double down
a great weekend in the books. saturday morning i woke up feeling crappy but i was resigned to racing as fast as i could and just try to enjoy the discomfort. i got out 7th wheel in the 4 lap event and finished in 6th so a nice 2+ hour time trial on awesome trails. i was riding well through the first 3 laps but the 4th lap i started making some mistakes. at one point, after falling and knocking over a small tree i sat on the side of the trail to just collect myself (probably spent a couple minutes just composing myself). after i did that, i rode better to the finish. beechwood is such an awesome event - i spent the rest of the day just trying to soak it in. the dogs, the people, the kids and new this year the band. it was (as always) a stellar event. we drove back to madison and had cal in bed and the car unloaded by 10:00. a long day but worth it.
i woke up feeling pretty fatigued yesterday but after a lot of coffee, eggs/cheese/toast and water i perked up ok. i didn't have a whole lot of mental energy to spare to think about the sun prairie race which is probably not a bad thing. got to the race in time to do a practice lap - mostly the same as last year. did some more warming up, dropped off the pit bike and as usual, the start was upon me faster than expected. i got a front row call up and i tried to take advantage. ron came by me with his normal quick start and i followed his wheel into the run-up/ride-up. dab city in the traffic but i felt in control and strong and just spent the next 60 minutes or so focused on extracting as much speed out of every inch of the course. i managed to work my way past melcher and ended up soloing in for 2nd place in the 35+ 1/2/3. i am super stoked considering the effort i put in the day before. i am also super excited with how i'm riding this year. every race i show up kind of wondering when the other shoe will drop and i keep riding at the front of these fields. i am riding like i have always known i was capable and that makes me pretty happy.
and now a mini-break from racing. i am infatuated with cyclocross but i also really enjoy weekends at home in the fall. there is yard work that needs to be done. there is a pumpkin patch that needs to be visited. there is family time to be had!
training from last week:
m: 1:10 (commute)
t: 1:10 (commute)
w: 1:00 (commute, rain)
r: 0 (rest)
f: 1:00 (trainer)
s: 2:30 (beechwood blaster)
n: 1:30 (sun prairie cx)
total: 8:20
happy monday.
i woke up feeling pretty fatigued yesterday but after a lot of coffee, eggs/cheese/toast and water i perked up ok. i didn't have a whole lot of mental energy to spare to think about the sun prairie race which is probably not a bad thing. got to the race in time to do a practice lap - mostly the same as last year. did some more warming up, dropped off the pit bike and as usual, the start was upon me faster than expected. i got a front row call up and i tried to take advantage. ron came by me with his normal quick start and i followed his wheel into the run-up/ride-up. dab city in the traffic but i felt in control and strong and just spent the next 60 minutes or so focused on extracting as much speed out of every inch of the course. i managed to work my way past melcher and ended up soloing in for 2nd place in the 35+ 1/2/3. i am super stoked considering the effort i put in the day before. i am also super excited with how i'm riding this year. every race i show up kind of wondering when the other shoe will drop and i keep riding at the front of these fields. i am riding like i have always known i was capable and that makes me pretty happy.
and now a mini-break from racing. i am infatuated with cyclocross but i also really enjoy weekends at home in the fall. there is yard work that needs to be done. there is a pumpkin patch that needs to be visited. there is family time to be had!
training from last week:
m: 1:10 (commute)
t: 1:10 (commute)
w: 1:00 (commute, rain)
r: 0 (rest)
f: 1:00 (trainer)
s: 2:30 (beechwood blaster)
n: 1:30 (sun prairie cx)
total: 8:20
happy monday.
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