criterium #1

when i think about my cross season last year, one thing keeps coming back to me and that is that there are a lot of guys (most of the roadies) who seem to have more power on the flats and seem to be able to pull away from me. one strategy to improve this is to be more formalized in my training including intervals, etc. that really doesn't start until july. but, another goal i've had for this spring/early summer is to try my hand at criterium and/or road racing. the opportunity presented itself yesterday so i did the 35+ 4/5 race in the great dane #2. my friend greg was there doing his first ever crit also. my goal was to get a good hard effort in and try to learn what a crit is all about. i was amazed at how fast 40 minutes went. i stayed in the front third of the race and just tried to watch what others were doing. the race started slow so i took a dig and led for a lap around lap 4. i managed to be up front for the final lap (i went to the front too early - leading the group into the final turn) but didn't have the horsepower to manage a competitive sprint. it was super fun and i'm looking forward to doing a few more.

the rest of the weekend went fast as the typically do. after cal went to bed last night i went out to the garage with the intent to get it organized. i spent an hour and a half out there and think i mostly just made it worse. we have so much junk - i need to purge some of it. i'm going to start with the things we still have that we inherited from the former owners of the house.... 7 years later.

happy monday.