slipsliding.
i ran last night with oliver. a whopping 23 minutes - but it sure felt good. it was slick and i put my foot in a puddle of ice water but being out made it all better.
i was thinking more about the timing of nationals on my way in this morning. during the btb broadcast of the championship race, the announcers kept talking about the huge gap between the old nationals date (early/mid december) and mid-january when the domestic riders headed over seas. it's a bs argument - none of those guys really raced this year from mid-december until nationals. so, if you want to be the best in the world shouldn't the u.s. guys target nationals, then head to europe for the kersteperiod to be fully adjusted to euro time/living for the build up to worlds? i know it is inconvenient but it just seems like that makes the most sense if you really want to be competitive on the world scale.
plus, since usa elite racing is subsidized/possible only with the age groupers racing before them, shouldn't the schedule be more catered to that much larger group?
anyway, my two cents.
happy tuesday.
i was thinking more about the timing of nationals on my way in this morning. during the btb broadcast of the championship race, the announcers kept talking about the huge gap between the old nationals date (early/mid december) and mid-january when the domestic riders headed over seas. it's a bs argument - none of those guys really raced this year from mid-december until nationals. so, if you want to be the best in the world shouldn't the u.s. guys target nationals, then head to europe for the kersteperiod to be fully adjusted to euro time/living for the build up to worlds? i know it is inconvenient but it just seems like that makes the most sense if you really want to be competitive on the world scale.
plus, since usa elite racing is subsidized/possible only with the age groupers racing before them, shouldn't the schedule be more catered to that much larger group?
anyway, my two cents.
happy tuesday.
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