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saturday was boys day - calvin and i spent the day together while robin was in milwaukee to sell the home made gifts she has been making. we went to breakfast, went to the dream park in fitchburg, played a lot of 'tumble tackle,' rode bikes and watched football. it was a good day but towards the end we both got a little tired and equally cranky. but, that will happen with a three year old!
sunday it was race time again. hales corners was a race i really enjoyed last year and i was excited to race it again. going into it, i was wondering how the field would play out considering jingle cross was this weekend. well, lining up and looking around it was obvious it was going to be a hard race. the whistle blew and i got a really good start. third wheel into the first set of turns, out second wheel when ron almost went into the tape and that is where i sat for the first couple laps. harms towed melcher and maijec up to me and harms came around. at the barriers, harms and melcher had chain issues which left maijec and i to try and get away. it worked for the former, not so much for me. i just didn't have the high end gear to get away from people and eventually mark caught and passed me and melcher latched on. he was on my wheel for the last 2.5 laps, he made his move on the hill and i held on for a bit but he had a better remount following the last set of barriers and that was that. 5th place in a very hard race - i'll take it. i don't think the spread from first to fifth was much more than a minute so it was a great race! i've got a couple weeks to try and find that high gear before the stretch run.
training from last week:
m: 0:45 (run)
t: 1:10 (commute)
w: 1:45 (commute/military ridge)
r: 1:10 (commute)
f: 0 (rest day)
s: 1:00 (trainer)
n: 2:15 (hales corners cx)
total: 8:05
this week is front loaded training wise, i'm hoping to add on tonight and get to bugger out a little early on wednesday. then, thanksgiving! we are doing the berbee 5k to stoke our turkey fires and then the big meal back at our house. i'm really looking forward to it!
happy monday.
sunday it was race time again. hales corners was a race i really enjoyed last year and i was excited to race it again. going into it, i was wondering how the field would play out considering jingle cross was this weekend. well, lining up and looking around it was obvious it was going to be a hard race. the whistle blew and i got a really good start. third wheel into the first set of turns, out second wheel when ron almost went into the tape and that is where i sat for the first couple laps. harms towed melcher and maijec up to me and harms came around. at the barriers, harms and melcher had chain issues which left maijec and i to try and get away. it worked for the former, not so much for me. i just didn't have the high end gear to get away from people and eventually mark caught and passed me and melcher latched on. he was on my wheel for the last 2.5 laps, he made his move on the hill and i held on for a bit but he had a better remount following the last set of barriers and that was that. 5th place in a very hard race - i'll take it. i don't think the spread from first to fifth was much more than a minute so it was a great race! i've got a couple weeks to try and find that high gear before the stretch run.
training from last week:
m: 0:45 (run)
t: 1:10 (commute)
w: 1:45 (commute/military ridge)
r: 1:10 (commute)
f: 0 (rest day)
s: 1:00 (trainer)
n: 2:15 (hales corners cx)
total: 8:05
this week is front loaded training wise, i'm hoping to add on tonight and get to bugger out a little early on wednesday. then, thanksgiving! we are doing the berbee 5k to stoke our turkey fires and then the big meal back at our house. i'm really looking forward to it!
happy monday.
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