some days are better than other days

cross practice last night - it was cold and blustery and fun! while i wasn't breaking land speed records on the very tough course we built, it was how i wasn't feeling that made me happy. when i pushed i felt good - a good sign. the irony with bike racing for me is that the more i race, the better i practice. i always think about it the other way around but now that i've had a couple of hour long suffer fests in the legs i feel better doing the interval type riding at practice. we're done with organized practices for the year (and i am opting out of set up for next year), so now the challenge will be to push myself that hard mid-week without a group of riders.

the skin suit is awesome. it was cold last night (upper 40's and very windy) and i wore just the suit and knee warmers and was perfect. after using it three times now it was an absolutely great investment. it will come in handy for cold races and even colder training rides!

happy thursday.