San Dimas Stage Race 2015 - Post Race

Updated 9:30 pm. The exhilaration of being on the road from 6 am to 5 pm comes from the joy of shooting photos of cyclists pedaling as fast and as hard as they can around a tight 1.25 mile course in downtown San Dimas. This comes with a secondary effect of exhaustion of walking six loops of the race course, combined with the satisfaction of a race well covered with a day's worth of 1,800 photos. A new personal best is the weekend total of 7,300 pictures.

The San Dimas Stage Race is a careful crafting of man and machines. The blurs and swirls of brightly covered kits atop rotating whirls of rubber.
I hope my strategy for the day will aide me in finding a few key pictures, I have noted in my "long term memory" of my iPhone. A few photos are coming, tomorrow.

San Dimas Stage Race presented by GMR.bike

San Dimas stage race - Day Three. Early morning set up for the criterium in old town San Dumas

San Dimas Stage Race 2015 - Bonelli Road Race

Athletes competed around the seven mile race course completing 4-12 laps. Here are the Women Pros finishing their race.

From March 28, 2015

I shot 1800 photos today. 3,800 photos on Friday. Good times. Now I am looking for my favorite blog fan, Doug. I need a cool program to run a slide show for me.

San Dimas Stage Race - GMR Time Trial

The first day of the San Dimas Stage Race was an individual battle. A personal agony of mind over mountain as cyclists pushed the boundaries of physical performance. The sun burned bright, beating down those who dared the upward thrust of the San Gabriel Foothills. Temperatures soared to the 90s and shade a rare commodity. The muscle mass of 820 athletes on Glendora Mountain Road cranked.

From March 27, 2015 - SAS Mazda

From March 27, 2015 - SAS Mazda

Pre-race Photos

Warming up for the three days of photos this morning on GMR near mile marker 11.39.

March 25, 2015 - All

Still time to Register for SDSR

Late & In-Person Registration for SDSR

On-line registration for the SDSR is now closed. Several categories did not sell out, so there is still an opportunity to compete in the race.  A $15 fee will be applied to all late registrations. Email late registration may be done Monday March 23^rd through Thursday March 26^th  by  contacting  Cheyenne Wiscovitch at Registration@sdsr.bike.   In person late registration will be accepted on a first come-first served basis on Thursday, March 26^th, between 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the San Dimas Incycle cycle shop located at 501 W. Arrow Hwy.  In person late registration can also be done on Friday, March 27^th, in the registration area of stage 1, the Glendora Mountain Road Time Trial, up to 1 hour before the first start time of the category being signed up for.  Information about open categories and start times will be posted as it becomes available.

Eight Days - Five Rides

Eight days and five rides. This is the beginning of the cycling season and it felt good tonight.  My cycling computer didn't recover after its battery was replaced. I thought the numbers would make you faster. But the lack of data made me faster tonight. Go figure.