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\nProof that Todd was indeed at Yale: he took this awesome artsy fartsy photo of Ian and Erik at the line.<\/p>\n
Before anything is said about this past weekend, apologies are owed to Mr. Todd Brenner for grievous oversight in last week\u2019s post.\u00a0 Todd, having received battle wounds (including a concussion) in the fight for the glorious cause (read: while racing over spring break), was unable to join the team on the road at Yale, but nevertheless played the role of the soigneur to perfection, providing transportation, moral support, and evidence that the Ephs did indeed tear up the road in New Haven.<\/p>\n
\nProof that Todd was indeed at Yale: he took this awesome artsy fartsy photo of Ian and Erik at the line.<\/p>\n
Todd was back in the saddle this weekend, ready to join the rest of the hardcore crew as they traveled to the (rather bizarre) state of New Hampshire (Live Free or Die, state operated drive-in liquor stores, etc.) to finish off their ECCC season.<\/p>\n
First up was the ironically (or perhaps aptly) titled L\u2019Enfer du Nord at Dartmouth.\u00a0 With temperatures dropping decisively below \u2018brisk\u2019, the Ephs had to work hard to just stay warm, let alone go fast.\u00a0 Saturday\u2019s highlights:<\/p>\n
-Erik and Amy reprise their amazing performances from the Yale crit.<\/p>\n
-John snaps his rear derailleur cable with 4.5 laps left in the crit, leaving him with two speeds (hard, and VERY VERY HARD), and manages to finish 8th<\/sup> to snag the last available point<\/p>\n -Ice baths for all!<\/p>\n -Henry\u2019s newfound way of expressing emotion: \u201cTHE F***ING LAARB!\u201d (Alternatively, \u201cF*** THE LAARB!\u201d)<\/p>\n -Todd plays digestive system roulette (\u201cHow spicy, 1-5?\u201d)<\/p>\n -\u201cMen\u2019s D? \u00a0Why not Men\u2019s A++?\u201d<\/p>\n On Sunday, the team awoke bright and early to a frigid, rainy morning.\u00a0 Undaunted by the decidedly miserable conditions, Todd, John, and Henry set out to ride their first ever Team Time Trial without any practice.\u00a0 Erik rode his with two riders from Lehigh.\u00a0 Thoroughly soaked, the team retreated to warm themselves at the hearth (Coach Cruz\u2019s Honda Element) before once again venturing out for the road race.\u00a0 The important facts:<\/p>\n -Todd proves once again that he has mastered the art of vomiting during a bike race and continuing unfazed.\u00a0 Erik, in awe of Todd\u2019s skill, decides to try too.<\/p>\n -Henry has perhaps the most fun of anyone in the road race.\u00a0 After sliding out twice and beating up his already battered loaner bike, he rides the rest of the race in the UVM van, eating donuts and heckling Women\u2019s C riders.<\/p>\n -Amy arrives at the finish line a full 8 minutes before the rest of the Women\u2019s C field, having reached a level of Erik-like mental\u2026calm.<\/p>\n All in all, it was an excellent weekend to finish out the team\u2019s season.\u00a0 Expect a full season recap in the next few days.<\/p>\n Results (no one cares about these)<\/p>\n Dartmouth ITT Men\u2019s C Men\u2019s D Dartmouth Crit Men\u2019s C Men\u2019s D2 UNH TTT UNH Road Race (40 Miles of slick, back road New Hampshire goodness) Men\u2019s C Men\u2019s D Before anything is said about this past weekend, apologies are owed to Mr. Todd Brenner for grievous oversight in last week\u2019s post.\u00a0 Todd, having received battle wounds (including a concussion) in the fight for the glorious cause (read: while racing over spring break), was unable to join the team on the road at Yale, but Read more about John\u2019s (un)Official Race Report: Dartmouth\u2019s L\u2019Enfer du Nord and UNH\u2019s Live Free or Ride Harder<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legendary","category-racing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWomen\u2019s C
\n2nd<\/sup> \u2013 Amy Levine<\/p>\n
\n1st<\/sup> \u2013 Erik Levinsohn<\/p>\n
\n3rd<\/sup> \u2013 John Hawthorne
\n7th<\/sup> \u2013 Henry Schmidt
\n11th<\/sup> \u2013 Todd Brenner<\/p>\n
\nWomen\u2019s C
\n27th<\/sup> \u2013 Amy Levine<\/p>\n
\n32nd<\/sup> \u2013 Erik Levinsohn<\/p>\n
\n8th<\/sup> \u2013 John Hawthorne
\n17th<\/sup> \u2013 Henry Schmidt<\/p>\n
\nMen\u2019s D
\n4th <\/sup>– Team New York Driving Lesson (Todd, John, Henry)<\/p>\n
\nWomen\u2019s C
\n1st<\/sup> \u2013 Amy Levine<\/p>\n
\n8th<\/sup> \u2013 Erik Levinsohn<\/p>\n
\n5th<\/sup> \u2013 John Hawthorne
\n29th<\/sup> \u2013 Todd Brenner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"