Anyway. The mindset to not making it as big a day (but still, i will remember those who died. The 343 especially.) is to not give in to the terrorists goals.
The Race.
I see i finished on the record DFL... yup... Dead Fucking Last... which is one hell of a lot better than not finishing at all. I finished.
My report...
First race back in a while (TT not included)... First Crit since... sometime in 1994 i think... Last Road Race... damn there were two between '94 and now, but lots of Mt Bike races between then and now and a handful of cross series races.
Word on the course was it should be a good one to get the feet wet. It felt awesome to be back out there. I hung on... danglin in the middle to back half in general, a few moves down the down hill up to the front 1/4 (hind sight i shoulda not done them but i wanted to give it a go, i also picked times when it was strung out to do it... yeah yeah DUMB - ie first race back mistake).
Anyway, coming around the top corner into the downhill/headwind, i saw Eric Marro and Matty Simpson one two in the front driving the hell out of it... 2 to go or so... and i got slightly gapped and into the wind... i cooked it, but finished... DFL but for me, that was a success in it self.
It was awesome. It took a couple laps before the mental side of things started coming back, and it was fun. need a few more of them, but man it was a blast.
Seriously, it was awesome. Great to hang out and see KL and SB and Marro and
Couple things i've noticed. My legs are shot. I came into sunday with some serious soreness in them. IE overtraining. I should have taken saturday COMPLETELY off the bike. So this morning - street clothes, ride in slowly (it was in the low 50s when i left so... well street clothes a bit warmer), Still overheated. And I'm thinking...
i don't get a day off the bike between now and Saturday... unless i drive...
So, no extra miles this week. The 1.5-2 hours spend on the bike a day will have to be enough. No need to add 2 hours on Tues or thursday...
Might try the Accelerade this week as a post ride in recovery drink/ride drink. Should be good enough of an effort to get a review of it. Along those lines, maybe i just head to a vitamin store and buy me some whey protien and mix it in... how hard can it be to get it in the 'right' portions. I'm a bit dissapointed that they use high fructose corn syrup in the gelly pack things. That's wicked damn cheap of a sugar source and fructose is not exactly the ideal energy source. Ah well, someone's gotta make a profit somewhere.
DOH...
kinda let this get burried...
Frazz is kick ass - and if ya teach, race, train, or remember school... freaking read it...
okay... legs have more or less locked up just sitting here digging through the emails....
thanks to big jonny i'm watching The Streets Video.. on YouTube... I need some more streets... not to mention i need to get Iron Man on an MP3 player for pre-race...
peace out till later
-G
1 comment:
What a treat to have you hang out in the local'BOB hood for a few hours. It was a pleasure to race with you. Your family is terrific, and the girls, cute as heck. My wife digged meeting your family. Think our kids will be cross friends. See you on the roads my good friend. BTW - my wife hand picked the apples at Mac's Apples in Londonderry.
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