Came Out to Share with Us His Many AdventuresNext week will be the same hopefully, more paceline workouts. Cut out 1 stop though.
Until then,
Phong
I think we could not ask for more...It was nice pack of RED moving along the PCH. We, A2 very appreciated A1 folks sharing your time and effort hung around and pulled us for 50 some plus miles today. You guys truly showing unity!
ReplyDeleteImagine, with these strong VV riders together in one pack like this morning we will dominate Tour de Palm Springs!
Thanks for the nice picture Phong!
Ride On...
Toan
It was nice running into the VeloViet paceline yesterday along PCH. I tried to ride with the pack for a little bit but backed off since I was just looking to slow spin, catch some sea breeze and unwind after a hectic week and consecutive XMas parties last weekend. Thanks for the lift and sorry if I didn't say hi or bye to everyone.
ReplyDeleteThe tight red and black paceline formation look pretty impressive. Keep it up guys!
Ride and let's ride...
Keith