{"id":23,"date":"2009-04-06T06:14:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T13:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2013-04-10T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:42:53","slug":"great-spring-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/great-spring-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Spring Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A great weekend for springtime sports action here in the Pacific NW. One last winter snow day and spring arrives all in the same day.<br \/>\nSaturday was the last big winter day at Mt. Hood Meadows for snowboarding; it will be spring conditions from here on in. The freeze-thaw spring conditions were in full effect. We were hoping for a little more fresh snow from the two feet or so that had fallen over the past week, but the warm days and cold nights produced the first day of ice in the morning and slush in the afternoon. A few decent runs down the 2 1\/2 Black Diamond Pluto Bowl and one final run through the Private Reserve was the end of a tremendous spring season where knee deep, fluffy powder was a regular feature of what had to be one of the best months of March of all time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24\" title=\"Heather Canyon\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/heather.jpg\" alt=\"Heather Canyon\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27 aligncenter\" title=\"Reserve Snowfield\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/reserve11.jpg\" alt=\"Reserve Snowfield\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32\" title=\"Reserve Tree Run\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/reserve.jpg\" alt=\"Reserve Tree Run\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We left the mountain and headed to The Dalles for the Cherry Blossom Classic Criterium. Plenty of great, fast racing through the streets of downtown The Dalles with long straightaways and ninety degree corners. A great bike racing atmosphere that we have come to expect from what is quickly becoming a stage racing hotbed here in the United States. The racing went on until the sun went down and the moon came up.<br \/>\nThe next day was a challenging road race through one of the local road rider&#8217;s favorite routes; the winding roads between Mosier and The Dalles. The weather was great and the scenery was fantastic, but the undulating hills of the race course took all the rider&#8217;s concentration; the racers were strung out all over the challenging course.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cherryblossomclassic.com\/\">Cherry Blossom Classic<\/a> was a great way to kick off the new racing season; we&#8217;re looking forward to the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mthoodcyclingclassic.com\/\">Mt. Hood Classic<\/a> for more great American stage racing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29 aligncenter\" title=\"Womens Pro\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dallescrit1.jpg\" alt=\"Womens Pro\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30\" title=\"Mens Pro\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dallescrit2.jpg\" alt=\"Mens Pro\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33 alignnone\" title=\"Gorge Road Race\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/roadrace4-5-09.jpg\" alt=\"Gorge Road Race\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ll have photos from the Cherry Blossom Classic on <a href=\"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/Land\/Cycling\/Cycling.html\"><strong>the website<\/strong><\/a> as soon as I can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With traffic control on the Cherry Blossom Classic road race route, there was very little vehicle traffic which gave weekend bike riders a chance to ride on the same roads with the racers. Getting passed on the uphills by the peletons of racers gives you a pretty good idea how fast these racers are and inspiration to get off the couch and on your bike. Sunday may have been the best weekend ride for a road biker in the United States; glad to be out there riding.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34 aligncenter\" title=\"Sunday Ride\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ride.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday Ride\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35\" title=\"The Route\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/cervelo.jpg\" alt=\"The Route\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Be back with more soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great weekend for springtime sports action here in the Pacific NW. 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