b-day/cx clash
robin and i took sunday off to spend with our little now three year old. we were both feeling pretty dire all day but still (hopefully) made the most of it and gave calvin a nice birthday. breakfast at marigold kitchen and then a trip to the zoo. during nap time i got out for my day-before-racing shake out ride (quarry ridge). that place is super dialed right now, someone is doing a lot of really good work out there. that is a perfect place to ride rigid - i feel like a kid with that set up out there. anyway, after cleaning myself up i picked up calvin's big boy bed and then we finished the evening with dinner/cake.
saturday morning was spent doing party prep and then it was off to the races. i got there in time to do a couple of preview laps and my only thought was it felt like the easiest course we've done this year. the place was nice and tacky, they took out a lot of the fast/loose corners and got rid of the run up that has always been at camrock cx. i thought for sure it would be a roadie dominated course. at the start, i nearly became tangled in my neighbor's handlebars when ron made his normal surge. that spiked my adrenaline and i was able to go hard the first half lap and got in front of everyone but maciej and melcher. maciej was absolutely flying - i knew i didn't have that kind of horsepower so i focused on staying on melcher's wheel. melcher flatted halfway through the second lap and then it was no man's land for me. maciej put a solid 45+ seconds on me over the first 3 or so laps but after that we were moving at the same speed. the closest anyone got to me was around 12 seconds but i started pulling away from third/fourth place the last few laps. a nice solid 2nd place to continue my wca season of no worse than 3rd place.
yesterday was party time. all of our immediate family was there (both sides) which made for a full house. calvin had a lot of fun and got some pretty cool gifts. he is a lucky dude - and we are so very lucky to have him!
no riding for me between the company and the weather. i drove in this morning so i can attend calvin's dr. visit (i haven't missed a milestone appointment yet). maybe i'll run tonight - the trainer doesn't sound like a good option to me....
m: 1:45 (commute/add on)
t: 1:10 (commute)
w: 0:45 (run)
r: planned rest
f: 1:20 (mtb @ quarry ridge)
s: 1:40 (wca camrock)
n: 0
total: 6:40
it's that time of year when it gets difficult to get the ride time in. i've worked hard this year - hopefully my fitness can hold up for another 1.5 months!
happy monday.
saturday morning was spent doing party prep and then it was off to the races. i got there in time to do a couple of preview laps and my only thought was it felt like the easiest course we've done this year. the place was nice and tacky, they took out a lot of the fast/loose corners and got rid of the run up that has always been at camrock cx. i thought for sure it would be a roadie dominated course. at the start, i nearly became tangled in my neighbor's handlebars when ron made his normal surge. that spiked my adrenaline and i was able to go hard the first half lap and got in front of everyone but maciej and melcher. maciej was absolutely flying - i knew i didn't have that kind of horsepower so i focused on staying on melcher's wheel. melcher flatted halfway through the second lap and then it was no man's land for me. maciej put a solid 45+ seconds on me over the first 3 or so laps but after that we were moving at the same speed. the closest anyone got to me was around 12 seconds but i started pulling away from third/fourth place the last few laps. a nice solid 2nd place to continue my wca season of no worse than 3rd place.
yesterday was party time. all of our immediate family was there (both sides) which made for a full house. calvin had a lot of fun and got some pretty cool gifts. he is a lucky dude - and we are so very lucky to have him!
no riding for me between the company and the weather. i drove in this morning so i can attend calvin's dr. visit (i haven't missed a milestone appointment yet). maybe i'll run tonight - the trainer doesn't sound like a good option to me....
m: 1:45 (commute/add on)
t: 1:10 (commute)
w: 0:45 (run)
r: planned rest
f: 1:20 (mtb @ quarry ridge)
s: 1:40 (wca camrock)
n: 0
total: 6:40
it's that time of year when it gets difficult to get the ride time in. i've worked hard this year - hopefully my fitness can hold up for another 1.5 months!
happy monday.
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